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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1907

524 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 27

The Dungog Show. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 8

One of the most picturesquely situated towns in the North is Dungog, hid among hills which are supposed to hold gold, but which when the sun slips down in all its…

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Agricultural Society. This Late Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 13

A committee meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on Thursday, 18th inst., on the show ground. The president (Mr. S…

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Quirindi Annual Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 13

The seventh annual show of the Quirindi District P.A. and H. Association was held on the 17th and 18th instant. This year there has been a paring down of…

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The Buck-jumping Show

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 3

I suppose you remember That a short time ago There came to this district A buck-jumping show…

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The Dungog Show. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

One of the most picturesquely situated towns in the North is Dungog, hid among [?]ills which are supposed to [?]d gold, but which when the 'sun slips down in al its…

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The Cooper Sheep-shearing Machines and Fair-bank's Morse Cil Engines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

A very fine display was made at the R.A.S., Show by the Cooper Co. Each day a number of sheep were shorn by the Cooper machines, the…

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At the Syoney Show. James Bell & Co

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

A notable exhibit was that of Messrs. James Bell and Co., merchants and wheat buyers, of 109 Pitt Street, Sydney. It was identified…

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The Dungog Show. the Opening Day. Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 6

Seldom has the district around picturesquely-situated Dungog looked better than at present, for the countryside is one expanse of verdure, the result of recent rains. so it was expected that the…

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Jamestown Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 April 1907 · page 3

President Roosevelt held a review of United States warships in Hampton Hoods, and inaugurated the Jamestown exhibition. The President delivered a historic and patriotic…

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Agricultural Society. Committee Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 7

[?] of the committee of the Hunter [?] Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on the show ground yesterday afternoon. Mr. R. F. Graham…

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Show Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 2

The Durham A. and H. Association, in Mr George A. Mackay, its President, possesses a worker whose peer for enthusiasm and energy could not be…

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Australian Exhibition of Women's Work

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 6

The project for holding an Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, which has been mooted about the various cities of the Commonwealth…

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Agricultural Society. Potato Culture

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 14

The second of the series of readings arranged by the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association in connection with the increased Government subsidy proposals took…

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Agricultural Society. Committee Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on the Show Ground on Monday afternoon. Mr. R. F. Graham,…

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Womrn's Industrial Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon a number of ladies of the downs and district attended at the Council Chambers by invitation of the Mayoress (Mrs. F. A. Bennett) for the purpose of making preliminary…

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Exhibition of Women's Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 4

A meeting of Indies of Singleton and district, to make preliminary arrangements with the approaching Australian Exhibition of Women's Work,…

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Dan Barry's World Wide Wonder Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

On Friday evening next Dan Barry will present in the local School of Arts a colossal unique and up-to-date entertainment, with the comprehensive title of "World Wide…

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Durham A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 2

A meeting of committee was held on Thursday last. There were present—Messrs S. S. Kingston (in the chair), W. Bennett, R W Alison, A…

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Irish Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 3

An attractive international exhibition has [?] opened at Dublin. Mr. Cameron (of New Zealand) was in a Procession with [?]tatives of Canada, Italy, France, and…

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Dublin Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 3

New South Wales and West Australia are showing small exhibits at the Dublin Exhibition…

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