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Shows & fairs, 1948

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 49

Cessnock Show Entries Close

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

Exhibitors are reminded that the entries for the Cessnock show close on Saturday, March 6. The office will be open until 1 pm, on Saturday…

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Attractions at the Show Ice Skating

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

Of Australia’s several million people it is doubtful if one in a hundred has ever see, apart from the movies, the dazzling…

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Did Not Show Railway Ticket To Examiner

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

Raymond James Hannington, 24, traines carpenter, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court yesterday to having used…

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Show Committee and Sideshowmen's Guild. Local Committee Defines Attitude

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

A discussion at yesterday's Show committee meeting centred on the Society's attitude to the Sideshowmen's Guild. The committee…

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Art Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—An Art Exhibition from the National Art Gallery will be displayed in the assembly hall at the Singleton…

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Show Traffic Arrangements

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

Traffic arrangements for Maitland Show will be the some as in previous years. Traffic will proceed to the…

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The Passing Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Queensland Premier Hanlon is running emergency trains to carry food to the people in the country. He is determined to beat the strikers. In…

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Getting Ready for Show the Side-show Problem

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

The committee of Dungog A. and H. Association is getting into top gear with the first post-war show ahead of it. The last exhibition was held in…

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Red Cross Flower Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

SINGLETON, Wednesday. — Final arrangements were made at the monthly meeting of the society for the Red Cross flower…

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Show Attendance Drops at Newcastle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

For two sessions of Newcastle Show the attendance was 14,997, comared with 21,247 in 1947. It is difficult to understand. Owing to a…

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Minister To Open Cessnock Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Wed.—The Minister of Lands (Mr. Sheaban) will officially open the Cessnock Show on March 13…

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Champion Pigeon Of The Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

Champion bird of the pigeon show was a pigmy pouter, exhibited by Mr. A. Sanders, of Singleton. “He…

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Art Gallery Exhibition in Singleton First Meeting Of Local Committee

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

The Singleton Municipal Council has accepted an offer from the Directors of the National Art Gallery for an…

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One Exhibition, Six Scholarships Remarkable Feat of St. Catherine's College Students

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Awards of one University exhibition and six teachingscholarships have been made to the seven students of St…

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Perfect Weather Ushers In Maitland Show Cattle Section Provides Marathon Task For Judges In Various Rings

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

Brilliant, mild sunshine ushered in the opening of Maitland’s 1948 Show to-day, and the promise of a continuance of perfect weather for the week stimulates the hopes of officials for an all-time record…

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Raymond Terrace A. and H. ASSN

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 3

A general meeting of members was held on Friday night last, to discuss the holding of a Show in April next, dates having been allotted in that month by the Shows'…

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Show Attendances

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

Show officials estimated that the attendance up to lunch hour was equal to that of any previous show at that time…

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Railway Head Enjoys Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

Among the official visitors at Maitland Show to-day wore the Assistant Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C. Garside) and the…

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Show Judge Was Impressed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

Mr. G. J. Alexander, of Kiama, who judged the Australian Illawarra cattle at Maitland Show yesterday,…

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Art Successes at the Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 4

A well known further Maitland Mr. Robert Tulloch, Paid a brief visit to Maitland with entries for the tine art section of…

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