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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1900

294 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 15

Gave the Whole Show Away

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 1

A certain friend of mine, a man who boasts that he knows a glass of wine,' Invited a few select friends to dinner one evening lately. In the midst of the…

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The Coming Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

THE schedule of prizes for the nineteenth show of the U.H.P. and A. Association, to be hold on Muswellbrook Show Ground in April…

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The Agricultural Show Subsidy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 4

THE agricultural show season has again commenced, and the time is, therefore, appropriate for discussing the aims and advantages likely to be…

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Annual Chrysanthemum Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2

A meeting of persons willing to help in the annual Chrysanthemum Show in connection with St. Paul's Church, will be held is the schoolroom on Tuesday afternoon at…

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The Most Patient People Must Show Singleton Annoyance at Times

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 8

Nothing spoils a good disposition quicker, Nothing taxes a man's patience. Like any irritation of the skin…

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Muswellbrook Show. Schedules Obtainable at This Office

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 3

WE are in receipt from the Secretary (Mr. J. C. Luscombe) of a number of schedules for distribution in connection with the 19th Show of the U.H.P. & A. Association,…

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Muswellbrook Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

OUR readers are reminded that the annual Show of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association will be held at Muswellbrool on the 4th, 5th and 6th…

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The Ruswellbrook Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 4

Things are warming up for the Muswell brook Show to be held on April 4, 5, and 0. The schedule of prizes, recently issued, gives an aggre[?]e prize list of £450…

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Annual Chrysanthemum Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

A meeting of ladies, members of St. Paul's congregation, was held at the Rectory on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose considering the advisability of holding the…

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Jockeys and Bookmaker's Show their Power. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 5

At the Harden races yesterday, a horse jockey, and owner, were disqualified for alleged falsa running. To show disapproval of the stewards decision the jockeys and…

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Transvaal War General Buller's Heavy Artillery Over the Tugela. He Hopes to Dominate the Boer Guns. the Position Is Effective. Boers Are Employing Natives. Partial Retaliation Suggested. West Australians Under Fire. Lord Roberts at Sterkstroom. He Promises Fair Treatment to Deserters. Hector Macdonald Retreats. He Wanted Cavalry Reinforcements. Boers Say They Caused Retreat of Armoured Train. Treachery at Mafeking. Mr. Chamberlain Complimented. London, Feb. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 3

In the fighting which took place at the Tugela River on Monday, the Boers expecting the British to cross the river at Skiet's Drift were massed in thousands at Doom Kloof with 100 of their wounded…

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A Fair Exchange

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Robble had longed long and earnestly for a baby brother and a pair of white rabbits. The answer to both wishes came on the same morning; but it was…

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The Next Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

OWING to the continued dry weather and the consequent scarcity of stock in show condition in this district, with the small probability…

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The Sydney Agricultural Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 4

This great Easter Carnival promises to be belter th[?] ever this year as an Exhibition of what Mr. Coghlan would call the "W[?]lth and Progress of New South…

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A Fair Haul

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1900 · page 3

Thieves entered the residence of Thomas Kenna, at Leichhardt on Saturday night during the absence of the inmates, and secured about £50 worth of jewellery. The whole house was ransacked…

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Muswellbrook. Postponement of the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 3

At a representative meeting of 40 members this afternoon the show was postponed for a year owing to the exceptional dryness of the season…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the P. and A. Association.—postponement of the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

Forty members of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association assembled in the Council Chamber, School of Arts, yesterday afternoon, to determine whether the annual show should be held in the…

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Muswellbrook Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 2

It is announced in our advertising columns that owing to the severity of the season, it has been decided to postpone the Above show, which was to have been held in April…

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