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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1898

306 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 16

Local and General News. Chrysanthenum Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Chrysauthenum Show in connection with St. Paul's Church wag bold in the Schoolroom on Wednesday afternoon, when there was a large…

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Durham A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 3

A meeting of Committee was held on Wedneaday last. There were present —Messrs J. Robson (in the chair), G. A. Mackay, G. Walker, J. Barnes,…

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A Fair Criterion

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 4

SINCE the days of Eve the acquisition of perfect health and beauty of form has been the desideratum of every woman. Ninon de l'Enalos, the celebrated French beauty,…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 5

Sir Daniel Cooper, Acting Agent-General for New South Wales, Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, Sir M. Fraser Agent-General for Western Australia, Sir Henry Norman, late…

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H. E. A. and H. Association. the Monthly Readings. "The Propagation Op Plants."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 6

Last evening in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, was inaugurated the first of a series of instructive readings arranged to be given monthly under the auspices of the Hunter River Agricultural and…

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The Coming Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 2

INTENDING Exhibitors are reminded that entries for the coming Show of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association entries close with…

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Swimming Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

The carnival of the West Maitland Amateur Swimming Club, postponed from Anniversary Day on account of a fresh in the river, was conducted this afternoon at the Belmore Bridge. The weather…

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The Muswellbrook Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

Intending exhibitors are reminded that entries for the forthcoming show of the Up per Hunter P. and A. Association to bs held at Muswellbrook on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th…

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The 6-Days' Bicycle Race in America. a Brutal Exhibition

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

BY the mail which arrived the other day, particulars are to hand of the six days' bicycle race in America, which caused so much comment in England…

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Feb.15. the Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5

Mr. George Curzon, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, states that the Government will grant to its Commission to the Paris Exhibition of A.D. 1900, £975,000. Germany has sauctioned the…

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Labour During Show Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

SIR.—Since the establishment of the Upper Hunter P. and A. association, it has been customary for Muswellbrook year before the holding of the annual exhibition. The money…

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Durham A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

A meeting of Committee was held on Wednesday last. There were present:—Messrs G. S. Waller (in the chain) J. Barnes, J. Cavanagh, J…

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Muswellbrook Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

The seventeenth Show of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association to be held at Muswellbrook, on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of next month should be…

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Swimming Carnival

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 12

The carnival of the West Maitland Amateur Swimming Club, postponed from Anniversary Day on account of a fresh in the river, was conducted on Saturday at the Belmore Bridge. The weather…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

In presiding at a meeting of the Paris Exhibition Commission, fthe Price of Wales said that the exhibition bids fair to surpass any of its predecessors in extent and splendour. Germany had voted…

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Sydney Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

In anothor column will be found the advertisement of the Royal Agricultural Society's Easter Show, which takes place at Moore Park – Sydney, from 6th to 12th…

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The Coming Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

ENTRIES for the coming Show, to be held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th March next, which closed on Tuesday last, have come in very well, and the…

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The Muswellbrook Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

The seventeenth Show of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association, to be held at Muswellbrook on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th March next, promises to be an unqualified…

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H. B. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, yesterday. There were present—Mr. Samuel Clift,…

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The Muswellbrook Show

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

The 17th show at Muswellbrook, to be hold on March 2, li, and 4, promises to be a great success, because of the excellent season the Upper Hunter district is just…

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