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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1903

280 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 14

Maitland Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

THE above opened on Tuesday, and was continued on Wednesday and yesterday. The attendance on the second day numbered 9000, being a…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Forty-third Annual Exhibition. Fourth Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

The Hunter River Association has been very fortunate indeed, in having good weather on the three principal days of its forty-third annual exhibition. Rain has threatened every day for the…

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The Maitland Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Most successful in almost every way has been the annual exhibition—the forty-third since the foundation of the Society—of the Hunter River Agricultural find Horticultural Association, in West Maitland, this…

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The Agricultural Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

THE people of the Maitland district and the committee of the venerable agricultural association maybe heartily congratulated on the special success of the current exhibition…

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The Maitland Exhibition. Opening Day—tuesday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 7

On Tuesday the forty-third annual exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was opened on the Society's grounds, West Maitland. The past season has in many…

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The Maitland Show. Sports Day

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

The attendance at the Show on Thursday was a record for a third day at Maitland, the gate receipts amounting to £358 19s 8d, as against £327 for…

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Hunter River A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held in the committee-room, on the Society's ground, yesterday afternoon. There were present—Mr. S…

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The Dungog Show. a Most Successful Commencement. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3

Dungog people are holding high festival this week in glorious weather. The principal event, of course is the annual show which opened on the show ground, to-day, in auspicious circumstances and…

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Our Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

The Sixteenth Annual Agricultural Exhibition was held in Dungog on Wednesday and Thursday last, and notwithstanding the doleful dirges of…

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The Dungog Show. Successful Conclusion. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

The Dungog show closed yesterday evening after a most successful run during the two days. The attendance on the first day was much larger than on any similar day previously and yesterday the…

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The Maitland Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 13

Most successful in almost every way has been the annual exhibition—the forty-third since the foundation of the Society—of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, in West Maitland, last…

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The Maitland Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

The statement of the Treasurer of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticaltural A[?]ciation, in co[?] with the recent Show at Maitland shows that the receipts…

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The Royal Agricultural Show and Dairying

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Show, which was recently brought to a successful conclusion in in Sydney, exists for more than one object of national importance…

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The Dungog Show. a Great Success. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 7

Dungog people are holding high festival this week in glorious weather. The principal event, of course, is the annual show which opened on the show ground to-day in auspicious circumstance. Yesterday…

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Hunter River A, and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 4

A meeting of the committed of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Assocation was held in the Committee Room on the Society's grounds yesterday afternoon. There were Present—Messrs…

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The Dungog Show. Successful Conclusion. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 12

The Dangog show closed yesterday evening after a most successful run during the two days. The attendance on the first day was much larger then on any similar day previously, and, yesterday the…

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Durham A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the above was held in the School of Arts, Dungog, on Thursday afternoon last, when Mr S.S. Kingston…

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St, Paul's Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1903 · page 2

Preparations for a grand fair on behalf of St. Paul's Church, West Maitland, have been making for some time. To-day, at 3 p.m., the fair was opened in the Town Hall by his worship the Mayor…

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