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Shows & fairs, 1858

45 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Cumberland Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1858 · page 5

THE first annual meeting of the Cumberland Agricultural Society was held yesterday afternoon at Mr. Williams' Hotel, Parramatta. The chair was taken by Mr. James Pye, one of the…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

Empire · Friday 26 February 1858 · page 4

The autumnal exhibition of the Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society took place yesterday in the Botanical Gardens, and was the occasion of a large and fashionable assemblage. The fineness of the day…

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Cumberland Agricultural Society

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 27 February 1858 · page 3

The first annual meeting of the Cumberland Agricultural Society took place on Thursday afternoon at Mr Williams' Hotel, Parramatta; Mr James Pye, Vice President in the chair. Mr Catlett. the Secretary, read the first…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

Empire · Saturday 27 February 1858 · page 4

The exhibition in the Botanical Gardens was continued yesterday, and these picturesque grounds were again the scene of a large and fashionable assemblage, Many persons who had been present on the first day…

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The Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 27 February 1858 · page 3

The Autumn Exhibition of this Society took place in the Botanical Gardens on Thursday and yesterday, and was brilliantly attended by the beauty and fashion of which our fair city can proudly boast. The splendid band of the…

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Australasian Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibition. Second Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1858 · page 4

THIS exhibition, which on Thursday commanded so much public attention was yesterday more numerously patroniaed. The floral specimens had suffered little from the previous exposure, and the plants looked…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

Empire · Wednesday 3 March 1858 · page 5

The fourteenth monthly meeting of the Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society was held last evening in the Hall of the Sydney Exchange. There were between twenty and thirty members in…

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A Few Fair and Unfair Things Against the Fair Sex. By an Old Bachelor

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 13 March 1858 · page 4

The men who flatter women do not know them sufficiently, and the men who only abuse them do not know them at all. Romances generally end with a marriage. And many young girls, when they leave school, would…

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Horticultural and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1858 · page 5

THE fifteenth monthly meeting of this Society was held yesterday evening, at the room of the Chamber of Commerce. Owing, we suppose, to the Easter festivities, the attendance was not so numerous as usual,…

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The Albury Agricultural and Horticultural Show. (Abridged from the Border Post, 3rd April.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1858 · page 3

THE autumn show of stock and produce took place on Monday last, at the cattle-yards erected for the Society by Mr. Layton, and in the long room of Layton's new hotel…

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Horticultural and Agricultural Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 April 1858 · page 3

The fifteenth monthly meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday evening, at the room of the Chamber of Commerce Mr. Ottley was called to the chair. A paper on the pastoral pursuits of…

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The Horticultural and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1858 · page 5

THE sixteenth monthly meeting of [?] [?]y was held yesterday evening. The threa[?] aspeet of the weather doubtless deterred the la[?] and many other subscribers from attending, but about thirty…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society Dinner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 May 1858 · page 4

THE dinner of this Society was held in the hall of the School of Arts yesterday evening. The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens, flowers, native shrubs, &c., some of them exceedingly…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society's Dinner

Empire · Saturday 29 May 1858 · page 4

The dinner of the Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society took place last evening, in the Hall of the School of Arts. The room was appropriately and elegantly decorated with branches of trees, flowers, and…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1858 · page 5

THE usnal monthly meeting of this Society was held last night in the Chamber of Commerce, at the Exchange. The President of the Society, Sir William Denison, K.C.B., took the chair. There was a…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society Dinner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1858 · page 6

THE dinner of this Society was held in the hall of the School of Arts; on Thursday evening, the 27th May. The hall was tastefully decorated with overgreens, flowers, native shrubs, &o., some of them exceedingly…

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The Sydney Poultry Club Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 July 1858 · page 5

ABOUT a year ago, this Club was originated by a few public-spirited gentlemen, with the view, chiefly, of creating a friendly rivalry between the denizens both in town and country, in the breeding and rearing of…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1858 · page 5
Also in Empire

THE Annual General Meeting of this Society was held yesterday evening, at the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney Exchange; a considerable number of members being in attendance. A short time after the hour…

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Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society

Empire · Wednesday 4 August 1858 · page 4

This society held its 19th monthly meeting in the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney Exchange, last evening. His Excellency the GOVERNOR-GENERAL, President of the Society, having called upon the Secretary to read the…

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