Bathurst Agricultural Show. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Bathurst
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 12
The seventeenth annual show of the Bathurst Agricultural Association opened to-day under unfavourable circumstances. Rain fell all day, and promises to continue…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1879 · page 7
The Prince of Wales' country house is a pretty two-mile drive from Wolverton, in Norfolk, through a quantity of young plantations in which the Prince takes much…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1879 · page 6
The Agricultural Society of New South Wales is again in possession of Alfred Park and its Exhibition Building, and will open its usual annual April Show to the public…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1879 · page 3
THE Metropolitan Exhibition for 1879 of the New South Wales Agricultural Society was opened this morning at the Exhibition' building, Prince Alfred Park…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 7
The Metropolitan Exhibition for 1879 of the New South Agricultural Society was opened this morning at the Exhibition building, Prince Alfred Park. It was feared until…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 6
A public meeting, convened by the Mayo[?] in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Borough Council, was held in the School of Arts, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Stock at the Sydney Exhibition. (Abridged from the Herald of Tuesday.) Section 1.—Horses
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 4
The show of horses was particularly good and many of the exhibits were equal to a[?] that have ever appeared on the ground. T[?] judging commenced at about 9 a.m., and[?]…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 14
About 8 o'clock yesterday (says Wednesday's Evening News) Samuel Allen, aged 24 years, a printer by trade, and a native of England, whilst employed as a labourer at…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 2
ABOUT 170 of the carpenters employed at the Exhibition building left their work this morning and held a meeting in the Outer Domain near Bourke's…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 14
About 170 of the carpenters employed at the Exhibition building left their work this morning (says Wednesday's Echo), and held a meeting in the Outer Domain, near the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 6
We have to report a serious strike at the Exhibition, but it is satisfactory to know that the same article which records the nefarious project announces also a complete checkmate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe's Exhibition Stock Sales. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 5
Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe report:—At the sales ef Exhibition stock to-day we sold Messrs. Graham's draught stallion, Sir William, for four hundred guineas, Mr. Hoskison's draught stallion Honest Tom for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stock at the Sydney Exhibition. (Abridged from the Herald of Tuesday.) Section Ii.—cattle
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 14
The southern portion of the park, as usual, presents a most attractive appearance, and the display of cattle which it bears may be fairly stated as equal to any which has been brought forth since the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 4
The first meeting of the Local Committee was held in the Council Chambers, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon. There were present: The Mayor (in the chair), and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strike at the Exhibition Building. (From Friday's Echo.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 7
The situation in regard to the carpenters' strike is much improved to-day. As we anticipated, the more sensible of the men are gradually returning to their work, and most…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 4
I have been asked to explain the meaning of "best," as used in all the sub-classes, and to say whether it means a case of six fleeces, or a bale of fleeces as the case may be, of the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1879 · page 4
The closing concert at the Exhibition Building on Saturday night, was attended by about two thousand people, and passed off most satisfactorily. The vocalists were those…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1879 · page 4
The list of entries sent out by the London Commission show that up to the 14th March last the number of exhibitors who had applied for space was between 600 and 700, The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne International Exhibition. (From the Herlad's Special Correspondent.) Melbourne, April 26
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 15
Uninterrupted by bad weather, or—what is worse—the striking of any of his artisans— the contractor for the building has made won— derful progress with the main permanent…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 4
A meeting of the local committee was held in the Council Chambers, High street, yesterday afternoon. There were present:—The Mayor (Mr. J. Fullford, jun). Messrs, Theo. Cooper, J. W. Pender, Jas…
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