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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

210 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11

Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Newcastle and District Agricultural Association was held last night in the council-room of the Chamber of…

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Baseball. an Exhibition Game

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1906 · page 3

An exhibition game was slaved on the Albion ground, at West Maitland, on Saturday afternoon, between teams representing Lambton and Tramway combined…

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Basket Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 6

The members of the women's guild attached to the Brown-street Congregational Church held an small bazaar in the schoolroom yesterday, under the name of…

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A Sydney Letter. the Thrift of the People of New South Wales.—a Great Scheme for the Children.—mr. Suttor and the Far East.—something About Barnyard Feathers.—our Railways and Population.—a Suggestion for a Federal Exhibition. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 7

At the Savings Bank Conference it was announced that the people of New South Wales having savings Bank accounts had £9,000,000 to their credit. This is a lot of…

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A Beautiful Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 5

Our spacious New Millinery Showroom is now transformed into a veritable fairy bower. All that is new and fashionable in Spring and Summer Millinery is shown…

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Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, August 18. the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 6

The Queensland National Agricultural and Horticultural Association's annual exhibition, which was held last week, in Brisbane, was a magnificent…

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Skating Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 4

The Poster Skating Carnival, to commence at the Elite Rink, Honeysuckle Point, to-night, and to be continued over Thursday and Friday, promises to be a…

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The International Collieries' Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 5

There has just been concluded in London an International Collieries' Exhibition, the main object of which was to show the advance in the mechanical…

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A Beautiful Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 5

Our spacious New Mi[?]nery Showroom is now transformed into a veritable fairy bower. All that is new and fashionable in Spring and Summer Millinery is shown…

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Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 6

The Northern Agricultural Society's annual show is to be held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next. Numerous entries have been received, and it is said that the exhibits…

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A Sydney Letter. a Threatened Water Famine.—new Zealand's Exhibition and Visitors From Australia.—a Child's Book and a Child's Peculiar Lesson.—dr. Arthur and His Ten Year Limit.—the Dunbar's Anchor.—are We to Have Another Land Boom? Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 7

The Water and Sewerage Board “again regrets” the likelihood of a water famine in the metropolitan area, and so on Friday and Saturday issued circulars to all…

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Cosmopolitan Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 6

A fair was opened at the Salvation Army Barracks, Auckland-street, last evening. The hall was prettily decorated with flags and palms, and there was a very large…

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Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 5

The thirty-eighth annual exhibition of the Northern Agricultural Society will be opened to-day at Singleton, when there should be an excellent array of exhibits,…

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The Show Sports Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

That there is a growing public interest in the sports meeting to be held on the showground on Saturday next is manifested by the number of spectators on the…

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District News Wallsend Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 3

The annual meeting of members of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Agricultural Society, was held at the society's hall on Tuesday evening. The president, Mr. A…

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Singleton Show. Thirty-eighth Exhibition. Opening Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 4

The thirty-eighth annual exhibition of the Northern Agricultural Association was opened on the society's grounds at Singleton yesterday. The weather was wet and…

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St. John's Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 6

A fair organised by the members of the women's guild of St. John's Church of England was opened in the parish hall, Dawson-street, yesterday afternoon in…

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District News West Wallsend. an All-nations Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 6

An All-Nations Fair, in aid of the West Wallsend Roman Catholic School Fund, was opened yesterday afternoon, at the school of arts. Despite the inclement…

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Skating Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 6

A poster carnival in aid of the Maitland Hospital and Maitland Benevolent Home, was held at the Adelphi Skating Rink on Wednesday evening, when there…

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Singleton Show. Second Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4

The light rain of Wednesday interfered very much with the success of the Singleton Show on the opening day, but yesterday the weather was still worse. Heavy…

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