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Shows & fairs, 1847

3 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Maitland Mercury. Saturday, March 27, 1847. the Agricultural Society's Annual Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1847 · page 2

THE annual show and ploughing match of the Hunter River Agricultural Society, for 1847, will take place on Wednesday, the 7th proximo. The…

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Hunter River District News. Fourth Show and Ploughing Match

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1847 · page 4

The fourth show and ploughing match of the above society came off on Wednesday last, as advertised. The day was very propitious, although rather warm. The match…

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British Extracts. the Fair Impostor. (From the Galt Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1847 · page 1

Early last summer a lady calling herself Madame B—, attended by two servants, arrived in a very elegant carriage in a village not one hundred miles from this city. She drove…

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