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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1893

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The Chicago Exhibition. New System of Awards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday.—The directors of the Chicago Exhibition have made alterations in the conditions under which awards will be given for…

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District News. Adamstown. the Coming Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 6

A meeting was held in the Carrington Hall on Thursday night for the purpose of making arrangements for carrying out the next show in connection with the Adamstown…

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The Chicago Exhibition

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

LONDON, Friday.—The second committee appointed by foreign exhibitors at the Chicago World's Fair has agreed to adopt the suggestion of the…

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District News. Islington. Exhibition, Competition, and Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 8

The Mechanics' Institute competition and bazaar was continued on Friday afternoon and evening. The extremely inclement weather during the evening interfered…

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(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) The Chicago Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—It is proposed that the Chicago Exhibition shall remain open during the winter months…

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Islington. Closing of the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 8

Monday evening was the closing scene in connection with the Industrial Exhibition and Bazaar, the extra evening being devoted to the paying away of prizes, and sale of…

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District News. Hamilton. Spring Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 7

As in former years when a spring flower show has been held under the auspices of the Presbyterian body, a commendable rivalry is already…

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West Maitland. Hunter River Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 3

At a meeting of the above society, held on Monday afternoon, it was resolved to abandon the flower show generally held in October in each…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. England. Poor Show of the Visitors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The was another good attendance to-day on the Nottingham Cricket Ground, when the match between the Australian Eleven…

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Fire at the Chicago Exhibition. a Warehouse Gutted. Twenty-five Firemen Killed

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

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—A terrible accident has occurred at the Chicago Exhibition, resulting in enormous damage and great loss of life. The…

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The Chicago Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Yesterday.—It is estimated that the Chicago World Fair will result in a total loss of about £1,500,000…

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The Chicago Exhibition Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A fire, attended with fearful loss of life, occurred on July 10 in the building devoted to the cool storage of produce in connection…

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Hamilton. the Coming Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 3

THE spring flower show to be held in November next, under the auspices of a number of the leading professional and amateur florists in and for the…

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Proposed Exhibition in San Francisco. a Californian World's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.—A movement is on foot to hold an exhibition on a large scale here during the winter. The World's Fair now being…

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The Minmi Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1893 · page 6

THE above exhibition was open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and the society have been very successful in their undertaking to make the…

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The Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1893 · page 5

OWING to the excessive rain which fell all over the valley of the Hunter on Tuesday the committee of the Northern Agricultural Society decided early yesterday morning to…

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New South Wales Poultry, Etc., Show. Northern District Prize Winners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1893 · page 5

THE 16th annual exhibition of the New South Wales Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, and log Show was opened to-day. It was a great success and reflects great credit on the…

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The Singleton Show. Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 5

ALL arrangements for the show and the reception of the Governor are in a forward state. The reception committee met to-day, and arranged an amended programme to suit…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Successful Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1893 · page 5

A fair, to provide workshops in connection with the Industrial School for the Blind, closed on Saturday, having produced nearly £3000…

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The Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 5

THE annual show of the Northern Agricultural Association will be opened at Singleton to-day. Owing to the heavy rains it was postpened last week, and it is hoped that this…

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