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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1898

306 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 16

Fair and Sale of Work

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

A very successful fair and sale of work in aid of Christ Church, Dungog, was held in the Centennial Hall on Friday and Saturday last. The…

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The Late Flower Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

WE are requested to mention for the information of all concerned that winners of priz [?] at the recent Flower Show held here may obtain the…

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St. Paul's Rose Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

Owing to the excessively dry weather which has been experienced in the district for some time past it has been resolved to abandon the annual rose show in connection…

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Tests Patience. the Most Patient People Must Show Annoyance at Times

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 4

Nothing spoils a good disposition quicker. Nothing texes a man's patience. Like an itchiness of the skin. Itching Piles almost drive you crazy…

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The Coolgardie Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 3

The British representatives of the Coolgardie Exhibition have invited foreign countries to support the exhibition. Mr: Seammell vinita the Continents to secure art collections for the exhibition…

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A Blindfold Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 5

The following amusing and interesting account of a "Blindfold" evening at Pittsburg is taken from a Pittsburg paper of 1892 extract in a Draughts Scrap-book. The game and notes below…

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Show Ground Oval Veterans' Cricket Match Maitland v. Singleton

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 6

The new cricket pitch on the N.A.A. Show Ground was opened on Thursday last with a cricket match between the Singleton and Maitland veteran…

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The Lord Mayor's Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 3

The Lord Mayor's Show took place yesterday, and was of a more than usually interesting character. The feature of the procession was a car in the…

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The Greater Britain Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 10

In connection with the above exhibition, which is to be held in E[?] court, London, next year, the following committee has been formed to advise the Government and t[?] arrange for the representation…

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The Great telescope for Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 11

M. Gautier, the well-known optician; is making good progress with the construction of the giant telescope intended for the Great Exhibition of Paris in 1900. The aperture will be 1.25 metres…

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Breach of Promice. a Verdict for the Fair. Plaintiff. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

At the Diet riot Court to-day, before Judge Murray, Ambrosine Marguerite Hudson sued Arthur Honry Callaway. of Paddingtom, for breach of promise…

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The Western Australian Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1898 · page 3

The British representatives of the Western Australian Exhibition to be held at Coolgardie, recently invited foreign countries to support the undertaking. Mr. E. J. Scammell, who is visiting…

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H. R. A. and H. Association's Monthly Reading. Mr. O'callaghan on Dairying

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

On Wednesday evening in the Council Chamber. Town Hall, the tenth gathering conducted by the comittee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association for the consideration of…

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The Lord Mayor's Show. London, Nov. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 9

The Lord Mayor's snow took place yesterday, and was of a more than usually interesting character. The feature of the procession was a car in the…

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Late News by Cable. the Western Australian Exhibition. London, Nov. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 3

France and Bavaria have promised to the art section at the Western Australia Exhibition to be held at Coolgardie in June next…

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Show Ground Oval. Late Public School Sports. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

SIR,-As I have been denied publication elsewhere for this letter, I a[?] you, in the interests of the public to grant me space in your columns to…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

The French Exhibition Commissioners have offered British and colonial exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 the amount of space previously arranged in the Trocadero Grounds, conditionally…

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The Muswellbrook Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association was held last week. The president (Mr. R. F. Keys) occupied the chair. The report showed that upwards…

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H.R.A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 November 1898 · page 3

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

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 5

The meeting of the Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was continued after the point reached in our last issue. The President had…

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