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Shows & fairs, 1877

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Muswellbrook Show. (From our own Reporter.) Second Day

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 2

ON Wednesday, the second day of the Show helk by the Upper Hunter pasloral and Agricultural Assuciation at Mu[?]…

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Original Correspondence. Show Sales. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 4

SIR,—I notice generally that at Country Agricultural Shows, the days set apart for sales are after the show is over, and most of the people have left. This to my mind is a great mistake, for many…

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Original Correspondence. Show Sales. (To the Editor of the Maitlant Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 4

SIR,—I notice a letter in Saturday's issue, of 10th inst., signed H. S. Badgery, in reference to the sale of pedigree stock, &c., being held on the day after the show; and suggesting that…

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Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society. (Abridged from the Grafton Argus, March 9.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1877 · page 3

This Society's Eleventh Exhibition was held on the Grounds, in this city, on Wednesday and yesterday, and we have little hesitation in stating that it was the most successful, in every…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, March 15, 1877. a Great Annual Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1877 · page 4

INDUSTRIAL Exhibitions are designed, we take it, to display the best results of production, cultivation, art, skill, and handicraft, and to gather together new substances likely to prove…

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The Seventeenth Show of the H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 4

On Wednesday next, the seventeenth Show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Asso ciation will be opened at West Maitland, on the Albion Ground. The ground being the property of…

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Original Correspondence. the Show at Muswellbrook. (7b the Editor of the Hauland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1877 · page 6

SIE,—I have just perused your report of our late show (wbioh press of business prevented me from doing before), and observe there are a few inaccuracies, wbioh I shall feel obliged if you…

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Seventeenth Annual Show of the H. E. A. & H. Association, at Maitland. First Dat, Wednesday, March 21

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1877 · page 4

We have the pleasure to announce that the seven teenth annual show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, opeiied at West Maitland, yesterday, was a most succeisful gathering of…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Show. Show. ([?] another page.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 2

Thursday, the second day of the show on the Allion Ground, West Maitland, was equal to its predecessor as far as the weather was concerned and fine…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Seyenteenth Annual Show. (From the our own Reporter.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 4

We are not aware whether any par[?] effort has been [?] forth by the [?] of the Mailand Association to the [?] the [?] of their [?]…

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One Great Annual Show on the Hunter. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 10

Sir,—Since you published my last letter very many people have doubtless read your able leader of the 15th inst, and also the excellent leader in Saturday's Mail of the 17th inst. on the above subject. It is…

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Seventeenth Annual Show of the H. R. A. & H. Association, at Maitland. Second Day, Thursday, March 22

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 10

The second day of the Show was beautifully fine, There was a large attendance of visitors—over four thousand people being at one time on the ground. Every exhibit was in its turn examined, and the…

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The Philadelphia Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 6

At a meeting of the Philadelphia Commission held in the Free Public Library, Sydney, on Thursday afternoon, the Executive Commissioner, Mr. A. Morris, made the following verbal…

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Liverpool Plains P. A. and H. Association. (Abridged from the Tamworth News, March. 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 2

The fifth annual exhibition of the above Society, held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th and 21st March, attracted a large number of visitors—over 1100 paying for admission on…

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The Forthcoming Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1877 · page 2

OSLY for three weeks has Alfred Park been occupied by the forces of the Agricultural Society, and yet so far has the work of preparation progressed that…

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Tamworth Show

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1877 · page 1

THE Tamworth News supplies us with the following memoranda of the Show held at Tamworth on the 20th and 21st inst. Of the prize list we only append a portion…

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The Sydney Exhibition. (From the S. M. Herald)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1877 · page 3

The preparations for the forthcoming Exhibition in the Prince Alfred Park are proceeding with exemplary vigour M Joubert and his assistants are working literally night and day,…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. the Grand Annual Show Question

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1877 · page 4

At eleven o'clock yestorday forenoon, a special general meeting of the members of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held at Fullford's Family Hotel, to…

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The Iatercolonial Exhibition. (From the Echo of

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1877 · page 3

The Exhibition was formally opened to the public by hit Excellency the Governor at noon on Tuesday. Long before that time the building was filled by members of the Agricultural…

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Latest Telegrams. [From the Australian Associated Press.] SYDNEY. Wednesday, received 8.30 evening. the Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1877 · page 5

About eight thousand persons were present to-day at the Exhibition. Considerable dissatisfaction is expressed at the incomplete-state of some departments, and at the absence of the live stock. This…

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