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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

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Victoria. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1889 · page 3

The attendance at the Exhibition last Friday numbered 815. PARIS EXHIBITION. Mr. W. F. Walker, late Commissioner of…

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Public Charity. Grand National Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1889 · page 3

WE have received a circular with reference to a Grand National Fair to be held in Sydney, on May 1st and 2nd next. The proceeds of the entertainment are to be divided…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday Night. Wines for Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1889 · page 5

Thirty casks and one hundred cases of Australian wines, including champagne, left per Salazie on Saturday for Paris Exhibition. Other consignments will follow…

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Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—M. Tirard has received the Australian committee to the Paris Exhibition, and has promised to do his utmost to promote Australian interests at the…

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Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday —Mr. E. Haybers, Secretary to the Victorian Commissioners for the Paris Exhibition, has proceeded to Paris to supervise the Victorian Court…

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Tasmania. the Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 6

Mr. J. G. Davies, M.H.A., who leaves in a few days for Europe, has consented to act as Executive Commissioner for Tasmania at the Paris Exhibition, to be opened on May 1…

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"Truth" on Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.— Truth, commenting on the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, just closed, declared that it was unprecedented in the history of exhibitions as a financial…

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New Zealand. Dunedin Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 7

The Government has agreed to grant a subsidy of £10,000 to the Dunedin Exhibition. VERY LIKE A WHALE. A large whale was stranded a few days…

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"The Grand National Fair." Peculiar Disclosures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 3

A FEW days ago Mr. Alfred Allen, M.P., a gentleman well known as taking a deep interest in all philanthropie objects, received a letter from an individual asking if he would…

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Vanity Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday,— The well-known society paper Vanity Fair, has been sold to Mr. Evans for £25,000…

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District News. Maitland. Hunter River Agriculture Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 6

HUNTER RIVER AGRICULURAL EXHIBITION. PERSONS who intend competing at the above exhibition, to take place on the 10th, 11th, and 12th April next, would do well to…

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Proposed Welsh Exhibition, London. Historical Castles and Towns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 2

THE arrangements for holding a Welsh Exhibition in London in the course of the ensuing summer are being rapidly completed. The committee have arranged to…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Paris will be brilliantly illuminated on the occasion of the opening of the International Exhibition. There will be grand displays of fireworks, a…

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Maitland Agricultural Show. Holiday for Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 8

MR. ALEXANDER BROWN, M.P., has received the following letter :— "Department of Public Instruction, "Sydney, April 2nd, 1889…

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Queensland Exhibition Building

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—A report is current that the Queensland National Association has arranged to purchase the building used for the recent exhibition at Liverpool, in order to…

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Sir Henry Parkes at Gosford. Public Addresses. The Agricultural Show. Opening of the School of Arts. Banquet. Speech by the Premier. The Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 5

YESTERDAY, high holiday was held in the pretty little town of Gosford. The occasion was one of more than ordinary importance, for besides the opening of the handsome row…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. W. F. Walker, late Commissioner .of Trade and Customs in Victoria, and the Victorian Executive Commissioner to the Paris Exhibition, has arrived…

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The Gosford Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1889 · page 8

THE Gosford show was kept open with great success on Saturday. A large number of visitors from the surrounding districts and from Sydney and other places further away…

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The Maitland Show. Railway Arrangements. West Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 5

THE Hunter River Agricultural Society's Exhibition, which will open on Wednesday, promises to be an exceptionally brilliant one. The entries of extra exhibits still continue to…

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Maitland Agricultural Show. the Annual Carnival. Great Success

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 3

THE twenty-ninth annual exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association commenced yesterday at West Maitland under most favourable…

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