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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1877

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Flower Show and Cricket Match. West Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1877 · page 2

THE H.R.A. and H. Association held their first annual Flower, Fruit, and Vegetable Show on the Albion Ground yesterday and the large number of exhibits, with the…

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Grand Billiard Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1877 · page 2

A GRAND exhibition of billiards took place last night, at the Great Northern Hotel, between Mons Pierre Carme (the great French canon player) and Mr. H. A. Albers…

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Muswellbrook Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1877 · page 2

The show opened to-day. The weather was beautifully fine. There was not a very large attendance, but the exhibits were good…

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Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1877 · page 2

THE seventeenth annual show in connection with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, will be hold on Wednesday and Thursday next,…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1877 · page 2

THE seventeenth annual exhibition in connection with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, opened yesterday, at the Society's ground, West…

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Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Maitland Show. Second Day—thursday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1877 · page 2

THE Maitland Show opened at eleven a.m. yesterday, under most favourable circumstances, the weather being beautifully fine and clear, and a fresh breeze…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY. Reed. Tuesday, 10.50 p.m. Opening of the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1877 · page 2

THE Exhibition was opened by His Excellency the Governor at noon to-day, Lady Robinson and suite present. A large number of visitors in attendance…

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The Exhibition Crowded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1877 · page 2

The Exhibition is crowded with visitors Up to one o'clock to-day, six thousand persons passed through the gates. New exhibits continue to arrive, and the…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1877 · page 2

IT must be gratifying to our readers to know that the opening of the Exhibition of 1877, in Prince Alfred Park, was a brilliant success It has been…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 2

The Exhibition still continues to be well attended. The attendance during the day and evening, exclusive of exhibiters and members, who were estimated at…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1877 · page 2

The Exhibition was not so well patronised to-day—the attendance being affected probably by the exodus down the harbour to witness Blondin's…

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The Metropolitan Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the Exhibtion to-day, but it is raining this afternoon. The stock exhibits are both numerous and attractive. The best blood…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1877 · page 3

THE weather this morning was more unfavourable than on any occasion since the opening of the Exhibition, as a light drizzling rain fell all through the morning…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY. Tuesday, Recd., 8 p.m. Intercolonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1877 · page 2

THE attendance at the Exhibition to-day, was largely increased Sir Hercules Robinson and Lady Robinson were present. The stock exhibited was a great attraction, and…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1877 · page 2

An immense crowd visited the Exhibition to-day, chiefly country people. The places of amusement are doing a great business…

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The Sydney Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1877 · page 2

THE Exhibition of 1877 bids fair to eclipse any of its predecessors, both as it regards efficiency, general management extensiveness in operation, and…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 2

The attendance at the Exhibition was less to-day…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 2

THE attendance on Saturday was largely increased, owing to the School holiday, so that amusements usually interesting to children, such as "Punch,"…

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Notes and Events. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 5

IT is surprising to think where all the people who have been visiting the exhibition this week came from such a crowd never before, I should think assembled in Prince Alfred Park…

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Attendance at the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 2

90,958 persons had paid for admission to the Exhibition up to yesterday evening. Last year, during the whole time the Exhibition was open, 70,486 persons paid…

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