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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1888

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Paris International Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 5

Mr. Bayard, the American Secretary of State, has advised the Government of the United States to appoint a commission for the representation of…

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PARIS, Saturday. the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 5

A meeting, under the presidency of the Minister of Commerce, was held here to-day. It was attended by about eighty merchants and…

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The West Maitland Friendly Societies' Demonstration and Athletic Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 3

Sportsmen and lovers of athletics generally will be pleased to learn that the success of the above demonstration is now pretty well assured. The entries for many of the minor…

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United States Representation at the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 5

The Congress of the United States has voted 50,000 dollars towards expenses of American representation at the Melbourne Exhibition…

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Opening of the Exhibition. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 5

THE Centennial Agricultural and Intercolonial Exhibition was opened to-day by His Excellency Governor Carrington, accompanied by all the…

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The Brussels Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 5

It is rumoured that the proposed International Exhibition at Brussels will probably collapse…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 5

Mr. Vincent Barrington is a competitor for the position of British Commissioner at the Melbourne Exhibition…

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Melbourne Centennial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 5

A circular has been issued by the Royal Commission appointed in connection with the Melbourne International Centennial Exhibition,…

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Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 6

AT Towoomba, Queensland, a cattle show was recently held, and the occasion was thought a suitable one for a baby show. The D. D. Gazette describes it thusly:—…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1888 · page 5

The Times urges the owners of pictures to lend their collections to the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition…

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Correspondence a Plea for Fair Play. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1888 · page 5

SIR,—I was rather surprised at the treatment Mr. Finney received at the hands of the Mayor and some clerk in the Borough Council. Mr. Finney, an old and respected…

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Woodroffe's Glass-blowing Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1888 · page 8

FROM advertisement it will be seen that. Professor Woodroffe, assisted by two talented lady-workers, will give an exhibition in the Mechanics' Institute, Plattsburg, of the…

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

MR. F. W. COWEN has accepted the position of musical conductor at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition He leaves England in June, and will…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

Mr. F. H. Cowen has definitely accepted the position of musical conductor at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. He is under engagement…

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Original Poetry. Earth Is Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 2

"And God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good."—GEN. i, 31. TELL me not, tell me not that the angel of…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 5

The director of the Paris Exhibition has hinted to Sir Graham Berry that the, reported abstention of Victoria from the Paris Exhibition will…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1888 · page 5

The Agents-General have been invited by the French Embassy to interview M. Bergen, the director of the Paris Exhibition, who is now in…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 5

The French authorities expect the Australian colonies exhibiting at the Paris Exhibition of, 1889 to floor and decorate their respective courts. The…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] PARIS, Monday. the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 February 1888 · page 5

A commission has been appointed for the Melbourne Exhibition, with M. Revel as president…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 5

Alderman de Keyser, the Lord Mayor of London, with the approval of the Government is organising an adequate collection of British exhibits…

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