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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1886

169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9

The Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1886 · page 6

AT a meeting of the Common Council in London, on February 18, the following letter from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was read:—…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 5

The Prince of Wales visits the Colonial Exhibition before the opening…

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Hunter River Agricultural Association Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 8

THE 26th annual show of the Hunter River Agricultural Association was opened yesterday at West Maitland. The streets and footways were in a terribly sloppy, st[?]te, but…

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Hunter River Agricultural Association Show. Second Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 4

THE weather throughout the day has been splendid and everything tended to make the show a success. Crowds of holiday-makers commenced to roll up as soon as…

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Telegrams. New South Wales Sydney, Sunday. Art Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1886 · page 5

The opening of the seventh annual exhibition of the Art Society of New South Wales by his Excellency the Governor, last night, in the Town Hall,…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1886 · page 5

The Princess of Wales, Prince Victor, and the Duke of Connaught paid a special visit to the Colonial-Indian Exhibition, and expressed much pleasure,…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 5

The leading pressmen of England and the Continent have inspected the exhibits in the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Sir Samuel Davenport's scene,…

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Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 5

The French Chamber of Deputies has sanctioned a project to hold a grand exhibition in Paris…

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The Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1886 · page 5

The South Australian Court at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition is now ready for the reception of exhibits, and the New Zealand Court is well forward…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 5

The Prince of Wales, attended by Sir Cauliffe Owen, made a complete tour of inspection of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, which will be formally opened…

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Indian and Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 5

A Visitors Reception Committee are organising a series of excursions for the entertainment of foreign and colonial representatives to the Exhibition…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 5

At a meeting of the Royal Commission to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, to-day, the Prince of Wales, in his speech as president, referred to the cordial…

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Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 5

The Hon. F. B. Sutter, P.M.G., to-day forwarded two important cablegrams to the old country, one to Her Majesty the Queen, congratulating her on opening the…

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The Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 4

THE announcement that her Majesty the Queen has opened the above great show, at South Kensington, will recall to the minds of many of…

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The London Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 5

Lord Carrington has sent a cablegram to the Queen, conveying his thanks for her Majesty's attendance at the opening of the Exhibition. Congratulatory…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 5

The Queen opened the Colonial and Indian Exhibition to-day, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and several members of the Royal…

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Indian and Colonial Exhibition. Opening Ceremony by the Queen. LONDON, Tuesday, 12.50 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 5

The Indian and Colonial Exhibition was formally opened by the Queen in person at noon to-day. The Executive Commissioners for India, the Australian colonies,…

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The India-Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 5

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Wales, has paid a second visit to the Exhibition. Australian fruit is in great demand at the Exhibition…

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Select Poetry. Ode on the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 7

Welcome, welcome! With one voice, In your welfare we rejoice; Sons and daughters that have sent, From isle and cape and continent,…

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Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1886 · page 5

Sir Samuel Davenport, of South Australia, has succeeded in forming a committee in London to promote the movement for holding a Jubilee…

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