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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

221 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 12

Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. W. F. Walker, late Minister for Trade and Customs in the Victorian Cabinet, and who recently resigned in order to accept the position of executive…

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Gosford Show Prize Fowl. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 7

SIR,—In your report of the Gosford Show, in your issue of the 6th, you state a special prize, given by Mr. G. C. Murdoch for common barndoor fowl, was won by A. J…

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Maitland Agricultural Show. Great Day at Maitland. Enormous Attendance. 12,000 Visitors and More. Faulty Railway Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 3

TRULY yesterday was a gala day at Maitland, and the thousands who journeyed thither for the purpose of witnessing the second day of the twenty-ninth annual show under the…

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Paris Exhibition. the Australian Wine Kiosk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON Friday.—Mr. Rach, who had charge of the wine exhibits of South Australia at the Paris Exhibition, complains that he has been unable to obtain one-third of the…

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Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The French Minister For Foreign Affairs, M. Spuller, has circularised French diplomatists abroad urging them to call together all French subjects…

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Royal Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Royal Agricultural Show at Windsor, which is to be opened by the Prince of Wales on June 24, is in a forward state. Her Majesty the Queen will…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The envoys of the Powers will be absent from the opening of the Paris Exhibition, their action being intended as a protest against the…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. W. F. Walker, late Commissioner of Trade and Customs in Victoria, is satisfied with the preparations made by Victoria at the Paris Exhibition…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Sir F. Dillon Bell, Agent General for New Zealand, and Sir Walter Buller hive been elected members of the Executive Committee of the British…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Excellent progress is being made with the arrangements at the Paris Exhibition, and active efforts are being made to complete the preparations for the…

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The Paris Exhibition. Opens on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir Graham Berry left London to-day for the purpose of attending the opening of the Paris Exhibition on Sunday next…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday—Owing to the diplomatists boycotting the Paris Exhibition, and the representatives of the Great Powers taking no official recognition of it, President…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The anarchists are inciting the workmen at the Paris Exhibition to strike for an increase of wages The Messrs. Chaffey, of the Australian irrigation…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—In connection with the opening of the Paris Exhibition, a brilliant fete will be held at Versailles on Sunday, the day before the opening. President Carrot…

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Paris Exhibition. Opened Yesterday. Great Preparations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday.—Paris is crowded, and the International Exhibition will be formally opened to-day. The city is crowded with visitors from all part of the world, and…

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The Millir-slavin Combination. To-night's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 8

To-night at [?]he Victoria Theatre the Miller-Slavin Athletic Combination will make their appearance, she occasion being the last, and first, appearance of the celebrated…

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Paris Exhibition. National Fetes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The ceremonies connection, with the commemoration of the centenary of the French Revolution and the opening of the Paris Exhibition began here…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Paris Exhibition. Inaugural Ceremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 5

PARIS, Monday.—The inaugural ceremony in connection with the opening of the Paris Exhibition took place to-day. President Carnot formally declared the building open…

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[?]add Paris Exhibition. Presented to the President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 5

PARIS, Monday.—The Victorian Section at the Exhibition is one of the few completed. At the time of the opening the decorations of the court were greatly admired, especially…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1889 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Exhibition is now fairly advanced. The British section surpasses all the rest. In the absence of Alderman De Keyser through illness, Sir Dillon…

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