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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

221 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 12

School of Arts Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 6

THE exhibition at the School of Arts was again numerously attended last night. In addition to the many exhibits we have already noticed, mention might be made of a…

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Gold Medal, Paris Exhibition, 1889, awarded to Sunlight Soap, for a Pure and Perfect Soap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 11

Invite your friends and neighbours to see you wash clothes with Sunlight Soap. Let them see you soap the clothes well, then roll them up in a tight roll, and put under the…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The following additional awards have been made to Victorian exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition:—Grand prize, agricultural statistics, the Government…

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School of Arts Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1889 · page 5

THE closing night of the annual exhibition at the School of Arts on Saturday night was numerously attended, and the inspection of the works of art, physical, electrical, and…

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District News. Wallsend. Wallsend Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1889 · page 7

THE last meeting prior to holding the annual show in connection with the Wallsend Agricultural Society took place on Friday evening. Mr. E. Abell, senr., occupied the…

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That Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1889 · page 5

THE Grand National Baby Show, which is to be opened in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday next, is attracting considerable, attention. Already upwards of…

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The Paris Exhibition. Presenting the Awards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1889 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday Night.—President Carnot presided to day at the ceremony of presenting the awards to those who gained prizes at the Centennial Exhibition. He cordially…

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Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the ceremonies in connection with the closing of the Paris Exhibition an imposing procession was held. Subsequently the awards to exhibitors were…

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Paris Exhibition Awards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The following corrections have been made in the list of awards to colonial exhibitors :—Leather and sadolery, Lloyd Brothers, MacGinnis and Power, silver…

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District News. Wallsend. A. H. P. P. AND C. SHOW

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1889 · page 3

THE annual show of the above popular society will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday The number of exhibits greatly exceed all previous years, the only…

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The New Zealand Exhibition. The New South Wales Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 6

MR. OSCAR MEYER, Commissioner for New South Wales at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-90, has forwarded his first report to the Premier. He reports that…

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Dampier's Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

THE latest enterprise of Mr. Alfred Dampier in the show line in Melbourne has been a great boom. The Age devotes a leader to the subject of babies and their exhibition…

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District News. Wallsend. the Wallsend Show

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

THE Wallsend show will be opened all day to-day, and close this evening at 10 p.m. The attendance up to the present has been exceedingly good. In the evenings the hall…

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District News. Wallsend. Wallsend Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 3

THE fifth annual show was brought to a close on Saturday evening, but, unfortunately, for a variety of causes, the show has not been such a financial success as the committee…

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The Wallsend Show. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 2

SIR,—In reference to the remarks concerning this school which appeared in your report of the Wallsend Poultry Show and Miscellaneous Exhibition I desire to state that the…

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A Wonderful Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 6

THE baby show in the Exhibition Building in Melbourne was opened on Thursday last (says the Argus) to a chorus of several hundred voices, probably the youngest choir which…

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District News. Wallsend. the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 3

OUR Wallsend correspondent writes :—"I notice in to day's issue a letter from Mr. Herlihy, head master Plattsburg Public School, complaining of the comments on the…

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The Sydney Labour Carnival. the Eight Hours Demonstration. Sydney, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 5

THE annual celebration of the eight hours demonstration is Sydney was held to-day and was a great success. Sunday was a wet day and fears were entertained that the…

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Correspondence the Wallsend Show. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 7

SIR,—In reply to the letter written by Thos. Herlihy, Public School, Plattsburg, that appeared in your issue of the 7th inst., I feel it my duty to contradict the false…

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The Tamworth Show. a Great Success. TAMWORTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 5

THE Spring show to-day was are great success, both as regards exhibits and the attendance of the public. The weather was magnificent, and the town is full of visitors. The prizes…

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