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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1896

181 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 10

The Approaching Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 5

Tho annual exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural association take place on wednesday, Thursday, and Friday week, and is expected to exceed in importance…

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Sickness at the Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

Quite a number of people were seized with sudden illness, genera?y in the form of violent pains in the stomach, at the Muswellbrook Show on Thursday, and…

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The Sydney Show and This Wine Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

SIR.— There are a few matters in connection with the exhibition in Prince Alfred Park, to which I desire to take exception, and would feel obliged if you would accord me a space in your valuable…

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 2

This afternoon the final meeting before the show of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, following the usual custom, was held on the show ground. There were…

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The Maitland Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

To-day will be the opening. and tomorrow, as is the custom, will be the great day of the Maitland show, one of the annual festivities in the Hunter Valley,…

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Poisoned at the Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

In reference to the cases of several Singleton people and others who were taken ill at the Muswellbrook Show last week it seems that about a score of sufferers…

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Annual Exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

Some people, who are almost as clover as Mr. Wragge, only they don't know it, said it would rain for the Maitland show. And it has mined, though fortunately for all concerned the rain is of…

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The Squatters' One Yearly Show. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 4

SIR,—The owners of stock and of stations may be permitted to do, as regards the show of their fat and pedigrec cattle and sheep, what has…

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Annual Exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Second Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

Contrary to general expectation, but ia accordance with our prediction yesterday, the weather to-day, we are happy to state, was gloriously fine, and the extensive and well-appointed show ground…

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Annual Exhibition of the Hunter Fiver Agricultural and Horticultural Association. First Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 6

We found few pens empty when we reached the portion of the ground devoted to cattle, but we regretted to see so little competition in certain classes, and it must be that many breeders are…

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A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 2

A meeting of committee was held on Wednesday last. There were present—J. Robson (in the chair), A. Tighe, T. Dillon, P. J. Fitzgerald, J…

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Annual Exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 3

The show was opened last night, when the three large pavilions were brilliantly lighted with gas, and there was a display of fireworks. Some 1500 people put in an appearance, including the…

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The Governor's Luncheon or the Show Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 2

The luncheon to his Excellency Lord Hampden on the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association's Show Ground yesterday was held in the luncheon roem under the grandstand, which…

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Annual Exhibition of the Hunter River A. and H. Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 6

The above exhibition opened at noon on Wednesday inauspiciously as regards the weather, which was dull and threatening throughout, and light rain fell at intervals. The second day, however…

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The Maitland Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 6

SOMEONE will presently make a rhyme' which hundreds of years hence will be treated as folklore out of the fact that rain and the Maitland Show are…

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A Triennial Stock Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 4

ANOTHER movement was begun at Muswellbrook on Wednesday week for ensuring every year in the valley of the Hunter a great and representative exhibition of its pastoral…

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The Governor's Luncheon on the Show Ground

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 4

The luncheon to his Excellency Lord Hampden on the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association's Show Ground on Thursday was held in the luncheon room under the grandstand, which…

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H. B. A. and H, Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1896 · page 5

A special meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held in the Town Hall this afternoon. There were present—Mr. S. Clift (President, in the…

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Coonabarabran Flower Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1896 · page 4

The Annual Flower Show was held on Wednesday under circumstances the most unfavourable imaginable; as the weather which had been dry in the extreme for a month previously broke and at…

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1896 · page 3

We continue the report of the committee meeting of the above from the point reached in our last issue. CORRESPONDENCE.—When our report closed the…

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