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Shows & fairs, 1913

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The Most Patient People. Must Show Annoyance at Times

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 12

Everybody has their hour of trouble. But people having any irritation of the skin have many hours of trouble. Nothing so annoying; nothing so irritating…

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The Navy's Part of the Imperial Service Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1913 · page 6

Among important articles on general themes in the June "Windsor Magazine" is an article on the great imperial Services Exhibition at Earl's Court, which is to be…

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Local and General News. Cessnock Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 July 1913 · page 4

In our report of Cessnock show in Saturday's issue, in the canary classes, four first prizes awarded to Mr. Thos. Skinner, of West Maitland, were omitted…

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Cessnock Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 5

There was a fair attendance at the Cessnock Show on Saturday afternoon and evening, but the result has not been what might have expected. of course the wet weather greatly affected the…

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Crime Carnival. Thieves in Sydney Suburbs. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

Suburban thieves.arc again operating. A large boarding house at Mosmau was entered twice last night, and jewellery and money valued at £35 stolen…

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Amusements. Skating Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

A very successful grand fancy dress and poster skating carnival was held last evening at Adelphi Skating Rink. There was a very large attendance, including visitors…

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Panama Exhibition. Foreign States Standing Out. London, July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

The Washington correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that the British Government has announced that Britain will not officially take part in the Panama Celebration…

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Drawing-room Horse Show. Success of Women Riders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

Was it a circus or a horse show, or a steeplechase or a flower show, or a military tournament of the nations that opened in London at Olympia on June 19? The…

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Exhibition at Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

A loan exhibition of fine arts and curios will be held at Paterson in aid of St. Paul's Church repairs fund on October 15, 16, and 17. Further particulars are promised in a…

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Show Ground Site

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

The Kurri Horticultural, Bird, and [?] Fanciers' Society has decided to act on [?] recent suggestion by Mr. Kearsley, M.L.A. namely, to make application to the [?]…

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Skating at Paterson. Successful Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 7

The long anticipated plain and fancy dress skating carnival was held here last Saturday night in spite of the dark and damp state of the evening large crowds of both skaters and onlookers…

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Fair Swindler's Dupes. Beautiful Adventuress Takes in Clubmen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

An adventuress who styled herself the "Princess Salam" has just been arrested in France. A remarkably beautiful woman, she…

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Royal Horse Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 4

At the Royal Horse Show in Sydney on Saturday the race of the £100 Handicap Trot proved very exciting. The Maitland trotting stallion Dexter (owned by Mr. J…

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Panama Exhibition. Outburst in United States. London, Aug. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 5

Commenting on the anti-British outburst in some of the United States newspapers, it is explained here that Great Britain's refusal to take part in the "Panama"…

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Annual Horse Show

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 2

The annul horse show of the Royal Agricultural Society was opened in Sydney on Saturday. The entries are not as numerous us last year, and on the…

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The Panama Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 4

The people of the United Stales, with characteristic enterprise, are setting to work to hold an immense World's Fair in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the opening…

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Polo. Quirindi Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 7

The weather was perfect on the second day of the Quirindi polo carnival, and a large assembiage witnessed exciting polo. The feature of the day was the grand display…

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Panama Exhibition. the Refusing Nations. New York, Aug. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 5

Mr. Malone, Third Assistant Secretary in State Department, discussed with Sir Ce[?]Spring Rice the British Ambassador, the [?] of Britain's refusal to take part in…

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A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 3

A meeting of committee was held on Tuesday last: Present— Messrs G. B. Waller (in chair), W. Bennett, J. Abbott, S. S. King…

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Gunnedah P. A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 4

The secretary of the above association advises us that entries for the forthcoming Gunnedah Show are coming in rapidly, and a record entry is now expected. Intending…

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