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Shows & fairs, 1874

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Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society. (By telegraph to S. M. Herald.) Mudgee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1874 · page 5

The fourteenth exhibition of the Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society was opened to-day. It is a great success. The weather was fine, and about 1000 persons were in attendance…

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Sales of Stock at the Mudgee Agricultural Show. (From the Western Post, July 28)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1874 · page 5

Mr. W. C. Reynolds disposed of the following stock at the prices quoted, during the Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Some of this stock was sold by auction, and the balance quitted…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, August 6, 1874. a Great Exhibition in America

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1874 · page 2

OUR readers are probably aware that a monster exhibition has been projected, to be held at Philadelphia, in 1876. It is intended to be one of the American "big" things, and the…

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The Toowoomba Show. (From the Queenslander, Aug. 8.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1874 · page 2

The supremacy claimed for the Darling Downs over all the other districts of the colony, in everything connected with stock-keeping, was fully sustained at the Annual Show of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Proposed Show at Muswellbrook in 1875. (From our own reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1874 · page 3

Yesterday forenoon, at the Royal Hotel, Singleton, a special meeting of the members of the Northern Agricultural Association was held, pursuant to advertisement, the object being to take into…

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Northern Agricultural Association. the Show at Singleton on Wednesday and Thursday Next

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1874 · page 2

Before another week goes by one more will have been added to the list of agricultural and horticultural exhibitions held under the auspices of the Northern Agricultural Association at Singleson, and another mark made and chronicled of…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Seventh Annual Show. (From our own reporters.) First Day. Wednesday. August 19, 1874

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1874 · page 2

Yesterday (Wednesday) the seventh annual shaw of the Northern Agricultural Association was opened on the show ground. Singleton. The weather was delightful. As usual on the first days show, only the live stock exhibits were on view and…

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[?] Agricultural Association Exhibition

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 August 1874 · page 2

The seventh annual exhibition in connection with the above Association was held on Wednesday and Thursday last, at the Show Grounds, Singleton. For…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Seventh Annual Show. (From our own reporters.) Second Day, Thursday, August 20

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1874 · page 2

The second and principal day of the Northern Agricultural Association's seventh annual show, at Singleton, broke auspiciously, and fine weather again prevailed. The great anticipations formed of the…

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The Late Show at Singleton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1874 · page 2

At generally happens that our reports of the shows of the Agricultural Associations of Maitland and Singleton have to be supplemented in subsequent issues to those in which the general reports appear,…

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Sales of Exhibition Stock

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1874 · page 3

On friday last the asnal saess of exhibited stock commenced. Three auctioneering firms having[?]engaged. each was allowed as hour in turu Fal…

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Northern Agricultural Association Exhibition. First Day

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1874 · page 2

THE seventh annual exhibition in connection with the above Association was held on Wednesday sad Thursday last at the Show Grounds, Singleton…

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Wednesday August 16, 1874. The Singleton Show

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1874 · page 2

SINCE one last issue the Seventh Annual Show of the Northern Agricultural Association, an event of the greatest importance to this district, and of increasing interest to the…

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The Proposed Show at Muswellbrook. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1874 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon a public meeting was held in the hall of the School of Arts, Muswellbrook, to receive the report of the committee appointed some time ago to undertake the arrangements for…

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The Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1874 · page 2

The annual show of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held on Wednesday, September 2, at Wagga Wagga. The weather was fine, and the attendance in excess of last year. We give the…

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Original Correspondence. Road Trustees Fair Game for Abuse in Connection with Clerk to the Weather Office. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1874 · page 1

SIR—I notice your Dungog correspondent has slightly altered his tactics in the matter of road trusts generally, and of the Dungog and Clarence Town one in particular. If he will allow me to…

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Quarterly Meeting of the Northern Agricultural Society

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 2

THE usual quarterly meeting of the Northern Agricultural Society was held at Mr. Ash's Royal Hotel on Wedne[?] last. There were present-Mr, S. R. Dight…

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Original Correspondence. "Fair Play Is Bonnie Play." (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1874 · page 4

MR. EDITOR,—Being a thorough believer in the newspaper for giving vont to popular and individual complaints, in preserving the relative rights of the several social grades, and in checking by the…

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Wallsend Horticultural Show

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 3

This show was held in the commodious establishment-known as Harris's Assembly Rooms, and was visited throughout the day by many, of the residents, as likewise num…

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Central Australian Pastoral Association's Show. (Abridged from the Bourke Central Australian.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1874 · page 2

The first show of the Central Australian Pastoral Association was held at Bourke, on Monday and Tuesday, 9th and 10th November. The weather was magnificent. The Association is combined with the…

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