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Shows & fairs, 1850

26 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

The Great Fair at Leipsic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1850 · page 3

LEIPSIC, OCTOBER 19.—The city where Napoleon said his good genius forsook him is at the present moment wholly possessed by the spirit of trade, and its narrow streets have been for…

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The Horticultural Exhibition. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1850 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Will you allow me sufficient space to inform the Committee of the Floricultural Society, that by fixing the forthcoming exhibition on a Friday in Lent they will…

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The Botanical Society's Exhibition.—

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1850 · page 4

Partly from a desire to give a large supply of extracts from the late English papers, and partly from the difficulty of giving correctly, at a late hour in the evening, a list of the…

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English Extracts. Great Exhibition of Industry of All Nations. Meeting at the Mansion House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1850 · page 3

IT is known to our readers that a proposal, set on foot by the Prince Consort, to have an exhibition of arts and manufactures in London, to which the whole world should be admitted…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, March 16, 1850. " Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Exhibition of All Nations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1850 · page 2

HIS Royal Highness Prince ALBERT is deservedly the most popular scion of royalty that England has seen for ages. His time, his talents, and his exalted…

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The Proposed Exhibition of the Arts and Industry of All Nations

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 10

Yesterday a public meeting convened by the Mayor, J. Bramley Moore, Esq., was held at the Townhall, Liverpool, for the purpose of receiving Henry Cole and John Scott Russell, Esqs., the deputation appointed to visit…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, March 30, 1850. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Grand Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1850 · page 2

Ar the meeting held at the Mansion House, in the City of London, the LORD MAYOR in the chair, for the purpose of hearing a statement from a deputation of…

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The Exhibition of 1851. (From the Times, Dec. 7)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1850 · page 3

PREPARATIONS are in active progress for the exhibition, in the metropolis of the three kingdoms, of the manufactures and natural productions of the world. Emissaries have been…

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The Great Exhibition in 1851. (From the London Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1850 · page 3

WHITEHALL, Jan. 3.—The Queen has been pleased to issue the following Commission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be holden in the…

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Bells Life in Sydney. Saturday, May 18, 1850. The Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations in 1851

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 18 May 1850 · page 2

For the information of all in this southern world, capable of appreciating, and interested in this great national project, suggested and promoted by the…

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Original Correspondence. Exhibition of the Products of All Nations. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1850 · page 3

GE TLEMEN,—It appears to me that we do not regard this great project with sufficient interest. Instead of leaving the management of our share in the exhibition in the hands of a…

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English Extract. Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, to Be Held in London, in 1851. Objects Admissible to the Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 July 1850 · page 3

A CLASSIFIED list of the objects which may be admitted to the Lxhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations to be opened in London, the 1st of May, 1851, appeared in…

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The Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 September 1850 · page 2

A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette was issued last night, containing the official notification of the Great Industrial Exhibition, to be held in London in…

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Poet's Corner. Lines on Seeing O'connell Represented Lying in State in Pollard's Exhibition of Wax Works

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 September 1850 · page 2

Tis he! 'tis he! approach and trace The glories of that ample brow! Behold that well remembr'd face— But oh! how still and changeless now!…

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Australasian Botanic and Horticultural Society. Spring Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 September 1850 · page 2

THE Exhibition of the Australasian Botanic and Horticultural Society took place yesterday, in the Botanic Gardens Although there had been much rain during the previous night,…

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Original Correspondence. Exhibition of Nations. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 October 1850 · page 5

GENTLEMEN,—Will you be good enough to favour the public with some information respecting the regulations to be observed by persons sending specimens and works of art…

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CIRCULAR. London, July 6, 1850. We have still a fair extent of business passing in our markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 October 1850 · page 2

LINSEED.—Arrivals are confined to 1230 quarters, 50 of which are from Dantzie, and 1180 Odessa. An increased consumption, coupled with our reduced stocks, have enebled holders to realize a further advance of…

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Irish Fair

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 October 1850 · page 7

Moy.—This fair, held on Monday, turned out one of the best or the holders of stock which has been held for a long time. The supply was, with the exception of sheep, very large, and very few animals…

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The Grand National Exhibition of 1851. a Hint to John Bull

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 3

Take care of your pockets, John Bull, John Bull. Take care of your pockets John Bull: An opinion prevails that if Albert's Show fails,…

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Australasian Botanic and Horticultural Society. Summer Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1850 · page 2

The Summer Exhibition of the above Society took place yesterday, and we have again to congratulate its members upon its most successful result. At an early period of the…

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