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Shows & fairs, 1871

5 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

The Great Exhibition

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 3

THE opening day of the Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition, at Prince Alfred Park, is now close upon us. The committees, and stewards in the various departments have been…

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The Great Exhibition. Special Report for the “'News.”

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 2

MONDAY was a great day in Sydney, Although the excitement was incomparably less than on the last occasion, and the crowd a great deal smaller, still very large numbers were present at…

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The Great Exhibition

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 3

THE report, in Tuesday’s Herald says :—Everybody agrees in considering the cattle “the best department of the show” “Nobody ever saw anything better”—at least on this continent…

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The Exhibition. Special Report for the “News.”

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 2

HORSES.—The exhibits are not quite so numerous as they were last year, and the Governor in his speech at the dinner spoke of them rather disparagingly. On the other hand, the Herald…

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The Candle Exhibition

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 2

PURSUANT to public notice, an entertainment given by the Cundletown Mutual Improvement Society, came off on Wednesday evening last, in the presence of a crowded audience. The same…

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