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Shows & fairs, 1889

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Northern Agricultural Association. Twenty-first Annual Show. Second Day, Thursday, August 15. [From Our Own Reporters.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1889 · page 6

The weather on Thursday was quite as enjoyable as that of the previous day, but sufficiently warmer, perhaps, to indicate that a glorious spring had approached. A more delightful day could not be…

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The Brisbane Show. Success of Local Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1889 · page 2

THE annual show opened at Brisbane on Saturday, the attendance being large. Wheatment proved the champion stallion with Archie second. The result of the awards in…

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Hunter River Cattle at the Queensland Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1889 · page 8

The Queenslander, in describing the fourteenth annual exhibition of the Queensland National Agricultural and Industrial Association, thus speaks of cattle exhibits from the Hunter River…

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Fair Play of Tuesday, 27th, and His Kind Suggestion. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1889 · page 7

SIR,—It is more than amusing to read "Fair Play's" letter to the loyalists of Maitland, and is as rich, perhaps more so, than the suggestion of E. J. Bowling, of Greta, in his letter of July 8th, 1889…

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The Murrurundi Show. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1889 · page 7

SIR—On behalf of the judges of jams, &c., at the late Murrurundi Show, I hereby challenge your correspondent of Tuesday, the 27th August, to prove the assertion made, viz., that one bottle of…

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Local News. Carnival at the Ellte rink to-night

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1889 · page 2

Borough Council meets this evening. District Court business next week is light, 4th fregiment had a heavy day's work on Saturday…

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The Metropolitan Agricultural Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 6

Referring to the Show of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, the Herald of Thursday says: The exhibition, as a whole, is not all that it should be; but still it is much better than was…

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Sydney Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 2

The weather to-day is fine, and consequently there was a better attendance at the Agricultural Show…

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The Sydney Show. Baroona Stock to the Front

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 2

THE annual Sydney Show commenced on Wednesday, and most of the judges' awards were made known before evening. Epigram proved the champion blood stallion, and Mr…

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Protectionist "Fair Play." Mr Carruthers Refused a Hearing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 4

THE Hon J. H. Carruthers addressed a large meeting in the new Masonic Hall in Sydney on Monday night, and endeavoured to speak on the cost of…

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H.R.A.A. Flower and Poultry Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 4

THE attention of flower-growers and [?]ou[?]try breeders in Singleton and district is directed to an advertisement in another, column, by which it will be noted that this…

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The Tamworth Show. Local Exhibitors Successful, [By Telegraph] Tamworth

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 2

THE Spring Show in connection with the Liverpool Plains Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association opened to-day. The weather was beautiful, but the attendance…

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Maitlaitd Flower Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 2

THE Maitland Flower Show opened on Thursday and proved successful. Local exhibitors carried off most of the prizes. In the open classes for flowers Mr Geo. Moore,…

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A Beauty Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 2

THE Age, informs as that Melbourne is to witness another novelty, in addition to those which have been claiming the attention of pleasure seekers during the past few weeks…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Twelfth Annual Flower Show

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 2

Fine weather marked the opening of the twelfth annual flower show of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association on Thursday, and favored a tolerably large attendance of…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Twelfth Annual Flower Show. Second Day, Friday, Oct. 18

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 4

Yesterday there was a conspicuous improvement in the attendance, and ladies and gentlemen mustered in strong force, and though the best anticipations of the Association in the matter of…

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Adelaide Exhibition Accounts

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 October 1889 · page 4

WITH reference to the telegram published in last issue, respecting the above matter, Mr Neild states that a statement accounting for all advances made by the Treasury was…

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Maitland Spring Show. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1889 · page 3

SIR,—I attended the late spring Show at maitland, and, on entering the pavilion with a friend, I remarked, "What a sameness there Is about all the flower shows held here. Nearly always the same exhibitors, the same plants, the same flowers,…

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Points of Interest. Newcastle has a baby show on Are we to have a Dominion Parliament ?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1889 · page 3

Dr Goode, from whom a verdict of £150 was recovered for libel by Miss Davis, Matron of the Orange Hospital announces his intention to go to gaol rather than to pay the…

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The Baby Show in Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1889 · page 4

The Herald of Saturday says:—To-day the vexed question of the championship among the babies is to be settled at Darlinghurst Hall, and as some 45,000 persons have already shown by their…

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