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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1893

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Swimming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 5

A grand swimming carnival, arranged by the Newcastle Swimming Club, will the assistance of Mr. T. Dover, was held in the Corporation Baths last evening in aid of the…

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Hamilton Industrial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 7

THE attendance of visitors at the above on Thursday evening last was one of the largest that has patronised the exhibition during a week's most successful run, and the interest…

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Select Poetry. the Chicago Exhibition. Ode by Mr. Swinburne. East to West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 10

SUNSET smiles on sunrise; east and west are one, Face to face in heaven before the sovereign sun;…

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The Forestry Exhibition. New South Wales to Be Represented

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—New South Wales will be represented at the forthcoming Forestry Exhibition at Earl's-court by specimens of various kinds of…

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The Chicago Exhibition. Strike of Carpenters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1893 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Seventeen hundred carpenters employed on the Exhibition buildings at Chicago have gone of strike…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Chicago Exhibition. New South Wales Court. the Carpenters' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The New South Wales Court at the Chicago Exhibition is in a more forward state than that of any other nation…

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The Chicago Exhibition. Extension of the Strike. the Buildings Unfinished. Conflicts Feared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—The strike of carpenters employed at the Chicago Exhibition, which was reported to be collapsing, has taken a new turn, the…

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The Chicago Exhibition. Termination of the Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday—The strike of the men employed on the Chicago Exhibition buildings has collapsed. The strike arose through the refusal of…

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District News. Hamilton. Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 7

The chrysanthemum show to be held during the last days of the month under the auspices of the Mechanics' Institute committee bids fair to…

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Adamstown. the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 3

The flower show is not attracting many people, though the bloom shown is of a high class. The attendance last night was an improvement on that of the earlier part of…

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Adamstown. the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 7

The flower show was brought to a close on Saturday night. The show has not been a success financially, the proceeds being barely sufficient to…

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Chrysanthemum Show at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 4

THE committee of the Mechanics' Institute have perfected their arrangements for their Chrysanthemum Show on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next. The entries already…

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Hamilton. Chrysanthemum Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

The chrysanthemum show, for while there has been a large number of entries from local and metropolitan nurserymen, as well as from amatour…

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The Swimming Club. Successful Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

THE Newcastle Swimming Club gave another of their popular carnivals in the Corporation Baths, Newcomen-street, last evening. There was a large attendance of the public, a…

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The Hamilton Flower Show. Opening Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 7

THE second annual Hamilton Chrysanthemum Rose and Dahlia Show was opened in the local Mechanics' Institute yesterday afternoon. The…

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Hamilton Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 8

NOTWITHSTANDING the foul state of the weather last evening there was a very fair attendance of visitors at the above show, and the many varieties of chrysanthemums, roses,…

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Broadmeadow Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 7

THE Flower Show in aid of the funds of the Broadmeadow Mechanics' Institute was opened on Friday afternoon. From a floral point of view…

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Hamilton Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 5

THE floral exhibits at the Mechanics' Institute again attracted a goodly number of visitors on Saturday evening. A variety of fresh blooms were added to the collection during…

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The Chicago Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—President Cleveland and the entire Cabiner of the United States, besides a large number of delegates from foreign countries,…

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Hamilton Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 8

THE above show was brought to a close last evening, after a fairly successful run of four nights, the attendance being almost equal to that on the opening night. The…

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