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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

221 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12

The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Victoria and New Zealand will be required to intimate before the 15th instant whether they will occupy the space allotted to them at the Paris…

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Russia and the Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

ST. PETERSRURG, Saturday.—Although Russian Government will not be officially represented at the Paris Exhibition, it is notified that the exhibitors from that…

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Paris Exhibition. New South Wales in the Cold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.—The negotiations which have taken place between Sir Saul Samuel and the commissioners of the Paris Exhibition have been ineffectual, and…

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Hunter River Agricultural Show. Forthcoming Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 2

WE have received a publication, in pamphlet form, containing the schedule of the prizes to be offered at the forthcoming Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural…

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[By Wire From Sydney Papers] Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—New Zealand requires 4000ft space at the Paris Exhibition, which will leave Victoria 13,000. It is essential that the Executive Commissioners for the…

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Melbourne Exhibition Medals and Certificates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 8

THE design for the Exhibition certificate was selected by the executive commissioners from seven designs sent on to them by the fine arts committee. The chosen design bore…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 2

Now that the last days of the Exhibition are approaching, it has been considered advisable to make it additionally attractive to the public. This has been done, not by adding to…

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New Zealand. Dunedin Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 6

The Dunedin Exhibition Commissioners have been informed that it will cost £5000 to send over the pictures in the Melbourne Exhibition…

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Victoria at the Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Victoria will probably be permitted to erect [?] kiosk in the gardens of the Trocadero in connection with the Paris Exhibition for the display of her…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta. Annual Aquatic Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 3

THE Wallsend and Plattsburg annual regatta took place on Lake Macquarie, under the auspices and management of the following gentlemen, who comprised the officers…

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Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—Sir F. Dillon Bell, Agent-General for New Zealand, will visit Paris next week with the view of obtaining more space for Australian exhibits at the…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, has been offered 3000 feet, in a good position in the Trecadero Gardens, for his colony, in…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. The Closing Ceremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The proceedings in connection with the closing ceremony at the Exhibition were generally of a formal description. The attendance, as stated, was…

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Fair-trade in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.—The election of members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce took place to-day, and resulted in the defeat of the candidates in favour of a…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Melbourne, February 5. Close of the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 7

THE difference between the opening and closing scene of the Melbourne Exhibition was very great—not only in the matter of attendance, but also…

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The Paris Exhibition. SYDNEY, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1889 · page 5

The Government to-day decided that the colony is not be represented at the Paris Exhibition…

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Victoria and the Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Sir Graham Berry's persistency in the matter of the representation of Victoria at the Paris Exhibition will probably induce M. Berger, the Executive…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—New South Wales having declined the site offered to her in the Trocadero in connection with the Paris Exhibition, the same has been obtained by…

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French Politics and the Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—An influential deputation, representing the executive of the Paris Exhibition, yesterday waited upon President Carnot, for the purpose of presenting a…

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Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—At a trade congress which is being held in Berlin, Herr Boetticher, Secretary of State, declared that the favourable results of the Melbourne…

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