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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1952

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Show Takings Up £90

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

Show takings for the two clays were £90 over those of last year. Takings on Wednesday amounted to £30/2/-,…

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Carnival Tonight to Aid Spastic Appeal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

A march from the Cessnock Railway staion will precede the carnival to be held in Vincent Street in aid of the…

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Muswellbrook Show Awards Dairy Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 3

Friesians: Cow, 4 and over in milk, H. R. Whitten 1 and 2; cow or hfr., 2 and under 3 years, H. R. Whitten 1 and 2; hfr., 1…

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Highland Show Is Major Exposition

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

LONDON: The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland's show of livestock, farming…

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Muswellbrook Show Awards Ring Awards

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 6

Blood stallion or colt, Oak Range Stud 1 and champion, C. Johnson 2; mare best adapted for producing weight carrying…

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New Vauxhall Now on Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 3

A new comer to the "big" car field is the Vauxhall Velox which is on show at W. H. Bartrop and Son's Garage…

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Bushfire Exhibit at Royal Easter Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

The exhibit of the Bush Fire Committee at the Royal Easter Show this year will attract special attention because of the…

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The Show The Men Who Make Things Go

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

A Show ticks along because of the good work of a large band of voluntary workers in the role of stewards. Veterans in this…

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Great Faith in Upper Hunter. State Member Opens Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

As the leading cattle of the Grand Parade commenced to file into the show ring, Mr. A. S. Bowman, president of…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 28th MARCH, 1952. Why Upper Hunter Holds a Show. Reminder of Our Great Heritage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 3

We are sometimes apt to wonder, "Why all this fuss? Let the grass grow, the cows graze, or the aristocrats in the…

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Electric Shock While Preparing Show Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 3

Well-known Jersey stud breeder, Mr. H. Adams, of Dumaresque Island, received a severe electric shock on Sunday while preparing cattle for…

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Sports Carnival For Scone At Easter

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

A sports carnival, will be held at White Park, Scone, on Easter Monday. The organisors said to-day…

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Sydney Show Opens On

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Final -preparations began to-day for the Royal Easter , show which opens on Friday…

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Show Preparations Well In Hand

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—Final preparations are being made for the Royal Easter Show which opens on Friday…

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Prospects Bright For Gresford Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

Prospects for Gresford 1952 show, to be held on May 9 and 10, are bright. Schedules are available…

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Show Personals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

Harold Bates, as usual, was well to the fore as an exhibitor of dahlias and shared the prizes with those two other enthusiasts,…

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Additional Show Awards

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

The following list completes the awards made at last week's Show:- FARM PRODUCE…

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Trade Exhibits at Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

Exhibits by district retailers and agents at the Show were of the usual quality. Motor exhibits predominated, and interest was…

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£500 Expected From Carnival Friday's Function Big Success

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

A total of over £500 is expected to be received as a result of the carnival held on Friday night in aid…

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Grand Carnival Dance and Housie, Housie. Thursday and Friday Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

To augment the funds of the candidature of Miss Dawn Quinn, the Muswellbrook R.S. League's candidate in the "Miss Australia"…

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