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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1900

294 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 15

The A.H.P.P.C, & D. Society. A Splendid Show Assured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

THE Hon. Secretary of the abovenamed Society informs us that the entries received for the Show to be held on Queen's Birthday total nearly 700…

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Transvaal War Occupation of the New Free State Capital. Surrender of Boer Generals. Kruger and Steyn Confer. Boers a Disorganised Rabble. Boers Reported to Be Suring for Peace. Scene at the Paris Exhibition. the Boer Question in America. the Campaign in Natal. London, May 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 3

It is officially reported by the War Office that Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton, in command of the colonial division of cavairy, has occupied Lindley, to which place the Free States had…

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The A.H.P.P.C. & D. Society's Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

THE Secretary and executive committee of the abovenamed Society are working energetically to ensure the success of the inaugural Show to be held on the…

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Poultry and Flower Show at Muswellbrook. [?] Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 3

The [?] exhibition of the [?] and poultry Society was opened to-day by Mr. Fitz, Gerald. It was a brilliant [?] as regards [?] The collection of poultry shown was…

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Muswellbrook Apicultural, Horticultural, Poultry, and Dog Society. the Inaugural Exhibition. a Most Successful Show. Great Display of Poultry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 4

The older people grow the less inclined they are, naturally, to wonder at anything, becoming with matures experience believers in the philosophy of the old masim to be surprised at nothing; but no…

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 13

A special meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on Monday at the Town Hall for the purpose of reconsidering the resolution arrived at with respect to…

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The Next Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 2

The committee of the Northern Agricultural Association has issued the schedule of prizes to be awarded at the thirtysecond annual show to be held at Singleton…

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Poultry and Flower Show at Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 5

The inaugural exhibition of the Horticultural and Poultry Society was opened to-day by Mr. Fitz Gerald. It was a brilliant success as regards exhibits. The collection of poultry shown was…

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The A.H.P.P.C. & D. Society's Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 2

The first Show under the auspices of the abovenamed Society was held on Thursday last (Queen's Birthday). The Hon. Secretary and the executive…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1900 · page 3

The opening of the Western Australian Court at the Paris Exhibition took an Friday. Mr. R. W. Venn (Western Australian Commissioner), welcomed a brilliant company of diplomatists…

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Singleton Show Ground

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 2

A. correspondent at Maitland writes :— I noticed that at recent meetings of the Singleton Show Committee that some strictures were passed upon the president…

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Singleton Show Ground

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 4

A. correspondent at Maitland writes:— I noticed that at recent meetings of the Stugleton Show Committee that some strictures were passed upon the president…

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The Poultry Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 2

DISSATISFACTION having been expressed in connection with the awarding of the prizes to the bird owned by Mr. H. Flanders at the late Show, we are…

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Warren Show. Warred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

Warren Show opened on Wednesday, the attendance not being large owing to unfavourable weather, very heavy rain having fallen two nights previously. The roads were in a terrible condition…

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The Late Poultry Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

THE Australian Agriculturist of the 1st June thus comments on the A.H. P.P.C. and D. Society's Show:—" The Muswellbrook Committee honored the…

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Warren Show. Warren

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 5

Warren Show opened on Wednesday, the attendance not being large owing to unfavourable weather, very heavy rain having fallen two nights previously. The roads were in a terrible condition,…

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Exhibition Disaster. Nine Sightseers Killed at Paris

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 4

A serious accident occurred, (says the "News of the World") on Sunday afternoon, April 29, at the Paris…

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Sheep Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

In connection with the Annual Sheep Show and Sales, and to provide facilities for country residents visiting the metropolis, the railway Department announces that a chexzep…

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The Sheepbreeders' Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

The members of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association are extremely pleased with the entries received for the forthcoming show on June 28, 29. and 30…

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All East Indian Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 5

"Benares is an everlasting garden of festivals," writes R. D. Mackenrir, in the May Century, in a paper, illustrated with pictures by the author, on "The Mahamjah's Water…

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