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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1901

284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 15

School Children's Carnival. a Great Success. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 3

THE Annual School Children's Carnival was held at the Royal Agricultural Society's Grounds to-day. Between 12,000 and 15,000 juveniles…

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Floating Exhibition

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 4

AN ingenious suggestion has been made by Mr O. P. Austin, chief of the United States Bureau of Statistics, to the effect that a fleet of ships…

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The Coolio Fair

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 4

The Wesleyan Fair in aid of the Coolie Mission was brought to a conclusion on Thursday night, when the Rev. E. E. Crosby, B.A., exhibited a number of South…

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Australasian Exhibition in London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 3

Tho holding of an Australian and New Zealand Exhibition at Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1903 is projected under the auspices of the Australasian Chamber of Commerce of London. The exhibition will not be held…

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The Tam Worth Show Ground. Decision of the Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 4

THE Tam worth land board on Thursday delivered its decision on the proposal to convert the town pump reserve, the oval, and part of the reserve at…

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Proposed Australian Exhibition. Great Interest Taken

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 2

THE proposed Australian Exhibition, to bo held in London, is creating great interest. Mr Henry Copeland, Agent General…

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Young People's Art and Industrial Exhibition Postponed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 2

AT the request of a number of intending competitors, who have fallen victims to the prevalent epidemic, and in consequence find the time too short…

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At the Fair

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 5
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Proprietor of Menagerle: Walk up,ladies and gentlemen, and see our famous lion, Musrapha. He is as sensible as any human being. A French sergeant once pulled out of his foot a thorn on…

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Durham A. and H Association Special General Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1901 · page 2

A special general meeting of members was held on Friday afternoon last, for the purpose of electing two Committee men in the place of Messrs…

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The Combined Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1901 · page 2

ATTENTION is directed to the advertisement with reference to the combined Young People's Art and Industrial Exhibition and Amateur…

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Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 2

We would again remind readers that the annual Flower Show will be opened in the School of Arts, on Tuesday afternoon next. The official…

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The Fancy Fair

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 4

We call the attention of one readers to an advertisement in this issue announcing that the slager Sewing Machine so generously donated by the Singer Company,…

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Colonial Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1901 · page 3

The Royal Exchange, London, has been granted for the exhibition of colonial natural products and minerals which were sent to the Glasgow Exhibition. The exhibition will probably be opened in February…

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Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 2

The annual Flower Show, which this year is being held in conjunction with a Young People's Art and Industrial Exhibition, was opened in the School…

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Industral Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 2

The Young People's Art and Industrial Exhibition which is being held in conjunction with the Flower Show, attracted a far number of exhibits,…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Amateur Rose Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 2

The Amateur Rose Show, conducted by the ladies of the town and district, wan opened yesterday afternoon in the School of Arts by the Mayor, Mr. E. C. Brecht. The display of bloom was not so great as in…

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St. Mary's Sunday School Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 October 1901 · page 2

The fair in aid of St. Mary's Sunday School was opened [?] the Town Hall this afternoon. For some time, the ladies of the parish-as usual in all such movements-had been busily engaged prepering for the fair, and the result of their labours…

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Muswellforook Amateur Rose Show. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 10

The Amateur Rose Show, conducted by the ladies of the town and district, was opened yesterday afternoon in the School of Arts by the Mayor, Mr. E. C. Brecht. The display of bloom was not so great as in…

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Fancy Fair

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

A grand Fancy Fair will be opened at the Mechanics' Institute on Monday evening. The Singleton band will be in attendance, and there will be many special…

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