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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

803 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 41

Round the Ring at Gresford Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 4

An annual show means an annual reunion for many people. At Gresford Show many old friends met again to talk over old times and old timers, and the latest news as well…

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Show Society Wants Quotes for More Lights

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

Dungog Show Society at its last meeting decided to obtain a quote from the Municipal Council for 14 lights in the…

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Warm Weather Attracts Huge Crowd To Gresford Show Judges Pleased with Standard of Exhibits

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

Gresford's 24th Annual Show staged in warm Autumn weather last Friday and Saturday attracted a huge crowd which saw a wonderful display of that district's rural wealth and…

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Flower Show and Parade

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 5

SINGLETON: The annual Rower show and mannequin parade of Singleton branch of the Red Cross Society was…

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Postal Facilities at Sydney Show

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 5

General postal facilities will be provided at the 1954 Royal Sydney Show to eatery for the…

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Unusual Talent of Maitland Girl Miss Soiling Pleased With Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

Brilliant young sculptress, Miss Wendy Soiling, has said she is “wonderfully thrilled” with the success of her “one man” show in Maitland this week. “Artists fend to feel that perhaps country people…

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Photography Superb Exhibition at Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

The exhibition of photography, drawn from leading photographers in four States, was a star attraction at the…

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Book Exhibition In Thailand

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

An exhibition compiled by the British Council of about 160 medical books and periodicals is being…

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Maitland Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

The finance committee of the Maitland Show Council reports a surplus of £5581 from the show held last…

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Last Sunday's Successful Cycling Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

Scone Cycle Club had another successful carnival on Scone Park on Sunday last. The people who attended…

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Big entries for bowls carnival

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

Rinks from Sydney. Newcastle, Singleton, Raymond Terrace and the Coalfields have entered for Lorn Park…

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Junior Farmers' Exhibit at Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

Muswellbrook Club staged two exhibits in the inter-district competition, which was won by Muswellbrook. South Muswellbrook's…

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Dairy Cattle At The Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 7

For the first time at Muswellbrook all of the entries in the dairy cattle were from registered studs, four studs being…

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Fashion highlights at Flower Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 8

Women's interest centred on an afternoon showing of more than 30 autumn fashions from Tulloch's at a parade at the Red Cross Flower Show on Wednesday…

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Butter Awards For Sydney Show

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 6

In dairy produce section the Royal Easter Show, the Lismore butter factory of Foley Bros. Pty. Ltd…

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Diesel - Electric Locomotives Show Their Worth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

One of the diesel-electric locomotives that hauled the Royal train in New South Wales distinguished itself…

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C.W.AT Flower Show And Cookery

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 3

East Maitland branch of the Country Women's Association has stated that, provided the present weather holds, it is…

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P.O. at This Year's Royal Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 8

General postal facilities will be provided at the 1954 Royal Sydney Show to cater for the postal requirements of the…

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Police Boys' Show Appreciated Big Crowd at [?]ortsground

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 5

D[?] rain, which terminated the events and caused almost half of the bouts to be called off, the…

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A Family Affair Fine Contribution to Show Society

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

The Bray family, of "Oakwood," Wybong, have a Show record of which they are justifiably proud. Mr. Reg. Bray,…

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