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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1894

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Latest Telegrams. Muswellbrook Show. Muswellbrook

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 2

ALL arrangements in connection with the forthcoming exhibition, to be held on the 16th and 17th May next, are complete. The grounds are in splendid…

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The Williams River Agricultural Association. the Eighth Annual Show. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 3

The fortunate circumstances which marked the opening of the eighth show of the Williams River Agricultural and Horticultural Association were continued to-day, for the day was one as if made to…

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Williams River A. and H. Association. Eighth Annual Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

The morning of Wednesday was gloomy, and foreboding enough to repress the enthusiasm of the Committee of the above Association, and to…

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Dungog Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

The eighth exhibition of the Williams River Agricultural aDd Horticultural Association has been added to the past ami left behind it very pleasant memories of a highly successful reunion…

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Muswellbrook Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

The attention of our renders is directed to the announcement in our advertising columns of the annual exhibition to be held under the auspices of the Upper…

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Dungog Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 4

The eighth exhibition of the Williams River Agricultural and Horticultural Association has been added to the past and left behind it very pleasant memories of a highly successful reunion…

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The Rights of Wowen. The Wrongs of Men. New Zealand's Lady Mayer. How She Runs the Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 7

THEY have lively times with Sirs Tales, the lady Mayor, at Onehunga, sometimes, it would seem. Previous reports have indicated-how. she rules…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 2

There promises to be a brilliant assemblage in the Town Hall this evening, when the bazaar and fancy fair arranged to enrich the building fund of St. John's Boys' arid Girls' Schools will be officially…

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

An adjourned meeting of the Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, yesterday afternoon. There were present—…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

The fancy fair in aid of St. John's Boys and Girls schools, for which elaborate preparations have been making for a considerable time past by the ladies of St. John's congregation and their friends…

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The Late Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

Not since the inauguration of the Williams River Agriculture and Horticultural Association's annual shows, has there been an exhibition held under…

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The Muswellbrook Show. Muswellbrook, Friday Evening

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

ENTRIES for the forthcoming exhibition on the 16th and 17th inst. closed on Wednesday; 2500 were received, thus exceeding all previous years. In…

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The Exhibition Building

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 3

In the City Council to-day, a motion to convert the Exhibition Building at Prince Alfred Park into a salt water owitnming baths, was rejected, by 14…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 2

This fair at the Town Hall was well attended last evening, though the crash was not more than half as great as it was on the opening night. The attendance must be looked upon as very…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 2

Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather last evening, the attendance at St. John's Fancy Fair at the Town Hall was quite as good as that of the previous evening, and business was…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

The truth of the saying that "nothing succeeds like success" was amply and pleasantly demonstrated last evening at St. John's Fancy Fair at the Town Hall, which was again densely crowded…

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Chrysanthemum Show and Concert at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 3

This evening at half-past seven his Lordship the Bishop of Newcastle will declare open in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, a Chrysanthemum Show in aid of St. Peter's Church. A concert…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 3

Another large attendance has to be recorded for the fancy fair at the Town Hall, in which the greatest interest is still being maintained. The hall was as densely crowded last evening as upon…

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Chrysanthemum Show and Concert at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 4

The show, which we briefly described yesterday, was opened last evening by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, ia the presence of a goodly number of visitors. The purpose of the entertainment was to…

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St. John's Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1894 · page 2

It has been decided by Father O'Donohue to keep the fancy fair in aid of St. John's Schools open for another couple of nights, that an opportunity may be had to dispose of the articles still…

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