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Shows & fairs, 1899

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Various Matters in Connection with the Late Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 4

Some comments having been made in the Mercury reports about the incomplete ness of the information given in the catalogues in reference to the horse section (the names, colours, etc., thoronghbreds…

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The Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 3

The agricultural show was officially opened by the Acting-Governor this afternoon in the presence of a great assemblage of spectators. Mr. See, M.P., President of the Association, presented his…

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The Sydney Show. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 2

Tire annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society was informally opened this morning, in the presence of the usual judging-day attendance…

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H. R. A. and H. Association's Monthly Reading. Breeding, Bearing, and Feeding Stock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 13

The thirteenth of the series of monthly readings organised by the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was delivered in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, on Thursday evening,…

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The Royal Agricultural Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

The Easter Show of the Royal Agricultural Society began at the Grounds, Moore Park, on Wednesday. The entries were very numerous, and…

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Local and General News. Chrysanthemum Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

We would remind intending exhibitors at the autumn chrysanthemum show in connection with St. Paul's Church, that entry forms, duly filled in, must be sent to the…

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The Sydney Show. Some of the Published Awards

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

HEREFORD cattle are not so numerous, Mr F.S. Reynolds, Total, and the Hon. J. H. Angus being the only exhibitors. The animals are of good…

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The Great Sydney Show. a Real Federal Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 4

Easter week is now something like Christmas week. A grand mixture of Christian work and holiday, a blending of the works of peace and war, just as life itself is mixed with love and pain…

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The Sydney Show. Impressions of a Visitor. The Result of the Butter and Cream Competitions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 2

NATURALLY one of the first questions which a visitor to the Show will put to himself is How does this year's exhibition compare with those of…

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The Great Sydney Show. a Real Federal Carnival. (Continued.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 6

I have seen a better show of horses in an up-country show than this year's show in Sydney. But the show of cattle, of every kind, was up to the mark—to those good old exhibition days of ten or twelve…

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The Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 3

There was but a small attendance at the Show Ground to-day, and exhibitors were busy removing their goods…

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Royal Agricultural Show. Fat Stock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 2

THE Royal Agricultural Society would have had but a poor show of fat cattle, as far as quality is concerned, if it was not for the cattle from Belltrees, and…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 2

THE above exhibition, which has just been successfully held in the metropolis, notwithstanding two days very unfavourable weather, is suggestive of…

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The Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

The Easter Show was a magnificent success. The estimated attendance was 200,000 and total receipts from all sources was £7,073 an increase of £665 in excess of last year…

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The Easter Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 2

Our country cousins were in strong force at the Show. Exhibits of a purely pastoral and agricultural character were more numerous and more…

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The Great Sydney Show. a Real Federal Carnival

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

Easter week is now something like Christmas week. A grand mixture of Christian work and holiday, a blending of the works of peace and war, just as life itself is mixed with love and pain…

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The Sydney Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 3

The Agricultural Show has passed off with the utmost success, save for showery weather on Monday afternoon. The attendance was larger than ever before, and the exhibits…

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Awards for Dairy Products at Sydney Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 9

The awards of prizes given by the Government Board of Exports for dairy products, at the Sydney Exhibition, were as follows:—Butter for export, best exhibit of five boxes: Berrima District Farm…

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Local and General News. Chrysanthemum Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

The autumn chrysanthemum show in connection with St. Paul's Church will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall on the afternoons and evenings of Wednesday and Thursday…

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