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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1909

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The Mail land Show

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 5

The 49th annual exhibition of the [?]unter River Agricultural Society opens on Tuesday next, 23rd inst, on the society’s spacious ground, West…

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The Newcastle Show. Record Attendance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 7

The Newcastle annual show was continued on Friday and Saturday. On Friday the attendance was estimated at upwards of 10,000. The takings for the day totalled…

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Australian Wools at the Franco-british Exhibition, London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

Probably the most attractive exhibits at the above great show recently closed, were those from the Deniliquin Stud Park and Wanganella Estates,…

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Aero Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 5

A great Aero Exhibition of aeroplanes, dirigibles, and balloons has been opened at the Olympia…

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Show Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 4

The annual event of the Maitland Show with its excitements, amusements, and social festivitis, and its pleasant break to the usual routine has again come round. Maitland, for…

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Show Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 4

On Wednesday night the committee of the H. R. A. and H. Association will present a first-class vandeville and moving picture programme to their patrons. The exhibition will be open to the public…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 5

The spacious grounds of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association were a scene of considerable activity to-day, when preparations were entered upon in connection…

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Visitors to the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 4

During the week the show will be the means of attracting many thousands of visitors to the town, and doubtless among the number will be many undesirables, so…

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Maitland Show. Opening Day. a Successful Exhibition. Judges Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

The Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association is one of the standing monuments of the success which inevitably awaits the industry of the strenuous…

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Singleton Show

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

Yesterday, by a substantial majority, the members of the Northern Agricultural Society decided to postpone this year's show, fixed for August next, until…

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Newcastle Show Judging

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

A correspondent, signing himself "Old Judge," writes re "Looker On's strictures in connection with the judging at the recent Newcastle show. He considers the judging was equal to the average…

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Upper Hunter Show. Next Week

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

THE residents of the Upper Hunter arc now looking forward with cagerness and expectation to the coming Show, to be opened at Muswellbrook…

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The Sydney Show. Entries Total 7000

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society has been able to make a rough estimate of the actual number of entries which have been made for the…

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No Show This Year a Change to the Autumn

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

A special general meeting of members of the Northern Agricutural Association was held yesterday morning at the Council Chambers, the principal business…

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Singleton Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 2

BY a substantial majority the members of the Northern Agricultural Society decided to postpone this year's show, fixed for August next, until the autumn…

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The Singleton Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 6

The abandonment of the Singleton show for the present year will cause general surprise because if any memory serves me rightly, it is I think the first time such a…

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Upper Hunter Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 2

The residents of the Upper Hunter are now looking forward with eagerness and expectation to the coming Show, to be opened at Muswellbrook on the…

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Maitland Show. Second Day Beautiful Weather and a Great Attendance. Additional Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 4

Maitland Show was continued to-day in the pleasant conditions imaginable, unless it was that the heat was too prominent, for the sun shone down from an azure sky, unbroken by the…

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Maitland Show. a Successful Exhibition

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 3

The forty-ninth annual exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was opened at Maitalnd on Tuesday in fine weather…

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Exhibition Trot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 2

Major Hall, the great 14 hands Pony, owned by Messrs. G. and E. Ireland, of Newcastle, did a mile at his best pace at the request of the committee. Major Hall,…

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