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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1893

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Cup Carnival

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 4

BY the time what is now being written is printed same animal or another, possessed of the requisite quantity of legs, will have won the…

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Athletic Carnival on the Albion Ground

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 2

Unfortunately for the Albion Cricket Club and the Belmore Bicycle Club the showery weather on Prince of Wales' Birthday spoiled in no slight degree the grand athletic carnival promoted by…

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Herry Muswellbrook. a Farmors' Festive Day. Annual Carnival

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 4

MUSWELLSBOOK, there can be no denying it, has, so far as outward and visible signs go, a far greater capacity for public enjoyment than Singleton…

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A "Kissing" Fair

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 7

According to the Evening Herald of Dublin, Helmagen, a Roumanian country town of 1,200 inhabitants, holds it annual Kissing Fair on the…

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The Chicago World's Fair

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 5

The following letter has been received by Mr. J. D. Prentice from Mr. Jas. B. Hannay, an official from this colony at the World's Fair at Chicago, and is placed at our disposal by the first named…

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The Late Industrial Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1893 · page 7

On Tuesday evening a gathering was held in the Congregational School Hall for the purpose of formally handing over the prizes won at the late Industrial Exhibition held…

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