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Shows & fairs, 1872

22 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2

Wine Show at Adelaide. (Abridged from the Adelaide Observer, Jan. 13.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 6

The public has been already made aware of the foot that a wine show on a somewhat extensive scale has been arranged, and we may now add carried out, by the Royal Agricultural…

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International Exhibition, London

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1872 · page 4

The following letter received by the Sydney Commissioners for the International Exhibition, London, has been handed to us for publication, and will be read with interest…

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The Show. Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1872 · page 2

We have the pleasure to inform our readers that the preparations for the Annual Exhibition of this Association are going on apace, and, if we may judge from present appearances, the arrangements made…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Hortioultural Association. Twelfth Annual Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1872 · page 2

After a series of years, in which the annual shows of the Hunter River Agricultural Association have very ineffectively shown the resources of the district, in an agricultural point of view,…

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The Wine Department of the Forthcoming Stoney Exhibition. (From the Herald, April 1[?].)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1872 · page 3

The judges in the wine section of the forth coming Intercolonial Exhibition have completed their labours, and their report is given below. There were forty-eight entries in this…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 20, 1872. the Agricultural Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 2

A YEAR ago, when the Hunter River Asscoiation held its annual agricultural and horticultural show in Maitland, the main ground for congratulation appeared to us to consist in the…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Twelfth Annual Show. Second Day, Thursday, April 18

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 2

The great day of the twelfth Annual Show of this Association broke rather foggy, but by nine o'clock the mists were being chased by the ascending sun, and fine weather prevailed for the remainder of the…

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The Forthcoming Sydney Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1872 · page 1

The Herald of Tuesday reports:—The arrangements for the forthcoming Exhibition re progressing as satisfactorily as could be desired To-day the judging of the wool exhibits will…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Annual Exhibition at Sydney. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 2

The annual Exhibition of the above Society was opened at the Exhibition Building Prince Alfred Park, at one o'clock on Tuesday last, by his Excellency Sir alfred Stephen the Administrator of the…

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Sale of Stock at the Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1872 · page 3

The Herald of Saturday has the following:—Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report having sold at the Exhibition grounds the following fat stock:—On account of Mr. A.A. Dangar, two byllocks at £12 10s…

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Agricultural Association of New South Wales. Annual Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1872 · page 4

The S.M. Herald of Thursday and Friday contains the following description of the cattle exhibits at the Agricultural association's Show:— SHORTHORNS…

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Proposed Champion Prizes at the Northern Agricultural Association's Show. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 2

Sir,—I shall feel obliged if you will kindly publish the following communication just received by me from Mr. George Loder:— To the Secretary of the Northern agricultural…

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Exhibition of the Bodies After Execution

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1872 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon information was conveyed to the police that the dead bodies of the men Nichols and Lester, after having been removed from Darlinghurst gaol at about eleven o'clock…

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Arrival of the Suez Mail, at Adelaide. Latest News to 7th June. Thealabamaclaims Still Causing Excitement, and the Geneva Commission Likely to Adjourn. Duke of Edinburgh Opened Dublin Exhibition. Colonial Fibre Company Started. Strike of London Builders. Wool Duty in America Reduced Bismark and the Jesuits. Carlist Insurrection in Spain. French Compulsory Military Service. Many Vessels Wrecked Off Labrador. Next Wool Sales 200,000 BALES. Mercury Office, Maitland, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1872 · page 2

We have received the following important mail telegram from the Associated Press, Sydney. The latest English speeial telegram says:…

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The International Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1872 · page 4

The International Exhibition of 1872 was opened on May 1, but the visitors were not numerous. In the interests of the masses it is much to be regretted that the Albert Hall is not included in the Exhibition…

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Original Correspondence. the Approaching Show of the Northern Agricultural Association. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1872 · page 4

SIR—It may be advantageous to intending exhibitors, and probably will save a good deal of my time, paper, and ink, if you will kindly publish the subjoined information for the benefit of an…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Annual Show at Singleton. the Luncheon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 2

A departure was made this year from the customary course of winding up the proceedings of the annual Show for instead of the usual dinner on the evening of the show day, there was a luncheon in…

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Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to August 1. the Queen Well. Fearful Powder Explosion. the Ballot Bill Passed. Steamer Sunk, with All Hands. the American Dispute Settled. Cholera in St. Petersburg. Attempt to Assassinate the King of Spain. the Moscow Exhibition Opened. Shipwrecks in the Indian Seas. Wool Sales Closed Firm. Mercury Office, Maitland, Friday, noon, August 23, 1872

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 2

We have just received the Suez mail telegram from the Associated Press, Sydney as follows:— The steamer Governor Blackall reached…

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Australian Meat at the Next Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1872 · page 5

Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhibition of 1873 have issued a notice to the effect that one of the most prominent features of the Exhibition wil be the class of "Substances used as Food,"…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald Oct. 9.) Testing Wines From South Australia

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1872 · page 5

A number of choice wines brought from Adelaide by Mr. G. W. Hawkes, handed over by that gentleman to the Standing Committee of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, to be tested and…

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