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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1878

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The Show at Yass. (Special to the Evening News.) Yass

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 16

The Show, with respect to the character of the exhibits, is a success, but a slight rain is falling, and militates against the success of the affair in respect to attendance. Following are the awards made up…

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The Paris Exhibition. the Awards. (From the Herald's special Telegraphic Correspondent) New South Wales. Paris, August 31

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 16

The following awards have been made by the [?] to exhibitors in the New South Wales Court at the Universal Exhibition:— The Grand Prize to the Hon. E. K. Cox, M. L. C., for…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society. (By Telegraph from the Herald's Correspondent) Albury, Firday

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1878 · page 3

The annual show of the Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural S[?]ciety took place to day. The weather was glorious, but owing to last night's heavy rain, the show-yards were…

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The International Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1878 · page 4

SIR HERCULES ROBINSON has urged the Agri oultural Society to proceed with the projected International Exhibition, and the members of the Society, holding that the colony is…

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The International Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1878 · page 3

A MEETING of the council of the Agricultural Society was hold, his Excellange being in the chair. There was a large attendance of members. The…

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International Exhibition. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1878 · page 3

A special meeting of the Council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held on Thursday, —his Excellency the Governor in the chair. The following resolutions were agreed to:—…

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Tamworth Poultry and Horticultural Show. (Abridged from the Tamworth News, Sept. 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1878 · page 6

The second Spring Show of horticultural products and poultry opened on Tuesday last. This Exhibition was carried out un er the auspices of the L. P. P. A. and H. Association, on…

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International Exhibition. Question

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1878 · page 1

HIS EXCELLENCY never speaks but When he has something to say; and what he says is always worth listening to. Never has ho handled a subject…

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The Agricultural Society and the International Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 14

By the Sydney papers we learn that the monthly meeting of the Council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held on Wednesday, his Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson in the chair —…

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The International Exhibition. Deputation to the Colonial Secretary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 6

A deputation, consisting of Sir John Hay, Messrs. W. A. Broadribb, W. Wallis, W. Bradley, J. Thompson, G. Pile, H. M. Wright, J. H. Heaton, J. J. Calvert, P. N. Trebeck, and J. S. Gordon, waited on the…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, October 5, 1878. The International Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 2

WHETHER it is the result of the decided stand which many auctions of the public and the Press took against the proposed international Exhibition a short time…

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Narrabri. the Narrabri Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1878 · page 7

The eventful show week is past, and with it the old proverb, " Much ado about nothing," came true. Scarcely any visitors were in town, and we believe that they wrere mainly…

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The Victorian National Agricultural Society's Show. (By Telegraph to Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 3

The National Agricultural Society's Show opened to-day, and is the largest and best yet held in Melbourne. There is a most magnificent collection of machinery and agricultural implements, most of…

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At the Fair. the Thrilling Experience of a Committee Man. (From the Burlington Hawkeye)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1878 · page 6

Time and again you have seen and read in the advertisements of soul saving and body-curing "bitters," and bracing and spirit-strengthening "porous plaisters," the…

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The International Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1878 · page 6

The following is a copy of the letter which has been forwarded to the Government by the Exhibition Committee:— Sir,—I have the honour, by direction of the…

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Suez Mail Extracts. Lottery at the French Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 14

The Exhibition lottery promises to be as gigantic in its results, as the numbers who visit the Exhibition. The objects purchased, and those presented to form prizes, are now…

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The Proposed Victorian Exhibition. (By Telegraph to Herald.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 7

The following telegrams has been received by the Chief Secretary from the Agent-General with reference to the arrangement for the forthcoming International Exhibition at Melbourne:—" London, December 2…

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The Paris Exhibition. Colonial Address to the Prince of Walks. (from the European Mail,) Paris, October 24

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1878 · page 3

ANOTHER link has been forged in the chain that binds with a loving grasp the mother country and her dependencies for to-day H.R.H. the Prince of Wales…

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The International Exhibition. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1878 · page 3

The International Exhibition committee met at their offices, on Friday afternoon, when Sir John Hay occupied the chair, and there were present Messrs. J. Young, W…

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The International Exhibition. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1878 · page 6

The Government have lost no time in proceeding with the matter of the Exhibition. The intention of the Government was indicated in a Speech made by the Honorable…

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