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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1888

146 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 8

The Brisbane Aquatic Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 6

The first and only heat rowed on Tuesday in connection with the acquatic carnival was decided in favour of Searle, Kemp being second, and Matterson a bad third. The…

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The Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1888 · page 2

THE programme for the above, which takes place on Thursday evening next at the Elite Skating Rink, is to be found in our columns of to-day's issue…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1888 · page 3

IT is the intention of the Premier, we learn, that the colony shall be represented at the Paris Exhibition in spite of the decision of the executive…

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The Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1888 · page 5

THE twentieth benefit in aid of the funds of the Newcastle Hospital will take place to-night in the Elite Skating Rink, Blane-street. Mr. Clarence Hannell, J.P., the manager of…

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The Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1888 · page 5

FOR many years Mr. Clarence Hannell has managed various entertainments in aid of the funds of the Newcastle Hospital, and his success during…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1888 · page 5

Sir Graham Berry has despatched a cablegram to the Premier of Victoria, stating that it will be impossible to construct a model of the workings of…

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The Glasgow Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

THE Glasgow International Exhibition has been closed, the total number of visitors on the closing day being 117,901. Since the Exhibition was…

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