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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1913

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Children's Exhibition. Opened in Olympia. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 5

Mrs. Winston Churchill opened a Children's Welfare Exhibition at the Olympia yesterday, illustrating every phase and interest in child life…

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Drivers and Firemen. Seeking Fair Conditions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. H. A. Mitchell, general president of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia, was occupied during the last…

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Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

The committee of the Newcastle Agricultural Society met in the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce last evening. Mr. H. J. Cannington, the president, presided,…

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Maitland District. H.r.a. and H. Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on the show ground yesterday afternoon. The…

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Great Poultry Show. Empire Exhibition. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 5

The National Poultry Club has discussed a proposal to raise the sum of £3000 for the purpose of an Empire exhibition, to be held, at the Olympia…

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The Smithfield Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

The two closest and not the least keen competitors at the Smithfield Show, which opened on Monday at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. London, were the…

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The Doll Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

There are hundreds of children in all the poor parts of London who would be forgotten by Santa Claus this Christmas if it were not for these hundred thousand…

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London News. London, December 13. British Trade.—the Balkan Situation.—the Doll Show.—lord Robert.—the Smith—field Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

The unmistakable sign of our national prosperity is activity in the coal trade, which is not only our principal industry but is also, directly or indirectly, the…

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A Newcastle Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 3

Sir,—I do not know of any good reason why Newcastle should not make an effort to follow Manly's splendid lead in carrying out on up-to-date water carnival,…

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Advertising. Features at Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 9

I have just been reading a history of the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. What struck me chiefly in it was the "recentness" of so many of the…

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Swimming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

The Merewether Amateur Swimming and Surf Bathing Club's annual carnival promises to attract a largo attendance. A varied programme has been arranged, and the first event…

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Australian Exhibition. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 5

The exhibition of Australian goods, furnished by the Australian Natives' Association an opened on Saturday by Sir John Fuller, the State Governor, in the…

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Swimming. Carnival at Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

The annual carnival of the Merewether Amateur Swimming and Surf Bathing Club is to be held to-day. The programme is of a varied character,…

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Lioness Escapes. During a Theatre Show. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 5

A performing [?]oness escaped from her cage during a show at a theatre at Belleville, in Paris. It sprang into an unoccupied box,…

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West Wallsend Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 7

A correspondent complaints that touting for ballot papers was recently indulged in by certain fond parents who presumably, rightly considered that their…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 6

Entries in all classes in connection with the Newcastle Show close on February 22. Competitors are requested to assist the secretary by having their…

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Poultry and Garden. Washing Exhibition Poultry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 15

The Gosford Show, held last week, was the first of the 1913 season in this district, and as other annual fixtures will soon follow, a few words on the subject…

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Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association was held at the chamber of commerce rooms last…

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Newcastle Agricultural Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 3

Sir,—At the present time a number of women are engaged in solici[?]ing donations in money and kind for a tea tent at the coming show, which, in my opinion,…

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Maitland District. H.r.a. and H. Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of (management of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was acid in the committee-room on the Show…

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