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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1892

175 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 9

Tasmania. an Exhibition Entertainment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

Mr. Vivian, of New South Wales, entertained 100 persons, including the Commissioners, exhibitors, and resident at the New South Wales Court on New Year's Eve…

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Tasmania. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

Up to Saturday night 80,000 persons had visited the Exhibition. VISITORS TO LAUNCESTON. Dr. Renwick and Mr. R. Burdett…

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Tasmania. a Fair Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 6

The output of the Bischoff mines for the month was 226 tons. THE VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BANK. The Van Diemen's Land Bank will…

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Australian News. New South Wales. Tenterfield Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 6

ABOUT £150 has been collected at Tenterfield for special prizes, besides about £60 worth of trophies for the pastoral and agricultural show…

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A Defeated Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A despatch from Zanzibar reports that a German expedition in East Africa has been defeated in a conflict with the natives…

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Toowoomba Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 2

The Agricultural and Horticultural Society's' Show was opened by Sir Patrick Jonnings. The weather was beautiful, but hot. The show on the whole was…

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Tasmania. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 3

The exhibition has now been open for half its period. The admissions to date number 125,000. The attendance continues large. The expenditure is under £150 a…

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Proposed Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

A MEETING of the Newcastle and District Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, and Dog Society was held at Baker's hall, Lambton, on Wednesday night last. There was a fair…

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Tasmania. Exhibition Awards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 6

Amongst the exhibition awards announced were the following:—Lamson Stores Service Company, Sydney, for English typewriter, second prize, for simplicity of all…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—The World's Fair at Chicago is to be opened on October 12 of this year. An international naval demonstration, extending over a period of three…

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Parliament. Monday, February 1. Legislative Assembly. The Cost of the Mining Exhibition. Standard Weight of Coal. More Billets. North Coast Railway. Inspection of Boilers. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 80 p.m. Mr. SLATTERY, in reply to Mr. WALL, said that the total cost of the representation of the Mines Department at the recent…

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Tasmania. the Tasmanian Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 3

Additional awards in connection with the Exhibition include the following:—Mines Department of Victoria, special first for geological maps, first for mining reports and…

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The World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The total apace allotted for Great Britain and her colonies at the World's Fair in Chicago, amounts to 300,000 square feet. The demand for space…

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Tasmania. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 6

Upwards of 147,000 persons have attended the Exhibition, the receipt, to date being about equal to the estimate. DISABLED…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Warwick Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

The Warwick Show was opened by Sir S. Griffith, and was very succeesful. A banquet will be given to-night when the policy of the Government will be foreshadowed…

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GOSFORD A. AND H. Show. Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

MR. THOS. SLATTERY, M.P., Minister for Agriculture, accompanied by Messrs. R. Stevenson, M.P. for the district, A. Edden, and T. Rose, Ms.P., arrived at Gosford by…

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Chicago Exhibition Commission. Newcastle Commissioners. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

THE undermentioned gentlemen, five of whom are Newcastle citizens, have been appointed additional members of the New South Wales Commission for the World's Columbian…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 7

Among the latest exhibition warded are the following:—Henry Tcares and Co., second prize, for cheap furniture; M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, Melbourne, first prize,…

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Tasmania. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 6

The date of the closing of the Exhibition has not yet been determined. Some of the Commissioners desire to keep it open till the 18th March, but some of the visiting…

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Victoria. Wool at the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 6

At a meeting of woolgrowers a letter was received from Mr. Shiels stating that he could not agree to support a representation of wool at the Chicago Exhibition, but he…

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