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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

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District winners at Maitland show

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 5

Singleton district scored many successes at Maitland Show yesterday. Most of the exhibits were in the dairy cattle section…

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Chance to Go to Royal Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

Any boy 10 to 17 years of age can go on the Young Australia League's Royal Easter Show visit to…

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Excellent Entries for Cessnock Show Records In Some Sections

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

Earrles for Cessnock Show, Which is to be held next Friday and Saturday, closed yesterday with an excellent…

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Cattle Contest at Maitland Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 1

Cattle breeders gave fine support to the competition for fat steers on the hoof and on the hook at Maitland Show on…

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Fine tennis at exhibition

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

The crowd was not as large as was expected at Howe Park courts on Saturday afternoon when four…

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Show Awards

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

At the Northern Districts Alsatian and All Breeds' Society Championship Show in Newcastle yesterday, Mrs. M…

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Records At Swimming Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

Six records were broken yesterday when the Northern District Amateur Swimming Association and the Northern…

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Maitland Show takings increase

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Gate receipts for Maitland Show which ended on Saturday night were £6453/1/2 or £477/4, 9 more than last year. With a large carryover…

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Side-Show Attendant Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

Paul Henry Wheeler, 28 employed by V. Labb and Co., Woollahra, received an injury to his left leg…

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Point Score For Flower Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 5

The Singleton Horticultural Society will hold a point score competition at its meeting next month…

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Good Recovery Wade in Show Finances One Of Maitland’s Most Notable Exhibitions

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Maitland show made a remarkable financial recovery in the final two sessions on Saturday to finish £477/4/9 ahead of lest year’s record-figures. In the early part, gate receipts had been below…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 9th MARCH, 1954 Annual Scots' Fair Amd Flower Show Colorful Display

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 3

The annual Scots' Fair and Flower Show, held on Friday last, provided a most colorful display, which was well up to the high standard set in previous years. Results, we learn, were most…

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Pygmies at Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 6

Shyest of savages, the Afri-can Pygmy flits away at the approach of strangers. There he waits. In ambush…

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Show Bullock Competition

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 3

The bullock used for the weight estimating competition at Maitland show has been slaughtered at Maitland…

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Record Entries For Show

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY: Display capacity at the R.A.S show ground has been heavily taxed- by a record number of entries for ' this…

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Tomato Hybrids Show Big Yield Increase

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 6

Tomato hybrids under test at, Hawkesbury Agricultural College-this year have yielded as much as 40 per cent more…

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Three Weeks to Show Preparations Nearing Finality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

With only another three weeks before the 64th. Upper Hunter Show at Muswellbrook the committee of the Show Association is bringing its plans of a record exhibition to finality…

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Show Committee At Gresford Hopes For Record Display

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 2

Members of Gresford Agricultural Society are looking forward to what they expect to be their biggest show on March 26 end 27. Late February and early March rains have left…

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Maitland Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

At Maitland Show last Wednesday, Constable G. J. Perkins grained 3rd prizes for both a Langshan cockerel and…

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Show Successes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 2

Among the successes won by local competitors at the annual Maitland Show last week. Robert Roeth was first…

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