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Shows & fairs, 1879

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Arrival of the Governors for the Exhibition. (From Monday's Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 6

His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of Victoria; and his Excellency Mr. J. Aloysius Weld, Governor of Tasmania, arrived at the Redfern terminus this morning…

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The International Exhibition. Opening Ceremonies. [By Telegram From Our Special Reporter.] Sydney, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 5

We have fortunately had a fine day for the opening of the Sydney International Exhibition. The city was decked out in holiday trim everywhere, and a holiday observed…

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Victorian Exhibition Commission in London

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 4

The Melbourne Age of Tuesday says the Chief Secretary received by the last Suez mail a communication from Mr. H. C. E. Childers, M.P., from which it appears that, owing to some unexplained cause,…

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International Exhibition. the Opening. (From the Echo.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 2

THE early movement of many people in the metropolis on Wednesday morning, the mastering of men in bright uniform, the sound of band music, and the…

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The International Exhibition in Sydney. [From Our Own Reporter.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 11

On Wednesday last the first Australian International Exhibition was opened in a building erected by the Government of New South Wales, in the Inner Domain, Sydney,…

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Metropolitan News and Notes. (From our Correspondent.) Accident at the Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 1

IT will be a drawback to the pleasure of looking back upon the building of the Exhibition and its fitting up, to remember how many strong men have…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, September 20, 1879. Fruits of the Exhibition—What Will They Be?

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 2

EVERYONE who is sensible of the fact that the expenses of Government fall on the people's shoulders, has a right to be interested in the success of the…

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This International Exhibition

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 4

OUR impression of the value of the Exhibition now being held in Sydney is that, even in its incomplete state, it is calculated to teach a great lesson. We have no fear that its…

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The International Exhibition in Sydney. [From Our Own Reporter.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 3

We ended our survey of the Exhibition, in our last issue, at the Tasmanian Court. We now pass into THE VICTORIAN COURT,…

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The Melbourne International Exhibition. (By telegraph to the Evening News.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 6

One of the first steps taken in connection with the Melbourne International Exhibition was to invite the official participation of various foreign countries with whom Great…

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The International Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1879 · page 2

THE opening of the Great International Exhibition of, Sydney on "Wednesday last, is the grandest and most interesting event in the domestic history of…

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The International Exhibition in Sydney. [Fbom Our Own Reporter.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1879 · page 3

We ended our narrative, in Tuesday's Mercury, of the contents of the Exhibition at the New Zealand court. Now, turning the corner of the transept into the nave north of…

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International Exhibition. (Echo of Wednesday)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 11

The space in the northern arm of the nave, which a few days ago was occupied by packing cases, is now becoming one of the most sightly parts of the interior, owing to the…

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The Picture Gallery at the Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 1

The senseless haste which has been employed in opening our Exhibition before all things were ready, has proved specially annoying to those who have…

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The Exhibition. (From an Editor on leave.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 1

A visitor to the Sydney International Exhibition cannot fail, on first entering' to be struck with the vastness of the building, the views of which, though so…

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Metropolitan News and Notes. (From our Correspondent.) International Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 1

THE great and notable day to which we were all looking forward has come, and gone, though happily the proud event it witnessed will form a conspicuous feature…

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The International Exhibition. the International Sheep Show. [By Telegram From Greville's Telegram Co. Sydney, Monday, noon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 5

The International sheep show opened this morning. Many owners who had entered sheep did not put in an appearance, but there was a very respectable number of pens filled…

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The International Exhibition. (Echo of Friday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 7

Every exertion is being made to put the best face on things in the interior of the Garden Palace, and the efforts of the Commissioners in modifying or giving a finish to…

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The Exhibition. (From an Editor on leave.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1879 · page 2

ON Saturday the Commissioners achieved a grand success by reason of their deciding to open the Garden Palace to the public at the reduced entrance fee of one…

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Metropolitan News and Notes. (From our Correspondent.) International Exhibition

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1879 · page 2

BLACK prophets who have foretold an ignominious failure of the International Exhibition had better hide their diminished Leads after Saturday's gay…

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