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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1890

142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 8

Parliament. Wednesday, November 12Th, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Department of Defence. Gosford Land Board. Adamstown Primitive Methodist Church. The Chicago Exhibition. Newcastle Harbour Trust. Newcastle Electric Light Bill. Ways and Means Another Disorderly Scene. Crick Put Out. Expelled and Resigned. Mr. Melville and Mr. Dibbs. Declines his Leadership. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1890 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. DEFENCE. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. THOMPSON, said the question of establishing…

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Our Melbourne Letter. MELBOURNE, November 11. The Racing Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 6

THE annual racing carnival of the Melbourne-[?]ites has come and gone, and a great many people are poorer and sadders; but this will not prevent them returning to Flemington at…

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Y.M.C.A. Grand World's Fair. General Committee Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1890 · page 5

LAST night, in the rooms of the association, King-street, a meeting of the above committee was held. Mr. D. J. M'Lean occupied the chair, there being also…

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Proposed Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. W. Knox, of Melbourne and Broken Hill, has suggested to Sir Frederick Abel, C.B., organising secretary of the Imperial Institute, that a…

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The Mining Exhibition. the Newcastle Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1890 · page 7

THE British Australasian, of September 25th, speaking of the International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, held at the Crystal Palace,…

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Y.m.c.a. Grand World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 4

A MBETING of the general committee of the World's Fair was held last evening. Mr. Isaac Winn occupied the chair, and there were also present a very large number of…

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Colonial Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 December 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Council of the Imperial Institute are strongly in favour of the establishment of a permanent Colonial Mining Exhibition in connection with the…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 December 1890 · page 5

A MEETING of the general committee of the World's Fair, in connection with the Y.M.C.A., was held in the Elite Skating Rink at 8 o'clock last evening, with the object of…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1890 · page 5

IN the Elite Skating Rink this afternoon a huge bazaar, to known as the Grand World's Fair, it to be opened by Mr. Alex. Brown, M.P. The affair was arranged…

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Hunter River Agricultural Society's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1890 · page 3

AT a meeting of the above society, held on Monday afternoon, it was resolved to hold the next annual exhibition, under the auspices of the association, on the 18th, 19th,…

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Description of the Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1890 · page 8

The work of fitting up and decorating the large hall has been long and arduous, many of the young people and members baring been engaged on the previous day…

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The World's Fair. Opening Ceremony. a Great Success

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1890 · page 8

A MONSER bazaar, called the Grand World's Fair, was opened in the Elite Skating Rink, Hunter-street West, yesterday afternoon, by Mr. Alexander Brown, M.P., in the presence…

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The World's Fair. The Second Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1890 · page 5

THE second session of the World's Fair, inaugurated by the members of the Y.M.C.A., was opened yesterday at 3 p m. and again at 7 p m., and, as on the previous day, proved…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 December 1890 · page 5

ON Saturday the World's Fair, at the Elite Skating Rink, was again well patronised. During the day and evening nearly 1500 persons were present. The takings amounted…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1890 · page 5

THE World's Fair at the Elite Skating Rink yesterday proved eminently successful to those most deeply interested, and the receipt's for the day amounted to considerably over…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1890 · page 5

THE many attractions of the World's Fair continue to draw immense numbers of visitors, and the result promises to be a greater success than even the most sanguine…

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World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1890 · page 5

THE grand World's Fair at the Elite Skating Rink was again well patronised yesterday afternoon and evening, when about 1000 persons attended to witness the wonders…

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Splendid Athletic Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1890 · page 5

THE athletic exhibition that will be given this evening at the Olympic Hall promises to be by far the best of its kind that has ever been seen in Newcastle. Not only is…

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Hunter River Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1890 · page 8

AT a special meeting of this society, held on Wednesday evening, it was resolved to hold the next exhibition on the 15th, 16th, and 17th April next, instead of the 18th, 19th, and…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1890 · page 5

THE success of the World's Fair has now become a well-established and very pleasing fact, and the thanks of the members of the Young Men's Christian Association are due…

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