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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1904

279 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 14

A Proposed International Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 5

Sir Thomas Barclay proposes to celebrate the securing of peace and the great and noble part taken by France in the recent crisis by an Anglo-French exhibition in 1906…

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Country Week Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 3

The country carnival at Sydney on Friday and Saturday showed the metropolitan First Grade clubs to be overwhelmingly superior to the provincial…

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H.r.a. and H. Association. Enlarging and Improving the Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 7

During recent years the operations of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association increased to such an extent, and the accommodation became so heavily taxed…

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West Maitland Water Brigade's Aquatic Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1904 · page 2

The principal holiday attraction in West Maitland to-day was the aquatic carnival, arranged and carried out under the auspices of the West Maitland Volunteer Water Bridge. The Weather was of the most…

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The Indian and Colonial Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 3

The Australian Committee Crystal Palace, of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition hopes that Victoria and New Zealand will not be the only Australasian States to be…

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Jumble Fair

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 2

A highly successful Jumble Fair, organised and carried out by the Sunday School Teachers and members of the Choir in aid of the funds of St. Paul's Church,…

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H. A. and H. Association. Enlarging and Improving the Ground

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 9

During recent years the operations of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association increased to such an extent, and the accommodation became no heavily taxed…

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Indian and Colonial Exhibition London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 5

The Australian Committee, Crystal Palace, of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition hopes that Victoria and New Zealand will not be the only…

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King's Birthday. West Maitland Water Brigade's Aquatic Carnival

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 12

The principal holiday attraction in West Maitland on Monday was the aquatic carnival, carried out under the auspices of the West Maitland Volunteer Water Brigade. The weather was of the most…

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H.r.a. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River, Agricultural and HOrticultural Association was held in the committee room on the show ground yesterday afternoon. The…

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Presbyterian Church Fair

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

THE above event took place, as announced, in the School of Arts on Wednesday and yesterday, and was well attended and patronised on…

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The Kaiser and the Fair Sex

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 7

In spite of the many scurrilous stories that have been circulated on both sides of the [?] (says the author of "The Private Life of Two Emperors") concerning the alleged…

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H.r.a. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held in the committee room, on the show ground,…

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St. Louis Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 5

The St. Louis Exhibition has closed. Twenty million visitors attended…

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the above association was held in the committee room, Albion Ground yesterday a afternoon. Mr. R. F. Garham presided and there were present—Messrs…

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A Wool Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1904 · page 5

The State Governor opened a wool exhibition at the Royal Exchange at noon to-day, in the presence of a large number of interested people. The display is intended…

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The Wool Exhibition. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 2

The Governor opened the wool exhibition this morning, when-there was a good attendance, and some splendid samples of wool were shown…

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His Lady Fair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 2

A fool there was, and he made his prayer; Even as you and I, To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair. "We called her the woman who did not care;…

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Maitland Gaslight Company. Show Room or Cookers, Etc

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1904 · page 5

The Maitland Gaslight Company, in view of the increased appreciated of cooking by gas has had erected at their works, facing Charles-street, a show room for the purpose of…

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Fair Exchange, Yet a Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 5

While Gustave Dore was at Ischl and wandering about the mountains, he because much interested in a country wedding, and sketched it on the spot. He put the sketch into…

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