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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1880

112 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 6

Fair Play is a Jewel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1880 · page 3

THE above motto is true enough, but some newspaper men, like ordinary mortals, don't appear to always act upon it. By way of gentle reminder, when…

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Opening of the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1880 · page 4

THE Sydney Daily Telegraph of Friday says:—The opening ceremony of the Melbourne Exhibition took place to-day, and was, notwithstanding the disadvantages…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 4

ENCOURAGED by the popular appreciation and consequently increased circulation of this journal, we have, in addition to a special illustrated supplement of the…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 5

WE have a carefully-written illustrated supplement of the Melbourne Exhibition in course of preparation, which we will have pleasure in presenting to our readers…

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Maitland Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 5

WE understand that the prospects of a successful day at the Maitland Flower and Poultry Show on Thursday next are considerable. The entries show a capital…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. What It Means. on the Way to the Show. at the Gates. Round the Gardens. Three Dumb Waiters and a Pole. Jobbery and Snobbery. Decorations. the Stolid British Decorations. Germania Versus Gaul. the Opening Ceremony. the Premier and His Puchases. King Casey and the Italians. the Naked Truth. Pottery and Furniture. Glass with Care. the Duke and Lovelace. Up in the Clouds. Only a Generation. a Bargain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 8

IF the readers of the Herald and Advocate will turn up the word "exhibition" in any decent dictionary, they will find amongst the various meanings…

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Newcastle at the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1880 · page 2

ON turning our steps for a while to the principal New South Wales Court in the Exhibition, we find much to examine, and much of admire. The firm…

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Maitland Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1880 · page 2

WE would again draw the attention of our readers to the programme of the Maitland Flower and Poultry Show, which is to take place to-morrow…

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Maitland Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 October 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY (Thursday) the annual Flower and Poultry Show, held in connexion with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, took place on the…

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Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. W. J Carke, the president of the Melbourne Exhibition, and other commissioners, paid at noon an official visit to the Indian…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 5

In our third page will be found article No. II., by "Gnetra"—our special correspondent at the Melbourne Exhibition. In the article are many items of interest…

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Sir Henry Parkes at the Exhibition Banquet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Sir Henry Parkes's speech at the Commissioners' banquet last evening is the subject of considerable comment to-day. Sir Henry,…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. No. 2. Want of Patronage — a Photographic Joke — Gaslight and Gaiety—leisure and Pleasure—little Babel—a Decided Want—a Forlorn Chinaman—something Like a Shop—the Pavilion of the Sleeping Beauty—a Full Description—inside and Out, Etc. Etc. Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 3

UP to the present date the attendance at the Exhibition has been the reverse of encouraging. An average of five thousand per diem, and one half of these…

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The Melbourne Exhibition No. 3. South Australia—a Tiny Model—fizz—king Casey—bad Taste—sitting on Her Majesty—circus Manners—silk v. Paper—dress—novel Hair Oil—season Tickets—genius—sericulture—furs, Etc., Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 3

ONE of the best arranged courts in the Exhibition is that owned by South Australia. Not only are the mineral and vegetable products of the colony…

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Steam to Sydney and Melbourne.—Exhibition and Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 October 1880 · page 2

MESSRS. W. Howard Smith & Sons announce the departure of their fine steamer Leura at mid-night for Sydney, and to leave Sydney on Saturday at noon, for…

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Exhibition of Australian Food

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 October 1880 · page 2

LONDON, October 26.—Several influential colonists in London, and others interested in the progress of the colonies and the question of food supply, have…

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Scene at the Exhibition, Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 October 1880 · page 3

EARLY comers at the Melbourne Exhibition on Friday, last, according to the Argus, were diverted by a scrimmage under the dome, between the…

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The Great Novelty Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 October 1880 · page 2

THE above still draws large assemblages in the Water Reserve in Newcomen-street. The show consists of thatalmost forgotten exhibition of Punch and Judy, a large…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. the "Old Sarpint"—the "Dirty Boy" "Grub Lane"—"our Hemma,"—an Arthurian Knight—heavy Damages—a Drum and Trumpet History—an Ecclesiastical Model—the Nile-boat—dagpipes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 8

AN antipodean Exhibition, if not so Brobdignagian in proportions, certainly presents something new and different from those in countries bun a railway…

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Universal Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1880 · page 2

A universal exhibition for wool and woollen manufactures is announced to take place from June to October, 1881, at the Crystal Palace, London…

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