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Shows & fairs, 1876

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The Philadelphia Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1876 · page 6

Although you will have had from your own correspondent at Philadelphia full particulars of the display by the various British colonies at the Centennial Exhibition, it will interest your…

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The American Press and the Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1876 · page 2

The Herald's apeotal corresponded at Philadelphia writea a few daya ago:—I bad an opportunity of looking through a newspaper atrenoy office, where files of the provincial journals are…

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Yass Sheep Show Association. Second Annual Show. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Tuesday morning

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1876 · page 2

The weather ia showery, and somewhat militates against the attendance at the sheep show. "There are a large number of sheep breeders in town. The honorary secretary's labours have…

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The Philadelphia Exhibition. London, September 29

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1876 · page 3

The awards of the Judges for the Centennial Exhibition were announced on the 27th; they number 13,000 altogether. 550 are taken by British colonies, 250 for Victoria (?); 83 known…

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Gwydir Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. (Narrabri Herald of Thursday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1876 · page 7

On Wednesday last, 4th October, the Gwydir Pastoral and Agricultural Society held its second show, at Moree, and with regret we have to state that it was not so successful as it might…

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The Philadelphia Exhibition and our Excutive Commissioner

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1876 · page 6

The following is an abstract of the report received from Mr. Morris, the Executive Commissioner of New South Wales, by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, and dated Philadelphia, 4th September, 1876:…

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The Philadelphia Gentennial Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1876 · page 4

We have observed, in our English and American files of papers, with some surprise, that not one of the papers we have received has attempted a general de[?]ription of the…

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American Extracts. [From Our Own Files.] the Farmer's Visit to the Centennial Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1876 · page 10

From Berks county? Yes, sir. "We came to see the great show-wife and I, Aunt Polly, Sister Jane and five children. Costs a heap, you know, gettin' here, railroad fair and such. But this is the…

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Namoi A. P. & H. Show. (Abridged from the Narrabri Herald, November 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1876 · page 3

At last the above named Association have had their show. There certainly is nothing like sticking to a purpose and declining to falter in the face of difficulties when any matter is to be…

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