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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1880

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Singleton Show Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 August 1880 · page 1

The Singleton Show, held under the suspices of the Northern Agricultural. Association, has like its predecessors, proved and unqualified success. The…

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Singleton Show Memos

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 August 1880 · page 2

THE exact amounts taken at the gates on each day were as follows:—Wednesday, 18th inst., f48 3s 6d: Thursday, 19th, f220 10s 6d: Friday, 20th,…

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Show of Stud Sheep in Victoria. (By telegraph to Herald) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1880 · page 3

Draughts of stud rams from the principal stud flocks in Victoria were on view to-day prior to sale, and include some magnificent specimens…

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The Wagga Wagga Show. (By Telegraph to the Evening News.) Wagga Wagga

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1880 · page 6

The 16th pastoral show of the Murrumbidgee district promises to excel in point of exhibits any previous show yet held. The judging takes place to-day, and to-morrow…

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The Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association Show. Wagga Wagga

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1880 · page 1

THE sixteenth annual exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held to-day. The attendance was large, and the weather fine, the grounds…

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The Melbourne International Exhibition. (From the S. M. Herald's Special Reporter.) the New South Wales Court

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1880 · page 3

The New South Wales Court is, I think, a credit to our commissioners and to the managing secretary, Mr. Joubert. Perhaps I had better explain that it has six different…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (By telegraph to Herald.) Yass

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 6

The show to-morrow promises to be very excellent. In stock the exhibits were partially judged to-day, and the following prizes awarded:…

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Sir Hercules Robinson and the Agricultural Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1880 · page 3

The Executive Committee of the Agricultural Society at their last meeting decided to address a valedictory letter to Sir Hercules Robinson, reiterating the thanks of the…

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Opening of the Melbourne Exhibition. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 October 1880 · page 2

The Melbourne International Exhibition was opened to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance from all the colonies very large…

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Melbourne International Exhibition. the Opening Ceremony. (By Electric Telegraph from Grevill[?]'s Telegram Co.) Sydney, Friday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1880 · page 4

The Melbourne International Exhibition was formally opened this morning by the Marquis of Normanby. A public holiday had been proclaimed. The morning was fine. Strangers thronged into Melbourne from…

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International Exhibition, Melbourne. (From the Echo of Saturday.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1880 · page 7

The attendance at the Exhibition yesterday was scarcely up to the mark, but it is a well-known fact that had the Commissioners not interfered with the reserved seats by so early…

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Melbourne International Exhibition. (By telegraph from the Herald's corrrespondent.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1880 · page 2

This morning his Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus visited the New South Wales Courts, and was taken through the various departments by the Executive Commissioner…

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The Forthcoming Flower and Poultry Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 3

The Flower and Poultry Show to be held on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, on Thursday under the direction of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, promises to be successful…

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The Late Show of the Association. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 2

SIR,—In introducing the following observations to the notice of those interested in conducting promising undertaking such as the Northern Agricultural Association, allow…

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The Melbourne International Exhibition. (By telegraph from the Herald's Reporter.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1880 · page 3

The New South Wales Courts in the Melbourne International Exhibition were honoured yesterday by the presence of Lord and Lady Normanby, Lord Augustus Loftus and…

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The Flower and Poultry Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1880 · page 4

The above show in connexion with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association takes place on the Albion Ground this day. Some of the larger exhibits were…

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The Exhibition. INTRODUCTION. "Labor omnia vincit."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 2

Several Intercolonial Exhibitions have been celebrated in Melbourne. The first was held in a hideous class building, which was built for the occasion near the old Treasury, in…

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The Exhibition Poem. [As it might have been.]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 4

DAUGHTER of liberty to thee we raise This pile industrial, and this song of praise. Commerce of Freedom still the guiding star, Victoria welcomes thee from isles afar…

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Victorian International Exhibition, 1880. Rise and Progress of Victoria

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 1

IN traversing the events which have led up to the remarkable culmination of an International Exhibition in a colony little more than forty years of age, we may, without fear…

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Flower and Poultry Show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 2

The show of horticultural exhibits and poultry in connection with the above Association took place on Tuesday afternoon and evening, on the Albion Ground,…

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