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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1885

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The Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 2

TO-DAY the Northern Agricultural ASsociation opens another annual Show, and if as fortunate as usual in respect of the weather, there is every prospect of…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Show. First Day, Wednesday, August 26. [From Our Own Reporter.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 4

Fine weather is of course an important factor in the success of an agricultural show, as it is in the prosperity of all other similar gatherings, and preparations for th[?]ee great annual events are based on…

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Northern Agricultural Association. the Annual Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 2

SINGLETON's yearly carnival has come and gone, and of it memories now remain of the unprecedented success which has attended the annual show of the…

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Our Show Ground. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 2

SIR,—lt must be evident to the excellent Committee of the N. A. Association that their show-ground has bocome too strait for the increased and…

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R.A. Association Show. Judges' Awards. Horses. Blood Horses. (First Prize; Silver Medal, Second, Certificate)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 1

[?] D. F. Mackay, Sir Modred, [?] 6 yrs, imp,; second; Grand[?] chestnut aged, imp, second; A. A. [?] Galneborough commended 6 entries…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Show. Second Day, Thursday, August 27. [From Our Own Reporters.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 11

Never since it has been set apart for the purpose for which it was secured has the Singleton show ground been occupied by so dense a crowd of spectators as assembled…

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The Late Show the Fine Arts Section

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 2

ON Saturday we had no space for particulars are the fine arts section at the late Show, and the following remarks are supplementary to those already published. The oil paintings…

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The Wines at the Show. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 2

SIR,— I notice in your paper of to-day's issue a report respecting the winus. Allow me to inform you that it was known that an exhibitor came…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 4

THERE is considerable animation, if not bustle, on the society's grounds to-day (Wednesday) and, we may perhaps add truthfully, not a little confusion. A…

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The Sydney Show. From a Correspondent.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 2

The stock sales at Moore Park to-day were rather a failure. No cattle were sold. Mr George Loder bought a yearling colt by…

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The Late Show. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 2

Sir—Now our Singleton Show of 1885 has passed, our worthy President, the cothe committe and members of the SocietSociety have good reason to be satisfied…

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The Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1885 · page 2

The fourth annual exhibition of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was commenced on Tuesday, on the grounds, Moore Park. The opening ceremony was performed at noon by the…

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Latest Cablegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Company.] [?] Nice Nut for the Tories to Crack. Russians at the Old Game. Repetition of the Penjdeh Incident. Assault on the Afghans at Maruchak. Seizure by Germany of the Caroline Islands. High-handed Proceedings. Germany Lands Troops. the Spanish Naval Commander Wouldn't Show Fight. Spain Will Not Arbitrate. Excitement in Madrid, and the German Flag Degraded. the Spanish Liberal Party Means War. London

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1885 · page 5

The Russians on the 14th August occupied Chaman-i-Bad on the river Kuskh, some miles below Meruchak. The Russian cavalry attacked the Afghans…

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Albury Annual Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 1

THE fine weather which followed a genial rain, The excellence of arrangements, and the popularity and prosperity of the district with other concomitants are those…

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Railway Accommodation at the Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr Gould asked the Minister for Public Works:—(1) Is he aware that owing to the Insufficient quantity of rolling stock on the Great Northern Railway, large numbers of cattle…

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Wine Exhibits at the Sydney Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 21

In our last issue we gave the names of the winners of the wine prizes at the recent show in Sydney of the New South Wales Agricultural Society. Following are the full classes in which…

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Sketcher. Our Carnival Racecourse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 6

SOMEWHERE about the time that Admiral Nelson floored the combined fleets at Trafalgar, there met together in the mess room of the barracks in Sydney certain military…

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Hunter River H. and A. Association. the Annual Flower Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 4

The Eighth Annual Flower Show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association came off on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, yesterday, in fairly favourable circumstances,…

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Maitland Flower Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 October 1885 · page 3

As the Flower Show in Maitland on Friday last,there was only one exhibitor from Singleton,Mr Otto Banndorf, head gardener at Dulcalmah for Mrs D…

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[?]Dinburgh International Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1885 · page 5

The In[?]ternational Industrial Exhibition which it is propose[?] to hold in Edinburgh next year is likely to turn o[?] a very successful project. The organising comm[?]tee has every reason to be satisfied with…

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