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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

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The Royal Show. Official Opening. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 5

The annual exhibition of the Royal agricultural Society of New South Wales at Moore Park was officially opened to-day by Lord Denman, the…

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Our Sydney Letter. an Appeal for the Clergy.—that Masked Burglar Again.—helping the Poor in England.—will the Bank Clerks Strike?—scott and Amundsen.—the Easter Show. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 4

The Archbishop of Sydney has fallen into line with others. The clergy want more money, but as they cannot demand it, his grace issues an appeal to the…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Show's the Show!—sydney Crowded to the Doors.—cadets and Their Clothes.—the New Stamp.—no Unemployed Problem.—dressing on Time-payment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 5

In the show to educate or amuse? To do both last more especially to educate. This may not be the intention, but it is the result, and it amounts to the same…

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At the Show. Ladies High Jump. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 5

At the Show to-day six of the eight entered for the Ladies' High Jump faced the big timber. Mrs. Stace rode three, Desmond, Lady…

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Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 6

The big entries that have been received for the annual exhibition of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association should make the exhibition,…

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H.r.a. and H. Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held in the committee room on the showground…

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The Cinematograph. Children at the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 3

The other day, in an expensive moment, I took two children to a cinematograph show, My two companions in this wild life of pleasure were Peggy, aged seven,…

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Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 6

The annual Maitland Show will be held on the Showground, West Maitland, on Wednesday and on the three following days, Lord Chelmsford, the State…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 6

To-day will witness the opening of the fifty-second annual exhibition arranged by the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Fine weather is…

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Maitland Show. the Opening Day. a Fine Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 5

The fifty-second exhibition held under the auspices of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was opened on the society's grounds at…

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Show Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 4

The remarks made by Lord Chelmsford, the State Governor, at the opening of the Maitland Show, concerning what he described as "pot-hunting"…

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Trotting on the Show Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 7

Sir,—At the last general committee meeting of the Newcastle Agricultural Society, a motion was carried charging members for the use of the trotting…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 6

The sports programme was continued yesterday, in the presence of a fair attendance, but the events were not numerous enough to occupy the whole of the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 6

The Maitland Shew, which was favoured with glorious weather since its formal opening, on Wednesday, was brought to a conclusion on Saturday…

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Belgian Exhibition. Commonwealth Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 6

There is to be an international exhibition next year at Gheat, one of the principal industrial centres of Belgium, and the Commonwealth Government has been…

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Trotting on Show Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 7

Sir,—Being one affected by the decision of the committee. I can vouch for the correctness of the letter in Saturday's issue, and I wish to inform all…

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The Dickens Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

This, of course, is the Dickens year, and each week brings some new ways of celebrating our greatest emotional novelist. An exceedingly interesting Dickens…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Show the Route

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 5

The composite drawing, containing two drawings, in one, needs but little explanation. First as to the top drawing. This shows the top of the earth with the…

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London News. the Coal Strike.—the Minimum Wage.—mr. Churchill and the Navy.—the Home Rule Bill.—the Dickens Exhibition.—the First Motor Ship.—mr. John Burns. London, March 22. the Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

I write these lines at a time of real rational anxiety. All the plans and negotiations for peace in the mining dispute have apparently failed. The…

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Show Receipts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 6

Mr. E. Dowden presided over a good attendance of the members of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, on the…

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