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Shows & fairs, 1868

6 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Fair Play Is a Jewel

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1868 · page 2

WE do not often trouble our readers with any remarks on passing disputes with our local contemporaries. In point of fact, we have had very few such disputes. But a case has just…

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The Agricultural Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1868 · page 4

The show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on Nicholson's Racecourse, commencing yesterday (Friday) and to be continued to-day (Saturday) the 6th and 7th days of March; and…

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The Maitalnd Mercury. Tuesday, March 10, 1868. the Agricultural Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1868 · page 2

"TIS not for mortals to command success," especially when they have caprioious and uncertain elements to deal with. We may, nevertheless, congratulate the Agricultural Association…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England. (Abridged from the Armidale Erpress, March 7.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1868 · page 2

The fourth annual exhibition was held on Wednesday last, in the hall of the Armidale Sohool of Arts, the enclosed yard at the rear of the building, and the paddocks across Falconer-street. The weather was fine and…

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Northern Agricultural Association. First Annual Show. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 4

We take up our pen to chronocle the first show in connection with this association, held at Singleton on Thursday, an association whose proceedings since its formation have been characterised by such a remarkable degree of…

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Australian Wool at the Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 6

The Herald publishes extracts from the jurors' reports on Australian products at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. We take the following remarks on wool, which have just now a special interest:—…

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