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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Football Carnival Provided Good Experience

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 4

The High School footballers received some really good experience on Wednesday when four teams from Muswellbrook visited Singleton and engaged a similar number of teams from Singleton…

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Bird Show Opened at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 3

SINGLETON: Singleton Canary and cage bird club’s annual show commenced to-day at the show ground…

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Women’s Guild Flower Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: Church of England Women’s Guild annual flower show, held In the parish hall, was opened by Mrs. Single, wife…

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Big Services Show Here on Sunday Big Attendance Expected

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

A big attendance is expected at the Armed Forces Demonstration to be given at Cessnock at the corner of…

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C.M.F. Show Their Worth In Singleton Camp

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

The efficiency of the C.M.F. command and the precision of the troops during manoeuvres at fae Singleton camp this week leaves no doubt to their effectiveness in time…

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Seaborne Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 3

Britain’s Postmaster-General has been asked to select five female telephonists and a supervisor to operate a telephone…

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Show Prizemoney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 2

The Secretary of the Dungog A. & H. Association (Mr. M. Riorden) said today that prizemoney is now available to the successful competitors…

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Council's Successful Electrical Display at Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 4

Councils second display of electrical appliances at the show this year proved most attractive and successful the Town Clerk (Mr. W. J. Macken)…

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Jubilee Dance Carnival To-Morrow Night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Red Cross Society, held yesterday afternoon, final arrangements were made for the monster…

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Successful Show Competitor. Miss Dawn Quinn's Record

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

Miss Dawn Quinn, who has, perhaps, [?]ad her most successful season at iding in shows, brought the season [?]o a close with a grand performance…

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Bowls Jubilee Carnival

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 4

Bright decorations danced in the breeze and bright sunshine flooded the greens when President Cliff Jones called upon Aid. F. H. Robinson, who…

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Relics of Old Times at Gresford Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

MAITLAND—An interesting feature of the Gresford show was an exhibition of old articles connected with the history of…

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Rural Round-up Maison Dieu Gains Honours at Gresford Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 4

The Cliftohs and the Shearers' brought fresh honours to the Singleton District when they returned from the Gresford Show last week. Mr. A. S. R. Shearer won…

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Game Fowl Show Next Week

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

Entries -from Sydney, Waggs Coffe Harbour, Grafton, Tamworth and many other centres in Now South Wales have been…

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Australia Big Buyer at British Fair

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON': Australia provided the biggest contingent of overseas buyers at the British industries Fair, which closed last…

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Exhibition of Colonial Art

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

Rare examples of traditional colonial art, never before seen in England, will, form part of an exhibition to be held in the Art…

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Branxton Show Council’s Record Rodeo

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 5

BRANXTON: The-largest crowd in Branxton’s history thronged the town’s recently acquired show ground at the week-end, when Branxton and District Agricultural Show Council staged its second annual rodeo, which incorporated…

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Doll Show and Garden Party

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 5

A doll show and garden party was held at the residence of Mr. C. Fairhall, South-street, [?] in aid of the Rutherford Press…

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Show Judge Passes

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

Show committees and residents from all over Australia will be sorry to learn of the death of Miss Fanny Webster,…

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Maitland Game Club’s Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

Mr. W. McGilvray, of Goulburn, who judged at the annual show of the Maitland branch of the Game Poultry Club of New South Wales,…

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