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Shows & fairs, 1846

17 stories in Sydney's papers

The Penrith, Emu, and Nepean Agricultural Society

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 10 January 1846 · page 4

A meeting of the Committee of this So ciety was held at the "Rose Inn," on Thursday, the 1st of January, Instant, for the purpose of determining prizes, &c.,…

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The Floral Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1846 · page 2

YESTERDAY, the first show for the present year took place in the large room of the Royal Hotel. The fruits, all things considered, were a fine display, particularly the grapes, apples,…

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Australian Horticultural and Floral Society's Show

The Spectator · Saturday 28 February 1846 · page 69

ON Thursday the first of this Society's shows for the present year took place at the Royal Hotel, the large room of which was tastefully decorated for the occasion. In addition to a fine display of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, some beautiful samples…

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The Fair Who Have Danced at the Ball. Sketch No. I.

The Spectator · Saturday 21 March 1846 · page 99

If Psyche had been born of mortal kind, Her sister fair it were not hard to find, For never Seraph tho' enthroned in light Shone lovelier than the Idol of the night--…

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Hunter River Agricultural Society. (Abridged from the Maitland Mercury.) Show and Ploughino Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1846 · page 2

ON Wednesday, 15th instant, the third show of this Society took place at Maitland. The general character of the show, says the Mercury, was inferior to that of the previo[?]s…

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Hunger River Agricultural Society. Abridged from the Maitland Mercury. Show and Ploughing Match

The Sydney Weekly Transcript · Saturday 25 April 1846 · page 4

On Wednesday, 15th instant, the third show of this Society took place at Maitland. The general character of the show, says the Mercury, was inferior to that of the previous year…

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Mr. Caudle's Breakfast Talk. Chapter Ii. How Mr. Caudle Begins to Show Something "Of the Fiend That's in Him."

The Australian · Tuesday 26 May 1846 · page 3

"IT rather extraordinary, Mrs Caudle, that we have now been married four weeks—I don't exactly see what you have to sigh about—and yet you can't make me a proper cup of tea…

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Australian Agricultural Society. (From the Colonial Gazette, January 24.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1846 · page 7

THE directors of this company held their annual court on Tuesday afternoon, at their offices in King's Arms Yard, Moorgate-street, to lay before the proprietors a…

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" Fair Play."

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 25 July 1846 · page 2

IN reference to a letter which appeared in our columns of Saturday last, we copy the following reply from the Sydney Morning Herald:—…

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Easter Monday.—greenwich Fair

The Australian · Thursday 3 September 1846 · page 3

The clouds and show is of an April morning prevented numbers of pleasure-seekers from taking the favourite holiday-trip to Greenwich yesterday. Thousands upon thousands however…

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Flower Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 October 1846 · page 3

YESTERDAY the Spring Exhibition of the Australian Floral and Horticultural Society took place in the Market-shed A. The weather was remarkably favourable, and in…

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Local Intelligence. Australian Floral and Horticultural Society. Spring Exhibition

The Australian · Thursday 1 October 1846 · page 3

Yesterday noon, this truly useful Society held its Spring Exhibition in the Market Building, George-street. The display of Flowers was exceedingly good, and some new varieties were…

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Original Poetry. Sydney Spring Floricultural Exhibition

The Australian · Saturday 3 October 1846 · page 4

Far from my hive, a busy bee, Fain would I roam, Anthology, To banquet on thy sweets. THE day was far advanced!—the Sun reclining…

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Floral and Horticultural Show

The Spectator · Saturday 10 October 1846 · page 447

THE List of Prizes in the late Floral and Horticultural Show was published in the Second Edition of our last number. At the request of numerous of our Sydney subscribers, who did not receive a copy of our…

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Protective Unions, and Fair Representation for the Operatives

The Citizen · Saturday 7 November 1846 · page 1

IN our last we alluded to the fact, that the Operative Classes, without whose aid no country can achieve or maintain prosperity, are in this colony almost without an advocate or…

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A Cattle-show Melody. Am—"The Yellow Horse." (1) I.

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 28 November 1846 · page 4

Mammas hawk their daughters, a peeping for beans, Where graziers for gain, hold their fat-cattle shows; And bean-knots and ribbons, on beauty and beast, Are beautiful signs of our quality's taste!…

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The Sydney Chronicle. Saturday, November 28, 1846. Mr. Tholmes' Speech.—vindication of the Liberty of the Press in Ireland. "The grandest exhibition of oratory that ever was delivered in a court of justice."—THE Chief Justice of Ireland

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1846 · page 2

SUCH is the opinion delivered by his Lordship in his charge to the jury at tilhe trial of Mr. Duffy, the proprietor of the Nation for a seditious libel, in referring to the…

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