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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1893

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The Chicago World's Fair

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 May 1893 · page 2

TELEGRAMS from New York give particulars of the ceremony in connection with the opening of the Chicago World's Fair on the 1st instant. The whole…

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Cootamundra Chrysanthemum Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1893 · page 4

THE above show, which was held this week for the benefit of the local school of arts, was a great success. The financial results were especially encouraging, a profit of £20 being realized…

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LONDON, Sunday. Opening of the Chicago World's Fair

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 3

THE directors of the Chicago World's Fair inted to throw open the exhibition to the public on May 21, but a sections of the commission insint that the consent of President…

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Plot to Burn Down the Chicago Exhibition. London, May 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 4

An anarchist plot has been discovered in Chicago. It was intended to blow up the waterworks and to burn down the Exhibition…

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The Chicago World's Fair. London, May 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 4

New York telegrams state that the visitors to the Chicago World's Fair are daily becoming less numerous, and that the exhibition is at present not paying working expenses…

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The Chicago World's Fair. London, May 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 4

It has been determined to throw open the World's Fair in Chicago to the public on Sundays, despite fierce opposition to the proposal. By their not the officials will forfeit half a million…

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The World's Fair. London, May 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 2

The attendance at the World's Fair at Chicago is averaging 33,000 per day. This is below expectations. For the exhibition to pay it is necessary that the attendance should average 90,000 daily…

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The Chicago Exhibition. London, March 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at the Chicago Exhibition on Saturday. A platform at the Women's Congress gave way. Seventy-five ladies seated on the platform were injured, eight being seriously…

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The Chicago Fair

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 May 1893 · page 6

THE S. M. Herald's special correspondent writes under date April 17:—Two weeks hence the great Fair is to be formally opened by the President, but its true career as an…

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The Chicago World's Fair. London, May 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 May 1893 · page 2

Seventeen nations represented at the Chicago World's Fair, including all the European courts, have agreed to withdraw their exhibits for awards unless the jury system be adopted…

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Cable News. the Chicago Exhibition. London, May 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 4

Exhibitors at the World's Fair at Chicago are dissatisfied with the single judge system of making awards. The officials are likely to have 34,000 medals left on their hands in consequence of the…

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The Chicago Exhibition. London, June 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 4

In consequence of the dissatisfaction arising out of the single judge system in making awards at the Chicago World's Fair, the directors of the exhibition have decided to appoint additional jurors…

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The Chicago Exhibition. London, June 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 4

It is proposed that the Chicago Exhibition shall remain open during the winter months…

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He Wanted Fair Play and got it

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

JAMES LUM[?]DEN, a local identity with a very strong Scotch accent, enlivened the usually dull proceedings of the Small Debts Court this morning. He appeared to defend a postponed case between…

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Berrima District Agricultural Society

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

Moss Vale, Monday.—At a meeting of the committee of the above society on Monday, Mr. Mc Court presiding, a communication was received from the…

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The Chicago Exhibition. London, June 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 4

The attendance of the public at the Chicago Exhibition is slightly better than it has hitherto been, but the whole thing is regarded as disappointing…

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Wagga Agricultural Show

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 3

At a Meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association on Friday, a telegram was read from Sir George Dibbs, stating he would…

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Berrima District Agricultural Society

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 2

AT a meeting of the society at Bowral on Monday it was decided to hold a stallion parade on 30th August, supplemented by several horse contents. The society also…

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Destructive and Fatal Fire at the Chicago Exhibition

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1893 · page 2

DESTRUCTIVE AND FATAL FIRE AT THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.—Cablegrams report that the cold storage warehouse at the Chicago Exhibition has been burned down. Twenty-five…

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The Chicago World's Fair. London, July 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 2

It is estimated that the Chicago World's Fair will result in a loss of £1,500,000…

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