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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1886

169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9

International Centenary Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 5

At a meeting of citizens, resolution was carried, urging the Government to hold an International Centenary Exhibition…

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The Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 4

THE report supplied by our representative shows there is good reason why the heart of the squatter should be glad, and why the large number of people to whom the…

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The Prince of Wales and the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 5

The Prince of Wales, as president of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, has had a commission appointed consisting of fourteen leading specialists to…

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Singleton Show. WEDNESDAY. (Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 8

THE pleasantly situated and important town of Singleton, the centre of a great horse-breeding, pastoral and agricultural district, has at least one great and…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Judging at the Wickham Show. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 5

SIR,—I see in your issue of the 10th inst. a letter signed by Mr. J. A. Gorrick, Bolton-street, criticising the judges at the late show, and in justice…

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Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1886 · page 5

Mr. C. H. Tupper, High Commissioner for Canada, starts immediately to that country to confer with the Dominion Government regarding the…

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Proposed Centennial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1886 · page 5

A petition is being extensively signed for holding a Centennial Exhibition…

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Edinburgh Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 5

The Queen visited Edinburgh yesterday, and inspected the International Exhibition, which was opened by Prince Albert Victor in May last…

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Adelaide Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 5

England and a Europe require 120,000 feet at the Adelaide Exhibition…

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The Engineering Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 3

ONE Of the most attractive, varied, and workmanlike exhibits is that by M'Brair, Osborn, and Co., on the right of the main entrance. This rising and…

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Murrurundi A. and H. Society. MURRURUNDI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1886 · page 5

A special committee meeting of the A. and H. Society was held last night to decide the protest made by B. Haydon, of Bloomfield, against F. R…

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Agricultural Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1886 · page 5

The net profits of the Agricultural Show were £4000…

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Agricultural Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 5

The Governor opened the Agricultural Show at noon to-day. An address of welcome was presented to him, to which he replied. The attendance…

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Proposed Centennial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 3

WHEN the Government decided to consider what, in their estimation, would be the best means to celebrated the centenary of the colony, they wrote to the Mayor of…

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Agricultural Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1886 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the closing of the Agricultural Show. Mr. M'Donald's Don Juan won the hunters' high jump. Mr. Goodsell's Little…

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Newcastle School of Arts. The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 4

THE progress recently made in the Newcastle School of Arts is on a par with the general advance in material surroundings which distinguishes the…

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Manly Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 5

Lady Carrington, opened the Wild Flower Show, at Manly to-day…

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Scientific and Mechanical Exhibition in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 5

UNDER the auspices of the Newcastle School of Arts, a very successful conversazione was held last evening in the lecture hall of the institution The exhibition…

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Scientific and Mechanical Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 5

THE conversazione at the School of Arts last night attracted a much larger attendance than on the previous evening. It was the theme of general remark that such…

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Scientific and Mechanical Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 5

THE School of Arts last night was crowded by a large attendance of visitors, who one and all expressed themselves pleased with wonders of telegraphy, electricity,…

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