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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

868 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 44

New Show Ground At Quirindi

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

QUIRINDI, Friday.—The Quirindi Show Committee has approved in general the scheme to move the Show Ground to the…

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Sympathy Over Death Of Show Supporters

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Sympathy was expressed at last night’s annual meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association over…

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Greatest Year in Show History Maitland Association’s Surplus of £1959

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 2

The financial year of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, which ended an June 30 last, was responsible for the highest takings in history, the annual meeting was informed last night…

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Poster Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 2

The International Poster Exhibition which was to have been held in the Parish Hall this Thursday and Friday, 28th and 28th July, has had to be…

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Damage By Flood On Show Ground

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

A detailed report of the damage caused by the June flood was presented by the secretary (Mr. R. E. Holroyde) to the annual…

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Assistance for Show Dog Section

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

"It would be a crying shame if we allowed this section to deteriorate," said Mr . Warburton, N.A.A. President, at Saturday's…

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Sympathy Over Death of Show Supporters

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

Sympathy was expressed at the recent meeting of the Hunter River. Agricultural and Horticultural Association over…

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Show Work at Paterson Reviewed Enthusiasm Augurs Well For The Future

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 5

PATERSON, Tuesday. —The very large attendance at the first annual meeting of Peterson District Agricultural and Horticultural Association, together with enthusiasm displayed, augurs well for the future activities of the…

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Show Society's Good Year Bright Prospects for Future Exhibitions. New Committee Elected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

The Upper Hunter P. and A. Society reported having passed through a successful year when the annual meeting of members was held on Friday last. The 1949 Show itself showed a profit of £100, but the year's operations had shown a deficit of £236/9/9, due to capital…

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Brisbane Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE: The Brisbane Exhibition commences on Monday and, as usual, it will cover a full week, day and night. Permission…

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Newcastle Show Profit

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — In the year ended May 31, despite bad weather the Show Association made a profit of £2626,…

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Muswellbrook Show Profit £100

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

The Upper Hunter P. and A. Society reported a successful year at the annual meeting…

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Peeps Into the Past. Singleton 50, 25, And 15 Years Ago 15 Years Ago (Taken from issues of the "Argus" weekending August 6th, 1934). Show Promises to be Record

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

Entries have already come from as far afield as Beaconsfield in Victoria for the next show, the secretary said today…

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Scotch Fair in September

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Presbyterian Women’s Guild, arrangements were discussed for the Scotch Fair to be held on…

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Gloucester Show President

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: At the annual, meeting of the Show Committee, Mr. H. T. H. Higgins, of Curracabark, was elected president tor…

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Paterson’s Annual Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 2

VACY: Several new members from Vacy and district were successful in the ballot for the committee for Paterson 1950 Show…

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Scone Bushmen's Carnival and Show Association

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 5

An important meeting of the committee of the above is convened for Friday night. 19th inst., in the S.M. School of Arts. On the…

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U.H. Schools' Football Carnival

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 5

Upper Hunter Rugby League sub-group last night made arrangements for holding the annual schools' football…

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Life’s Problems and Answers a Mercury Feature, Youth Doesn’t Wish to Show “Wild Oats” But Friends Sneer and Say There Are No “Nice” Girls

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 5

A young man who prefers study to “sowing wild oats” nowadays there is no such thing as an “inexperienced” girl. He asks [?] a man is under as much obligation as a is being [?] at by his friends who tell him that…

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Exhibition for the Blind

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 6

LONDON: London’s Science Museum at South Kensington recently opened its first exhibition for the blind, Sightless men and women…

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