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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1901

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

Dungog Show. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 3

The weather was showery this morning early, but cleared up as the morning were on, and was warm and fine up till luncheon hour, with promise of continuing. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather…

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Moree Show. Second Day's Proceedings. Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 3

On the second day of the Moree Show the attendance was about 1200. The exhibition was favoured by splendid weather. The principal awards were:—Blood stallions, four…

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The Very Latest. London, Thursday evening a Glasgow Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

The Duke and Duchess of Fife opened the Glasgow International Exhibition to-day. The exhibition is a very fine one, and includes Art Gallery which cost one hundred and fifty thousand pounds…

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Moree Show. the Concluding Events. Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

On the third day of the show Dr.. McKinnon's Secret and Mr. Dan Dawson's Skipper tied for the high jump at six feet one and a half inch. Eve, a mare owned by tho Boughet Estate, took first; prize…

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Durham Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Fourreenth Annual Show. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 2

In declaring the show open on Wednesday, the Hon. Walter Rennet, M.L.A., complimented the committee and members of the Association. on the excellent arrangements made for carrying out the…

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Moree Show. a Successful Exhibition. Moree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

The principal features of the Moree P. and A. Society's Show are sheep and cattle, the pavilion and other sections not being up to the usual standard. The sheep sections were well field, district sheep being…

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Dungog Show. and H. Associations Exhibition. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 7

[?] to expectation the weather this morning [?] beautiful and fine for the opening of the [?] of the Durham Pastoral and Agricultural [?] but at noon a few light showers fell,…

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Glasgow Exhibition. Splendid Show. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

THE Duke and Duchess of Fife opened the International Exhibition at Glasgow. The exhibition is excellent and…

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The Quirindi Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

We would remind those of car readers who intend competing in any of the classes at the forthcoming show of the Quirindi District P. A. and H. Association, to be held at…

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The Singleton Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 12

The schedule of prizes for the next Singleton Show win adopted at a meeting of the committee on Saturday, and, to our mind, it certainly is more literal and more progressive than any yet compiled by the…

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Dungog Show. Fourteenth Annual Show. Continued from Page 7. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 4

In declaring the show open on Wednesday, the Hon. Walter Bennet, M.L.A., complimented the committee and members of the Association on the excellent arrangements made for carrying out the…

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The Moree Show. Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 3

At the show the cattle drafting competition was keculy competed for by district stock experts. There were twenty entries; the prize was won by William F.Kirkby twice with different horses, they being…

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A Military Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1901 · page 3

The Duke of Cambridge yesterday opened the Military Exhibition at Earl's Court. Included in the exhibits was a representation of the siege of Peking…

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A. and H. Association. Fourteenth Annual Show Opening Address

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 2

The Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A. for Durham, officially declared the show open at the request of Mr John Robson, acting on behalf of the President,…

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Aldenhoven's Art Exhibition at Paskins' Arcade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1901 · page 2

Mr. Aldenhoven, of the well-known art gallery in Sydney which bears his name, and who is very widely known in art circles throughout the world has arranged to exhibit a grand collection of pictures…

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The Moree Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 15

On the third day of the show. Dr. McKinnon's Secret and Mr. Dan Dawson's Skipper tied for the high jump at six feet one and a half inch. Eve, a mare owned by the Boughet Estata, took first prize…

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Ouirindi Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1901 · page 2

THE first pastoral and agricultural show held at Quirindi will be opened to-day. As the Liverpool Plains district, of which Quirindi is an important…

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The Coming Poultry Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1901 · page 2

THE Hon. Sec. (Mr. A. A. Roberts) of the-local-A. H. P. P. C. and D. Socicty informs us that entries are now coming in freely for the Show to be…

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A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2

A meeting of the Protest Committee was held on Thursday, 9th inst, to consider a protest entered by Mr J. A. Jones against Hubert Cornish,…

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Quirindi Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 4

The first Quirindi show was opened by the State Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. John Kidd M.L.A. on Wednesday under auspicious circumstances: the weather being fine and a large…

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