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New England · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1879

26 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

Mr. Fair, "The Silver King."

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1879 · page 3

THE prodigious quantities of silver recently dug from the mines of Nevada and California, have, as is generally known, had the effect of lowering the commercial value of silver to the extent of several…

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The International Exhibition at Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1879 · page 3

THERE seems now no doubt that the International Exhibition of which so much his been said will be held at Sydney, and that up to the present time the public and Government of New…

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Original Correspondence. WHILE giving insertion to our correspondents' communications we do not necessarily endorse their contents. the Agricultural Show. [To the Editor.]

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1879 · page 2

SIR--It must have been rather disheartening to the well wisher of the Glen Innes show to find that the great public meeting called for the purpose of deciding whether there should be…

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Preparing Sheep for Show and Sale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 2

"ANOTHER BREEDER" addresses the following letter to the editor of the Australasian:--Sir,--I have read with much interest the various letters by "Breeder," "Thos. Skene," &c., on the subject…

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The Inter-national Exhibition

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1879 · page 6

A MEETING in favour of co-operating with the Sydney Inter-national Exhibition Committee was held, in the Town Hall, Armidale, on Wednesday night last…

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Metropolitan Gossip. Annual Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 2

THE usual annual Prince Alfred Park Exhibition was duly opened with the usual ceremony by the Lieutenant-Governor. Sir Alfred Stephens: on Monday. The weather was superbly lovely, and the…

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Strike at the Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 4

WE have to report a serious strike at the Exhibition. Yesterday a deputation from a portion of the carpenters engaged on the Exhibition building waited upon Mr. John Young at 1.30…

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Glen Innes Show

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 5

THE Show was a success. The exhibits in Farm Produce were particularly good. The Show was fairly attended…

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Justitia, Fair Play (?), and Mr. Moore. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—As I took a part in the recent Hospital election, and I was absent from town until the day of election, and could not be one of the "red hots"…

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Metropolitan Gossip. the International Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 4

OVER 600 exhibitors in Great Britain have applied for space in our forthcoming show, for the display of their various wares. Painting, sculpture, engravings, and photographs, are…

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P. A. and M. Association's Third Annual Show

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 2

THE third annual show of the above society was held on the association's ground, situated about half-a-mile to the east of the town, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last. The…

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Storing Show Potatoes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1879 · page 6

How Mr. Peter M'Kinlay stores potatoes, (who has the cultivator of 600 varieties in Peckenham, England, has often attracted notice), an English exchange says:—…

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The International Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 3

THE opening of the Sydney International Exhibition took place on Wednesday, amidst great rejoicing. It was a day full of pleasant surprises; the weather being glorious, and genial…

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Inter-national Exhibition. (From Tuesday's E. News.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1879 · page 4

THE Garden Palace presented a beautiful scene this morning. The whole of the building had been nicely swept out and dusted, and many of the courts are gaily…

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The Late Show. (To the Editor.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 2

SIR,--As one who subscribed to the £100 collected by the Auxuliary Committee, of the P. and A. Association some mouths back, I would be thankful if you would inform me whether a list of the…

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International Exhibition

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1879 · page 4

THE all-absorbing topic for months past, particularly so with those whose intimacy with such things was confined to a perusal of newspaper reports, has, of course,…

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Inter-national Exhibition. (Abridged From the E. News.) the Minerals and Woods of New South Wales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1879 · page 6

THE mineral exhibits of New South Wales occupy a large space in the Southern nave and in the Eastern gallery adjoining the nave. The Department of Mines, under…

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The International Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 2

IN manufactures Queensland has not yet arrived at such a pitch of perfection as Victoria and some of the older colonies, but for raw material and variety of produce she is not to be…

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The International Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 3

AS the vacant places in the interior of the building become filled, the interest centered in the many rare collections to be witnessed increases. A portion of the fac-similes of the…

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Metropolitan Gossip. the Exhibition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1879 · page 2

FOR the last three days the weather has been disagreeably hot and dusty, that as a topic of gossip it has re-asserted its leading position which has lately been usurped by the Exhibition. If we are…

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