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Shows & fairs, 1952

818 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 41

Pony Club In Need Of Public Support Success Of District's Future Show Riders Rests With Club Says President

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 1

The Singleton Pony Club will have to disband unless the people of the district take a greater interest in its functions. This was the general feeling expressed by members of the…

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Rio Carnival Quiet, Only 20 Fatalities

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 7

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio De Janeiro has had a comparatively peaceful pre-Lenten carnival—only 20 fatalities…

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The Rain And The Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 4

IT WAS EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT that the long drought should end. and that the Hunter valley should be saturated with ’steady, soaking rains, but it remains to be seen whether the weather,…

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Praise for Rich Hunter Valley American Consul Opens Maitland Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 5

Officially opening the Maitland Show this afternoon, the Consul-General for America in Sydney (Mr. Donald W. Smith) said he deemed it a very great privilege to be invited to open a show in the heart…

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“Big Stick” Will Not Intimidate Committee, Says Show President Reply To Statement On Dairy Cattle Display

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

The Show Council’s reasons for declining the requested for a two day’s dairy cattle and horticultural show were well known, the president of the Hunter River Agricultural Association (Mr. E. W. Sparke)…

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To-day’s Leader The Rain And The Show’ Government Departments Cut Their Spending Britain’s Budget Provides For High Defence Expenditure

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Civil and service estimates indicate that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Robert Butler) will have to raise about £4,370,000,000 sterling hit budget to be presented to- Parliament on March 11. The estimates published yesterday revealed government departments have…

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Kurri Swimming Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 8

Several Muswellbrook swimmers will compete in Northern District championships and handicap events at the Kurri Kurri…

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Gloucester Show Off

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: The annual Gloucester Show, set down for March 21 and 22, has been abandoned…

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Show Council Entertains

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Fairy lights lit the grounds of the home of Mr. and Mrs. W, E, Sparke, Melbee, when Show Council members sad…

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[?]Show Riding in Pictures

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

Full of confidence, Mervyn Whalan, aged 4 of Bishop’s Bridge, posed for the cameraman. He was one of the youngest riders on the ground. Mervyn did not land a major award, but, like others of…

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Third Day of Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

Wealth of the Hunter Valley’s grazing industry was seen at the Maitland Show this afternoon as the prize…

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Show Impressed American Woman

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Wife of the Consul-General for America, Mrs. Donald Smith, who accompanied, her husband to Maitland yesterday…

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Outstanding Trick Riding At Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Claims that Dan Crotty is one of Australia’s foremost cowboys find strong support in his outstanding…

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Show Is Success Says President

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

Favourable comment had been received on the continuity of the ring programme, the Maitland Show Council…

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Show Judges Claim Time Wasted

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Judges of the Australian Hlawarra Shorthorns, Ayrshires and Friesians in the dairy cattle section of this…

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Millfield Junior Farmers Successes at Newcastle Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

Once again the Millfield Junior Farmer Club did well in the dressed poultry section at the Newcastle Show…

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Bedspread From Show Ribbons. Local Girl's Record

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

Barbara Whitten (15), of Denman, champion girl rider at the Newcastle Show, has found a practical use for her many show…

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C.w.a. Rest Room at Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Although a number of [?] visited the CWA real room at the show yesterday morning and afternoon only…

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