Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866
It is intended to hold an intercolonial exhibition at Melbourne during the present year. A royal commission has been appointed to carry out that object, and the co-operation of the…
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17 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, January 30, 1866. Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia
OUR readers are no doubt aware that arrangements have been made for holding at Melbourne, in or about the month of August next, an industrial and art exhibition, embracing within the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England. (Abridged from the Armidale Express, Feb. 24.)
On Tuesday last the annual exhibition of the above society was held in the Armidale court-house, and the yard pertaining thereto. In some respects it was better than the show of last year, but in others it was inferior,…
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The commission appointed to make and carry out arrangements in connection with the Paris Exhibition, held their first meeting on Tuesday. The business done was only of a preliminary…
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The second day of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association's exhibition, on Thursday, was marked by the most unexampled success. The weather was beautifully fine, and the day being a partial holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, June 7, 1866. the Paris Exhibition
OUR neighbours in Victoria deserve credit for the spirit with which they are preparing for the Paris Intercolonial Exhibition of 1867, and their ingenuity in devising means to render the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, July 14, 1866. the Mudgee Annual Ram Fair
TOWARDS the close of last year there was mooted in the Western Post, Mudgee, a project to which, now that the time for carrying it into effect is at hand, we have much pleasure in…
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If weather was any type of coming events we might have much cause for hope that a bright future is in store for coming exhibitions. A more glorious day than Thursday we have not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sheep Fair of the Mudgee Agricultural Association. (From the Wastern Post, Aug. 21.)
As our remarks last issue were so meagre respecting the results of the Sheep Fair, we continue a critical account of the exhibition. One matter it is a great satisfaction to refer to, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. the Spring Show at Singleton. (From our own Reporter.)
The spring exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held at Singleton yesterday, and, like all the shows of this important association, was most successful in almost every respect…
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On the evening of Wednesday a grand dinner, in celebration of the show, was held at Mr.Patrick Cullen's, Filzroy Hotel.The tables were laid out in good style, and a first-class dinner was piovided. The edibles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Singleton Show of the Hunter River Agrigultural and Horticulturall Association. [Continued from our last.]
The number of people who entered the show grounds on Wednesday could not have been less than three thousand the grounds presented a very animated and pleasant spectacle, in consequence of the large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Leather Exhibit at the Late Singleton Show. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—Permit me to contradict the statement in Saturday's Mercury, that the prize for the best exhibit of colonial-manufactured leather was awarded to Mr. John W. King, of Yarrabong. West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, September 13, 1866. the Paris Exhibition
We understand that great exertions are being made to ensure the due representation of these districts at the Intercolonial Exhibition of Melbourne, and at the International Exhibition of…
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We find in the following letter, published in the S. M. Herald of Saturday, an interesting description of the principal exhibits prepared (so far) for forwarding from this colony to the…
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Our readers have already learnt from the telegrams that the Intercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne was formally opened on Wednesday, the 24th October, by his Excellency the Governor. The Argus remarks that while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Intercolonial Exhibition. (From the Arqus.) Articles of Food, &c, From New South Wales
The event of yesterday, so far as concerned the exhibition, was a light luncheou, given almost impromptu by the representatives of the New South Wales commissioners to a few gentlemen, the object being to test the…
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