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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1913

281 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 15

Grocers' Exhibition. Australian Displays. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 5

Sir Newton Moore, the Agent-General for West Australia, opened the Grocers' Exhibition at Belfast yesterday…

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Islington. Congregational Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 6

A fair was opened in the Islington Congregational Church yesterday afternoon, with the object of raising funds to liquidate the debt of £145 which rests upon…

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Panama Exhibition. Petition to Government. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 5

A committee representing British trade interests valued at two hundred millions, has been formed to urge, the Government to reconsider its decision…

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Cycling. To-night's Carnival

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

The cycling season will open in earnest to-night, when Mr. Rowan will bring off his first carnival of the season on the Newcastle Sports Ground. The entry is the largest…

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Wickham Methodist Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 4

A village fair in aid of the Wickham (Dangar-street) Methodist Church funds will be opened this afternoon by Mrs. I. Winn in the Wickham School of Arts. This…

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District News. Wickham. Village Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 11

A village fair in aid of the Dangarstreet Methodist Church was opened by Mrs. I. Winn in the school of arts, yesterday afternoon. There was a large…

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Millinery Show. Scott's Ltd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 5

Scott's Millinery Window is showing a Superb Collection of the Very Latest Styles in Trimmed Millinery Models. The stylish now shapes, and the rich…

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District News. Hexham. Methodist Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 3

A spring fair was opened in the Hexham Methodist Church yesterday, as a means of providing funds towards the erection of a new building for worship…

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Ideal Home Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 3

The Ideal Home Exhibition was opened at Olympia on Thursday afternoon by Prince Alexander of Teck in the only way that such an exhibition could be fitly…

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London News. England and America.—winston Churchill.—ideal Home Exhibition.—the Dublin Strike. London, October 10. England and America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 3

The British committee for the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of peace between our two countries has issued its appeal for £60,000 to carry out the…

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The Panama Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 4

The advice given by Sir George Reid to Australia to take part in the forthcoming Exhibition at San Francisco is founded upon his personal…

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Dental Decay. Cinematograph Show. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1913 · page 5

A biological, cinematograph film, vividly depicting the ravages caused by dental decay, was witnessed yesterday by 700 doctors and nurses…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1913 · page 6

In connection with hospital week a skating carnival was held in Phelan's Pleasure Park on Tuesday evening. The attendance was good, there being about…

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The Ideal Home Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

The first impression one receives at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia this year is one of splendour. When I entered it and saw the magnificent…

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District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 6

A concert, being the fourth item of the series arranged for the hospital weeks carnival, was held at Phelan's Pleasure Park on Thursday evening. There was a…

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London News. London, October 17. the Land Crusade.—the Ideal Home Exhibition.—professor Delbruck. the Land Crusade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

Mr. Lloyd-George opened his land crusade at Bedford on Saturday. Lord Beauchamp, who was the Chancellor's chairman in the afternoon, made it clear that…

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District News. Tighe's Hill. Methodist Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 6

A fair, under the designation of a "Butterfly Fece," was opeaed in too Rosedale Hall, Tighe's Hid, yesterday afternoon. The fair has been promoted and…

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Technical College Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 6

Comparatively few people in the district are aware of the splendid work accomplished by the students of the classes at the West Maitland Technical College, and, in…

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The Auckland Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 11

The Auckland strike is fast collapsing, and men are returning to work. The Exhibition will open on the 1st, as decided, and at present 300 men are…

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Auckland Exhibition. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 5

The Auckland Exhibition was opened this morning, despite the delays caused by the strike. The president said more guarantors…

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