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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1890

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The Dunedin Exhibition. N.S.W. Representatives. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 2

The Ministers who will proceed to New Zealand to represent the Government at the Dunedin Exhibition are Messrs. M'Millan, Gould, and O'Connor…

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The New Zealand Exhibition. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 2

The total admissions to the DunedinExhibition up to New Year's Day numbered nearly 517,000, and the takings amounted to £10,000…

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" Fair Play " Answered

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 2

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BARRIER MINER, SIR,—Having been requested as master of the track on the occasion to reply to " Fair Play " in reference to the running…

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The Coming "Show."

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 2

MR. GREEN, agent for the London Pavilion Company of variety artists, arrived in the town yesterday morning, to make the necessary preparations for…

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A Fair Claim. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 3

Fifty weavers, male and female, have struck at the Ballarat woollen mills in consequence of an attempt made to reduce the scale of payment, making it…

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A Mining Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 3

IN July nesx it is intended to hold a universal exhibition of the mining industry in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London. The Agents-General of the…

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International Mineral Exhibition. LONDON, Sunday (midnight)

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 3

The International Mineral Exhibition is to be opened in the Crystal Palace on JuIy 7th…

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The Dunedin Exhibition. Gratifying Results. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 3

The receipts from the Dunedin Exhibition are £19,000. The New Zealand Railway Commissioners state that they expect to receive £30,000 in excess of the…

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The Wining Exhibition. LONDON, Tuesday (midnight)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 3

The time for the receipt of entries for colonisl exhibits at the Mining Exhibition has been extended till May 15…

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A Fair physician. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3

Miss Adela McCulloch Knight, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Knight, formerly of A delaide, at present studying medicine in England, has been presented…

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The Mining Exhibition. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3

The Government has not yet come to, any decosopm regarding the representation of this colony at the Mining Exhibition in London. Sir Henry Parkes, however,…

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The Mining Exhibition. AUCKLAND, Monday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 3

The New Zealand Government has decided not to send any exhibits to the Crystal Palace. Mining exhibition, but will appoint a representative to the London…

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1St. Edition. Barrier Miner. Tuesday, March 18, 1890. The Mining Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

THE first intimation that the Australian public received of the Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, to be held in London, was made by the Australian…

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Dunedin Exhibition Awards. DUNEDIN

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 April 1890 · page 2

The New South Wales Minister for Mines has been awarded a special first prize for a collection of bituminous coal, and the Ferndale, Hetton, Centenary,…

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The Mining Exhibition. Interview with the Minister for Mines. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (the Hon. Sydney Smith) was waited upon yesterday by the MINER representative, and reiterated his previous expressions of…

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The International Mining Exhibition. [By Our Mining Reporter.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 2

ON July 2nd of the present year the International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy will be opened in London. Whilst expressing a hope that the whole…

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The Mining Exhibition. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 3

Mr. D. D. Rosewarne, Government Mining Inspector, leaves by the R.M.S. Britannia for England to-day to represent this colony at the London Mining…

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The Mining Exhibition, Barrier Exhibits. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 3

The Mines Department has arranged that the wardens at Silverton and Broken Hill shall receive exhibits for the International Exhibition of Mining and…

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The Mining Exhibition. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, Messrs. F. Abigail, C. J. Roberts, Oscar Meyer, and C. S. Wilkinson will be the New South Wales…

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The Mining Exhibition. Postponed till July. [By Cable.] London, Thursday (midnight.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 3

At the joint, request of the Australian Agents-General the opening of the Mining Exhibition has been postponed till the middle of July…

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