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Shows & fairs, 1882

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Original Correspondence. Holiday in Maitland for Singleton Show. (To the Editor of the Maitland M[?]cury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 4

SIR,—Having noticed in the Sydney Morning Herald of September 7th that in Parliament on the previous day, Sir Henry Parkes had stated in answer to Mr. Bowman—that West Maitland was…

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Victorian Wines at the Bordeaux Exhibition. (Melbourns Argus.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1882 · page 6

M. Gustave Billiet, who is now at Bordeaux, representing the Victorian exhibitors at the wine exhibition at that place, has sent two reports to the Victorian wine Committee on the subject of the…

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The Late Singleton Show. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 2

SIR,—In looking over the wine exhibits [?]t the late Singleton Show, it appears to me very strange that in the midst of a large wine producing district (such as Singleton undoubtedly is) there were only two…

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Live Stock Show in Adelaide. (By Telegraph to Herald.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 3

The September live stock show was held on the grounds to-day. The affair was a great success, and well attended. There was a fine collection of cattle, the Durhams exhibited by Messrs. Hart…

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The Result of the Bordeaux Wine Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 4

The following remarks, from the Melbourne Australasian of the 16th instant, will disappoint, we fear, many persons who expected some immediate great results from the recent…

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The Projected Adelaide International Exhibition. (From the Herald's correspondent.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1882 · page 3

The report of the International Sub-committee of the Chamber of Manufactures, adopted by that body, states that the chamber, having observed the remarks of the Treasurer…

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Bordeaux Exhibition Awards. [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Sydney, received 9 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1882 · page 5

The following awards were made in Australian wines at the Borde[?]x Exhibition: John Wynd[?]am, Hunter River, gold medal for Verd[?]t, vintage 1876; James B. Kelman, Hunter River, gold medal…

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The Railway and the Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 October 1882 · page 2

IT may be remembered that [?] after the late [?] of the [?] [?]…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Postponement of the Flower Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1882 · page 4

A special meeting of the committee of the above Association was held at Cohen's (late Fullford's) Hotel, yesterday afternoon, to consider the advisableness of postponing the…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, November 18, 1882. Fifth Annual Flower Show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 4

An interesting event came off at West Maitland yesterday, in the Annual Flower Show in connection with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association…

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Fifth Annual Flower Show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1882 · page 6

In our last issue, owing to the want of space, we were unable to give the awards made by the judges at the flower show. They were as under:…

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FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Two Fair Women. CHAPTER I. Taken at Her Word

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1882 · page 2

"Howard, you shall never demean yourself in any such way." "I certainly have no intention of demeaning myself, as you express it, Helen."…

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FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Two Fair Women. Chapter Iii (Continued.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 4

Mrs. Langley was some what taken aback at this reply; not so much by the words as the manner in which they were spoken. It told her that there was after all a decision about…

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FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Two Fair Women. Chapter Vi. "I Shall Never See Him Again."

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 2

Cecile took up ore of her magazines after her husband left her, and tried to read. But she could not fix her attention upon anything; her mind followed Howard anxiously, and there was…

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St. Mary's Christmas Fancy Fair

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1882 · page 4

The [?]ancy fair which was so successfully inaugurated on Thursday afternoon last in the Masonic Hall, West Maitland, continues to enjoy an extensive public patronage. As already intimated the object…

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St. Mary's Christmas Fancy Fair

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1882 · page 5

Visitors from the country and others who were detained yesterday, owing to the threatening state of the weather, will be afforded further opportunities of visiting the fancy fair, which is now being…

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The Bordeaux Exhibition. ([?]rom the Wine Trade Review.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1882 · page 7

The International Exhibition of Wines at Bordeaux, under the ausp[?] of the Philcmatic Society of that city, ia a collection of samples for the instruction of the leading merchants engaged in the…

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St. Mary's Christmas Fancy Fair

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 2

Although it is now some eight days since the fancy fair at the Masonic Hall, West Maitland, was initiated, it still commands a very extensive public patronage. Indeed, it…

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FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Two Fair Women. Chapter Viii. Matched

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 2

When Cecile came to herself again she was in a large, richly-furnished apartment of the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York; but with consciousness there came such a sense of dreariness and misery that life…

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St. Mary's Christmas Fancy Fair

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1882 · page 7

The Masonic Hall, West Maitland, never perhaps presented a more animated appearance than on Saturday night. It was the occasion of the winding-up, so to speak, of the Christmas Fancy Fair, so…

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