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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1904

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The Upper Hunter Show

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

Attention is called to the approaching show at Muswellbrook, commencing tomorrow, 23rd, and extending to the 24th and 25th inst. There will be a very great…

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The Newcastle Show. Closing Events

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 1

ON Friday, the third day of the Newcastle Show, light showers of rain fell during the morning, and affected the attendance. The takings amounted to…

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Muswellbrook Show. a Successful Exhibition. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 5

Splendid weather prevailed to-day for the opening of the twenty-second annual show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. The season was the best…

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The Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

Yesterday the stewards and other officials, with exhibitors, were busy making final preparations for the Upper Hunter P. and A, Association's Show which opens to-day,…

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The Newcastle Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday, the concluding day of the Newcastle Show, there was a very large attendance on the societys grounds, estimated at nearly 10,000. At the gates the…

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Muswellbrook Show. Twenty-second Exhibition. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 2

The twenty-second show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened on the society's spacious grounds at Muswellbrook to-day in very…

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The Muswellbrook Show. Stock Sections Strong. Fine Agricultural Exhibits

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 3

VERY fine weather prevailed yesterday at the Muswellbrook Show. The Show, in many respects, was a record one, the entries being nearly 2000,…

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The Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

THE 22nd annual exhibition of the U. H. P. and A. Association, which opened on Wednesday and was continued yesterday and to-day, was…

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The Muswellbrook Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 4

The local bookings from Singleton by the special train to the Muswellbrook Show yesterday totalled 85, as against 105 last year. The second-class fare for 1903 was 2s 6d,…

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Muswellbrook Show. the Third Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

There must have been fully 3500 people in attendance at the Muswellbrook show yesterday. The gate receipts showed a return of £120, which was £15 better than the…

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Muswellbrook Show. Twenty-second Exhibition. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 7

The twenty-second show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened on the society's spacious grounds at Muswellbrook to-day in very…

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H. R. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 12

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on Monday afternoon in the committee room, on the society's grounds…

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Muswellbrook Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

The twenty-first annual show of He Upper Hunter P. and A. Association was opened at Muswellbrook on Wednesday last, and was continued on Thursday and…

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Tamworth Show

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

At die Tamworth Show, which opened on Tuesday last, Mr. B. Haydon, of Bloomfield, Blandford, was again the most successful exhibitor in the sheep…

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The Newcastle Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 9

The attendance at the Newcastle Show on Thursday was very large, fully 12,000 persons being present. The gate receipts were £332 4s 1d, which is about £100 more than the…

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The Muswellbrook Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

THURSDAY, the second day of the Muswellbrook Show, was ushered in with clouds that threatened a change in the admosphere, but, as the day wore on…

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The Muswellbrook Show Trophies

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

At the recent Muswellbrook Show two splendid trophies of agricultural produce were shown from Bengalla and Ediuglassie, and it would be a good idea if these could…

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Muswellbrook Show. Third Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

As telegraphed, the gathering that assembled to witness the programme carried out on the third day of the 1904 exhibition was large and brilliant. The day was…

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H.R.A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held yesterday afternoon, in the committee-room on the society's grounds…

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The Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

Everything is well advanced for the [?]ning of the agricultural show to-morrow. The weather appears to be clearing, and enormous crowds of country people are a[?]dy…

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