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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1905

222 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12

Pen=notes and Pencillings. the Great Democratic Coin. Reading from left to right, the illustrations show the pennies of France, Japan and the Argentine; Portugal, Spain, and Italy; Cochin-China, Luxemburg, and Greece

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 5

The coinages of the world are as varied as its stampages, but there is one great democratic coin, the British penny and its foreign equivalent. Everywhere nearly…

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Islington. Naval and Military Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 6

A naval and military fair organised by the lady members of St. Mark's Church of England, Islington, was opened in the local Mechanics' Institute yesterday,…

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Congregational Church. Grand Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 5

On the lawn of Brown-street Congregational Church yesterday afternoon as grand carnival was opened by Mrs. M. J. Moroney, Mayoress of Newcastle. The…

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A.N.A. Exhibition. Unfurling the Flags. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 5

Lord and Lady Jersey this afternoon performed the ceremony of unfurling the flags on the new buildings in the Agricultural Society's ground erected for the…

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Islington. St. Mark's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 6

The naval and military fair, organised for the purpose of liquidating the liability on land connected with St. Mark's Anglican Church, Islington, has been continued…

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Congregational Church Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 4

The grand carnival on the lawn of Brown-street Congregational Church, which was interrupted by the wet weather last week, will be continued this evening,…

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Church Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 5

The carnival on the lawn of Brown-street Congregational Church was continued last night, when the grounds and marquee were brightly illuminated with electricity. There…

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Church Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 6

There was a good gathering last light at the carnival on the lawn of the Brown-street Congregational Church. The night was fine, and pleasure was…

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Church Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 5

The carnival on the lawn of Brown-street Congregational Church was concluded last night. In the afternoon there was a fair attendance of people, and…

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THE A.N.A. Exhibition. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 7

The exhibition of Australian manufactures and products, which is being carried out under the auspices of the Australian Natives' Association, has developed to an…

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Lambton. Continental and Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 6

A continental and fair was opened yesterday evening in the ground surrounding St. John the Baptist Church. The function was promoted by the Women's…

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Cycling. the Holiday Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 3

Speed cyclists are given a reminder that entries for the cycling carnival, on the nights of Boxing Day and Now Year's Day, close at 5 o'clock to-day, and none will be…

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Agricultural Society. the New Grandstand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 3

The committee of the Newcastle Agricultural Society have in hand a number of improvements, which, when completed, cannot fail to add to the attractiveness of…

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Cycling. the Holiday Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 9

Entries for the Boxing and New Year's nights carnival closed yesterday, and the Newcastle Amusement Company have met with a liberal response to the generous…

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Christmas Tree and Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 6

A Christmas Tree and Novelty Fair was opened in St. John's Hall, Dawson-street, last night, by the Mayoress, Mrs. M. J. Moroney, when there was a large gathering…

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Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Agricultural Society was held at the rooms, Bolton-stret, last night, the president, Dr. J. L. Beeston, in the…

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A.N.A. Exhibition. Opened by Lord Northcote. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 5

The exhibition of Australian manufactures and products, under the auspices of the Australian Natives' Association, was opened on the Royal Agricultural Society's…

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A Sydney Letter. Our Happily Conceived Exhibition of Manufactures.—just Two or Three of the Things It Suggests.—the Bad Precedent of Uneven Spoils in Champion Boatraces.—why Not Motor Ferry Boats?—sydney Filling Up with Xmas Visitors.—a Warning to the Unsophisticated Stranger. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 7

The A.N.A. Exhibition at the Agricultural Ground was opened officially by the Governor-General yesterday. Splendidly timed, it is likely to prove the chief draw…

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Cycling. the Holiday Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 9

The Great Northern Wheel Race, which is the biggest handicap event yet run in Newcastle, has drawn a large proportion of the beat riders in the States. George…

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To-night's Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 December 1905 · page 3

For the Newcastle Amusement Co.'s carnival, to be held on the Rugby Ground this evening, excellent entries have been received, and a record attendance is…

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