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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

836 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 42

Annual Swimming Carnival

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

More than 400 school children and spectators attended the Singleton Intermediate High School annual swimming…

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Scout Swimming Carnival

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Representatives of 1st Singleton Boy Scouts gained two firsts and two seconds in the Newcastle and District Boy Scouts…

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Local Swimmers Share Honours Cessnock Swimming Carnival

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Singleton swimmers were well represented among the place-setters at the Cessnock swimming carnival…

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Newcastle Show All Previous Records Broken Secretary Very Pleased

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Interviewed at Newcastle Showground to-day, Mr. P. G. Legoe was most enthusiastic about the forthcoming success of the 1950 Show…

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Public Holiday for Friday, 24th March Opening Day of Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Dungog Municipal Council was notified on Monday night by the Chief Secretary's Department that His Excellency the Governor, with the…

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Newcastle Show Opens With Record In Entries (By Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Firs! record at Newcastle Show was established before the opening at 10 a.m. to-day and officials expect many more. First record is in the number of entries. These are…

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Municipal Council Surprised Not Asked to Give Electricity Display at Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

Dungog Municipal Council has written to the Dungog A. and H. Association regarding staging an electrical appliances exhibit at the forthcoming…

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Record Attendence at St. Andrew's Annual Meeting Reports Show Steady Progress During 1949

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

At a meeting of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Monday night all reports presented by various organisations and sections of the church showed a steady progress during 1949…

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Basketball Display at Maitland Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

The Maitland Women’s Basketball Association anticipates a fine display for next week’s Maitland Show…

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Horse And Dog Show Entries Down

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 4

Entries for the horse and dog sections of Maitland’s 90th Show, to begin next Wednesday, have dropped slightly on the number…

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Newcastle Show Draws Big Crowd (From Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. —Show officials were confident at an early hour to-day that more than 50,000 people would attend to-day’s two…

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Newcastle Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Interviewed at the Showground today, Mr. P. G. Legoe was m[?] enthusiastic about the forthcom[?] success of the 1950 Show…

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Picnic Ground at 90th SHOW

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

Maitland show-goers win have a special picnic place on the ground this year. The secretary of Maitland…

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Sands Fights at Newcastle Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 8

Dave Sands, British Eempire middleweight boxing champion, fought in a tent show at Newcastle Show to please…

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Red Cross Easter Show Plans

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

Five thousand leaves of bread, 300 pounds of tea, 1,200 gallons of fruit drinks—these would be dreamlike figures in a housewife's budge…

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Two Muswellbrook Fours. Section Winners at Bowls Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

J. Lowe and C. Brown's fours each won their sections in the Country Week bowls carnival. Each won six games, being undefeated in the series…

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Heavy Ring Programme at Maitland Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

Maitland Show Council plans an almost continuous ring programme for the ast three days of is 90th annual show, which…

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Show Entries Close on 8th MARCH

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

General entries for the Upper Hunter Show to be held on March 22 and 23, close on 8th March. Mr. A S. Bowman (president) stated…

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School Swimming Records Smashed Keen Competition at Local Carnival

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

Six records were smashed at the annual Singleton Intermediate High School Swimming Carnival held at the local baths on Wednesday afternoon. Records were bettered in four boys' events: 15…

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