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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1887

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"Buffalo Bill's" Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1887 · page 8

THE Show which "Buffalo Bill" brings, to England is of immense size, and is intended to represent in a vivid manner all the striking and exciting…

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Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1887 · page 5

Circulars dated May 30th have been forwarded by the British Government to foreign States, drawing attention td the Exhibition at Melbourne, and…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 5

It is announced that all gentlemen who have been asked to act on the Melbourne Royal Commission for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition have…

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The Jubilee Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1887 · page 5

The State procession to Westminster Abbey, on the occasion of the Jubilee thanksgiving, it is understood will be divided into…

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Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1887 · page 5

The Royal Commission for the Melbourne Exhibition is incomplete, and several other gentlemen are being appointed…

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The Jubilee. Great Meeting in Sydney. The Exhibition Building Crammed from Floor to Ceiling. SYDNEY, Wednesday, 10 o'clock. the Greatest Gathering Ever Witnessed in the Colony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1887 · page 5

AND probably in Australia, assembled in the Exhibition Building to-night. The crowd was something to be remembered, and the whole city was talking about nothing else…

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Another Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 5

It has boon resolved to hold an international exhibition in Brussels next year…

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The Firemen's Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 4

A DEMONSTRATION of the members of the local fire brigades took place in the grounds of the Hospital for Insane on Saturday afternoon. There was a very large attendance,…

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The Adelaide Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, President of the British Commission for the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, has cabled to Sir Herbert Sandford,…

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The United States and the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1887 · page 4

The United States Government ask Congress to pass a vote to represent America at ,the Melbourne Exhibition…

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A Fearful Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 5

SOME two hundred journalists were present (says a Paris correspondent) at the Folies Bergere, where a sort of general rehearsal was given of a séance…

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LONDON, Saturday. the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 5

President Grevy has promised Mr. Levey, the Continental Commissioner for the Melbourne Exhibition, that he will place Mr. Levey's representations…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 5

The Treasury has voted a sum of £5000 for the representation of Great Britain at the Melbourne Exhibition…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Melbourne Centennial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 5

IT is announced that the Royal Commission in connection with the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition consists of the following:—Prince of Wales…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 9Th August. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., J. Creer, M.L.A., and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 6

One inebriate was fined. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Charles Baldwin, a seaman, was fined £2, or fourteen days' gaol, for…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 5

One hundred and sixty British exhibitors have applied for 40,000ft of floor space in the Melbourne Exhibition. The Middlesborough…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 5

Sir Graham Berry, Agent-General for Victoria, waited on Lord Cross, Secretary of State for India, on the subject of the representation of India…

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The Singleton Show. Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 5

THE Secretary of the Northern Agricultural Association has for some days past been busily engaged posting up entries for the forthcoming Singleton…

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Panic in a French Wild Beast Show. Salvator, the Tamer, Attacked by his Lious

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 11

THE Pall Mall Gazette of June 28 says:—"A terrific panic was caused at a wild beast show at Belleville yesterday. Salvator, the well-known…

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LONDON, Sunday. Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 5

The first formal meeting of the Royal Commission for the Melbourne Exhibition was held at Marlborough House yesterday, under the presidency…

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