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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
A SPECIAL sitting of the Marine Board was held this morning to complete the evidence in the case of the steamer Norkoowa, recently stranded in Wreck Bay. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Paris Exhibition accounts show 49 millions receipts and 41 millions expenses, leaving a surplus of eight million, whereas in 1878 there was a deficit of 31 millions, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A NUMBER of very interesting and handsome paintings of various kinds are now on view at 17 Hunter-street. They are the work of the Misses Collins and their pupils, and are very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE prizes in connection with the Paris Beauty Show at Neuilly have been announced. The first prize for competitors of French nationality was awarded to Mdlle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the rifle competition in Dunedin, Mitchell, of Victoria, took the prize in the Wellington match. He also took the prize for the Hawkes Bay match…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A VERY regrettable accident occurred at Barnum's show, Olympia, London, on December 3. It happened about half-past 11, when the head trainer, Mr. Newman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Earl and Countess of Kintsre were enthusiastically received on arrival at Dunedin on Monday. The Volunteers turned out and the visitors were escorted to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Arrangements are being made for the holding of an exhibition of mining industries at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, next summer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CABLEGRAM announces that the New York State Legislature will vote 10,000,000 dollars towards the 1892 International Exhibition provided it is held in New York. Early in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Tuesday.—The House of Representatives have selected Chicago as the site for the World's Fair, which it is proposed to hold in 1892…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—The people of Chicago and the district are jubilant at the decision of Congress in favour of that city as the site of the Great Exhibition and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government have given instructions to the inspector of mines and the Government geologist to communicate with the managers of the principal mines in the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE inquiry into the wreck of the steamship Riverina was resumed before the Marine Board this morning. The steamer Mount Kembla not having arrived from Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening last, Mr. James Duke entertained a very large audience with a magic lantern exhibition, the subject being the solar system…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The finish of the Exhibition grand band contest brought over 9000 people together. The competition lasted until after 10 p.m. The trombone, cornet, and other solos were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Government have not yet come to any final decision as to whether New South Wales shall be represented at the mining exhibition to be held in London in July. It may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The International Exhibition, which was to have been held in Chicago in 1892, in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the discovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian Artists' Society opened its winter exhibition yesterday. There was a large assemblage, and the Governor, Lady Hopetoun and Lord Rosehill were present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Dunedin Exhibition, the following awards have been made:—Bituminous coal: Special first class award for collection to Minister for Mines, New South Wales;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Oscar Meyer, Commissioner for New South Wales at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, has been appointed to represent the colony at the Universal Mining…
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