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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1911

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

Maitland District "Newcaste Herald" Branch Office High-street, West Maitland. Cessnock Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 6

The Cessnock Show yes opened under very favourable weather conditions on Friday afternoon, but the heavy rain which prevailed during Friday night was…

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Germany and Britain. Peace Desired. England Must Show Goodwill. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 5

The galleries of the Reichstag were crowded when Dr, Von. Bethmann-Hollweg, the Chancellor of the Empire, made a speech in reply to Sir Edward…

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Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1911 · page 5

The general committee of the Newcastle Agricultural Society met at the Chamber of Commerce last night Dr. J. L. Beeston, M.L.C., president, in the…

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Smedmore. Presbyterian Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 3

A fair, in aid of the Presbyterian Sunday school funds, was opened by Mrs. A. F. Toll, Mayoress of Wickham, in the Smedmore Mechanics' Institute…

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Boxing Exhibition. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 6

About 15,000 people, including a very large proportion of ladies, attended the carnival in aid of the Sydney Hospital, at the Stadium to-night…

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Beecroft's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 6

In addition to the many other attractions on the Newcastle beach. Beceroft's Show consisting of a merry-go-round, ocean-wave, and swing-boats, have been added. The…

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Picture Show Panic. Two Children Killed. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

At a cinematograph entertainment in the east end of Berlin a film ignited. The operator's hands were burned, and he screamed out…

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Picture Show Fatality. Five Children Die. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 5

Five of the children who were seriously burned in a room adjoining a picture palace at Chesterfield have succumbed to their injuries, and twenty…

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