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Shows & fairs, 1908

482 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 25

Muswellbrook Show

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 3

THE third day's programme in connection with Upper Hunter P. and A. Association's Show was gone through on Friday, when there…

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Commercial News. Muswellbrook Show Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

Tindale and Co. report:—The sales of stock were somewhat more animated than usual. We submitted a fairly large catalogue of exhibition…

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Late Cable News. London, Saturday. Franco-british Exhibition

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

Queen Alexandra and the Princess Marie, Dowager Empress of Russia, paid a preliminary visit to the Franco-British Exhibition yesterday. Queen…

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Royal Agricultural Society's Show. the Blood Houses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 3

At the Royal Show, which opened yesterday, there is a general advance in all sections. In horses all previous shows are eclipsed by the number and quality of the…

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—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zea To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Wednesday, April 15, 1908. The Upper Hunter Show. an Unqualified Success. Large Attendance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2

THE twenty-fifth show of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association was held on the Association's conveniently situated and well appointed ground on…

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Sydney Show. an Excellent Exhibition. Honors for Singleton District

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 3

The great Easter carnival of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was opened at Moore Park, Sydney, on Tuesday. The show, on the…

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The Sydney Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 4

The Royal Exhibition is the great attraction at Easter time in Sydney for rural New South Wales. Although it is a metropolitan event, it is, generally speaking, of…

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The Sydney Show. Hunter River District Exhibit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

When the idea was first meeted some months back of collecting an exhibit of the products, manufactures, and materials of the Hunter district, to be arranged in trophy form at the Royal…

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The Royal Society's Show. a Great Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 8

At the Royal Show, which opened on Tuesday, there is a general advance in all sections. In horses all previous allows are eclipsed by the number and quality of the…

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Upper Manning Annual Show. Successful Exhibition. Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The Upper Manning Annual Show on Thursday and Friday last at Wingham was very successful, despite the prevailing rainy conditions and sloppy state of the roads…

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The Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

The colonial builders in the franco-British Exhibition cost £825,000. the private builders £450,000, and the main palaces of art. Science, machinery, and industry…

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Franco-British Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 7

One of the most popular of the numerous attractions in the Franco-British Exhibition will probably be "The Irish Village," which is a realistic, yet picturesque…

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Newcastle Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association intends conducting a flower, poultry, and canary show on its fine grounds, Broadmeadow, on Friday and Saturday, May 8 and…

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Commercial Intelligence Muswellbrook Show Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 6

Tindale and Co. report:—The sales of stock at the late show wore somewhat more animated than usual. We submitted a fairly large catalogue of exhibition stock, amongst them being three very…

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Sydney Show. the Second Day

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The attendance of the public at the Sydney Show on Wednesday was above that of the corresponding day last year. No fewer than 15,000 persons passed…

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The Late Show. Muswellbrook Superior Public School Exhibit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 8

The local Superior Public School had a display of work to illustrate what is being done week by week in the school. The chief feature of the…

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The Royal Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 April 1908 · page 3

If is estimated that fully 80,000 people visited the Royal Show to-day. The weather was simply glorious…

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Vehicles at the Sydney show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 4

Mr. James Riley, the well-known local builder of coaches and buggies, achieved even greater successes at the Sydney Exhibition than we credited him with doing. He…

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Scene at a Show. Eleven Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 4

An accident of an alarming character occurred the exhibition given by the Australian Bu[?] jumpers in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney last night when a large portion of the seating buit up in the…

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Merriwa. Carnival and Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 3

The hospital committee held their annual sports yesterday, Easter Monday, and the untiring efforts of the matron (Miss Deane), and her army of assistants, were well rewarded by…

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