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Shows & fairs, 1879

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Local News. The Exhibition at the School of Arts

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 2

The display of exhibits at the School of Arts, preliminary to Illawarra making an appearance at the great "International" at Sydney, on Tuesday next, has proved quite a success in many respects,…

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Local News The Local Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1879 · page 2

In consequences of the extreme inclemency of the weather throughout Tuesday, the Exhibition at the School of Arts was not open that day, nor in the evening. This circumstance involved much…

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The Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1879 · page 4

THE work of packing the exhibits for Sydney (says the Illawarra Mercury) was carried on with vigour until Saturday evening last, when the whole was…

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Opening of the International Exhibition. Sydney, Wednesday, 3 30 p.m

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 September 1879 · page 2

The Exhibition has been opened, the weather being glorious. The ceremony was the most splendid and imposing that has yet taken place in this hemisphere, but the…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 2

THE early movement of many people in the metropolis on Wednesday morning the mustering of men in bright uniform, the sound of band [?]sic, and the numberless…

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The Bishop of Sydney on the Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 September 1879 · page 4

The Bishop of Sydney preached at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday forenoon in connection with the International Exhibition. His Lordship took his text from…

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The International Exhibition. Central Committee Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 2

A meeting of the Central Committee took place in the Council Chamber, Crown-street, on Saturday evening last, the Chairman (Mr. P. Owen) Presiding…

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The Exhibition. Committee Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 2

A meeting of the Central Committee took place in the Council Chamber, Crown-street, on Friday evening last, there being a fair attendance, and the Chairman (Mr. P. Owen) presiding…

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Half-hours in the Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1879 · page 4

No one need now be at a loss how to spend an afternoon in Sydney, neither need they be reduced to the mane necessity of "doing the block" to see and be seen,…

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Dairy Produce and the Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1879 · page 2

By the following letter from Mr. John Mclliday, the Honorary Commissioner for Illawarra for farm and dairy produce at the Exhibition, it appears that gentleman is actively exerting himself in the…

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Dapto Agricultural Society. Quarterly Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 October 1879 · page 2

The quarterly meeting in connection with the above Society was held at the old Council Chamber, Dapto, on Wednesday evening last, Mr. E. R. Evans, J.P., (president of the Association) being…

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The Exhibition of Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 November 1879 · page 2

On Tuesday, in the Assembly, Mr. Clarke moved the adjournment of the House, to direct attention to the action of some of the International Exhibition Commissioners with regard to…

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Half Hours at the Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1879 · page 4

I spent half-an-hour one morning in the Illawarra department, examining the contributions of that district to the Great Beehive, drinking in the balmy air from…

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[?] Hours in the Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 4

Advancing by the Macquaire-street entrance, most visitors, I notice, turn instinctively to the left. I, following the multitude, did likewise the other day, and…

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[An Hours in the Exhibition.]

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1879 · page 4

One's interest in the Garden Palace deepens with every visit. There is always something fresh to see; and experience teaches how to see it to the best advantage…

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Show You Have a Heart

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1879 · page 4

IN this dull world we cheat ourselves and one another of innocent pleasures by the score, through, very carelessness and apathy; courted day after day by happy…

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Original Correspondence. The International Exhibition and the Illawarra Exhibits. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 December 1879 · page 2

SIR,—Having, heard many complaints from ladies in Sydney as to the way my son's piece of patchwork is exhibited, or rather not exhibited, I made up my mind to go and see it before I said…

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Half Hours in the Exhibition. the Art Gallery

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 December 1879 · page 4

Whatever the merits of the pictures in the Art Gallery in the estimation of arty critics, there can be no doubt as to their being a source of delight to a large number…

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