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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1908

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Cycling Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 6

The big cycling carnival promoted by the Summer Nights Amusement Company, will be concluded on the Rugby Football Ground, to-night, when, a…

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Motor Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 5

The motor launch invincible, which had come up from Sydney, gave some fine exhibitions of speed during the morning and afternoon. The Invincible was steered by…

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Cycling Carnival. Horder Wins Three Events

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6

The Newcastle Amusement Company's Christmas cycling carnival was brought to a conclusion on the Rugby Football Ground last evening, in the presence of…

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Anglo-french Exhibition. Protest in Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5

The proposal to send special delegates to represent Victoria at the Angle-French Exhibition in London is exciting vigorous opposition…

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Newcastle Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association was held at the association's office last evening…

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British Art Exhibition. Pictures for Australia. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 5

Mr. Joshua Lake, of Melbourne, has mailed by the R.M.S. Orontes, with 400 paintings, in oils and water colours, valued at £50,000…

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The Franco-british Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 11

According to "Engineering," one of the principal features of this exhibition will undoubtedly to the Stadium, in which the Olympic games will be hold next year…

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Franco-british Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—France is devoting £31,832 for exhibits, etc., at the Franco-British Exhibition…

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A.n.a. Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 16

Exhibtions are sometimes of doubtful utility, and in some cases fall to show an adequate return for the money expended on them, but in the case of the A.N.A…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6

Intending exhibitors are given another reminder that entries for the Newcastle annual show positively close this evening at 8 o'clock, with the secretary, Mr. C…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 6

First entries for the forthcoming Newcastle Show closed with the secretary on Saturday evening when the response made by exhibitors was much in advance of that…

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The Lord Mayor's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 2

It is no good lamenting over the decay of ancient customs; lamentation, however, eloquent, will not bring them back again. The feeling which prompted them has…

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London News. London, January 10. the Skating Season.—the Lord Mayor's Show.—the Suevic.—the Central Emigration Board.—our Veterans.—"the Times."—cigarette Smoking. the Skating Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 2

Perhaps there is no sport more invig[?] and exhilarating than that with which we have just lost after a mere glimpse of it. And as it lends Itself…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 6

The H.R.A. and H. Association committee has completed its programme for the annual Maitland show, which will be opened on the 24th March, and will be in…

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Newcastle Annual Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 6

An analysis of the entries received for the coming show of the Newcastle Agricultural Association discloses the fact that the total is some hundreds in excess of the…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 6

In this issue will be found the full list of events to be decided at the Newcastle Annual Show on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next. The show is to be officially opened by…

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Newcastle Show Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 5

The committee of the Newcastle Agricultural Association took the situation into consideration yesterday morning, and as the show ground at…

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The Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 4

The sympathy of the public will be extended to the Newcastle Agricultural Association in the position in which it has found itself placed by…

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Franco-british Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The French Senate has unanimously sanctioned the participation of the Government services in the France-British Exhibition…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 3

Mr. Samuel Fisher writes:—Well-wishers of the Newcastle Jockey Club and the Newcastle Show respectively will regret that the latter, owing to the beautiful…

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