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Shows & fairs, 1879

125 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 7

Sculptured Memorial of the Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 15

A few gentlemen interested in art assembled by invitation on Saturday at the residence of Signor Giorza, to inspect the model of “Advance Australia,” a proposed group of statuary to…

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Ireland at the International Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 14

The only exhibit from Ireland is that shown by the celebrated linen thread manufacturers, Messrs. William Barbour and Sons, of Lisburn. A more complete collection of every kind of linen thread…

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The “Herald’s” Prize Poem on the International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 4

Now, while Orion, flaming south, doth pet A [?] foot on hills of wind and wet—Far [?] hills beyond the fountains cold And [?] of glimmering greenness manifold—…

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The Sheep Show

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 1 October 1879 · page 2

The sheep show at the Exhibition was opened to-day arid was fairly attended, but the Garden Palace attracted a large number of the visitors. The various courts are…

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The International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 4

One of the most interesting, as also one of the most useful cases, is the exhibit of canvas by Messrs. Francis Webster and Son of Arbroath, Scotland. This, the senior firm in the Arbroath…

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Original Poetry. the International Exhibition, 1879

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 9

Bray loud, ye trumpets, and ye banners flare ; Let deafening cheers as distant thunder roar ; Let boom of cannon rend the bright spring air, With all the “pomp and circumstance of war.”…

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The Herald Prize Poem on the International Exhibition

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 4

NOW, while Orion, flaming south, doth sot A shining foot on hills of wind and wet—Far haughty hills beyond the fountains cold And dells of glimmering greenness manifold—…

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The Indian Court at the Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 15

One of the most backward courts in the Garden Palace now is the Indian Court. There seems to have been considerable vacillation, or something worse, about the arrangements in connection…

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Albury Exhibits at the Inter National Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 14

The following favorable notice of the Albury exhibits appears in a late issue of the “Evening News”:— “A very creditable lot of exhibits has been sent…

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Weights of Fleeces of Exhibition Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 October 1879 · page 3

S[?] the awards were made in the [?] clauses of the Exhibition, nearly all [?] prize sheep and several others have been carefully shorn, An…

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[?] International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 November 1879 · page 3

[?] great Exhibition is [?] and it is time that I gave you some [?] yet it is by [?] means easy to do [?] you anything like an adequate…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 November 1879 · page 3

In commenting upon the exhibits I do not, of course, intend to make a complete catalogue of everything that the Garden Palace contains, with comments on the excellence or inferiority of each…

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The Sydney Internation[?] Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 November 1879 · page 2

At tile entrance of the Garden [?] some of the most elegant of all the [?] those which will most immediately [?] of the ordinary visitor. For [?]…

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The Sydney Internat[?] Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 2

A very important and instructive [?] Exhibition is the machinery department [?] as [?] I can see, nothing altogether [?] department ; but the [?] of [?]…

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The Hay Athenaeum-arrangements for the Carnival

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 2

The whole of the members of the newly-elected committee, save one, were in their places, on Thursday night, at the Athenaeum, at the special meeting convened for the purpose of arranging about the grand…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 November 1879 · page 3

[?] to have written you an interesting [?] week. as [?] with great [?] upon the [?] subject of the [?] nut the [?] are only just…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. London, 25th November

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 December 1879 · page 2

The German Government has decided that the empire shall be suitably represented at the forthcoming Melbourne Exhibition, and for this purpose has obtained from Parliament…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 December 1879 · page 3

I CONFESS to a feeling of profound disappointment on having gone through the Art Gallery at the Garden Palace. True, there are some very interesting pictures, but I fail to see one that deserves…

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New South Wales Wool Exhibition. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 December 1879 · page 11

The entries for the wool show, which opens on the 20th inst, number 401. The list includes entries from Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, and the United…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 2

I have now gone through the [?] paintings in the Art Gallery, and [?] fore to give an intelligent [?] pictures. On a partial examination [?]…

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