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Shows & fairs, 1865

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The Dublin Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 August 1865 · page 492

The canopy erected over the dais upon which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was received was manufactured for the Sultan of Turkey at a cost of over £3,000 and, by…

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Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867. (From the London Gazette, May 2.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1865 · page 3

THE Lords of the Committee of her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council on Education have received, throung the Secretary of State for Foregn Affairs, extracts from the Moniteur of the 21st February, 1865,…

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The Dublin International Exhibition

Empire · Wednesday 16 August 1865 · page 3

In this Exhibition, it is said that the Kingdom of Italy bears a very distinguished part. She has furnished [?] less than 80 statutes, from forty of her best artists. The statue of "the Reading Girl." by Professor Rugeri,…

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Intercolonial Exhibition of Merino Wool

Illustrated Sydney News · Wednesday 16 August 1865 · page 7

IN January last an exhibition of merino wool, open to all the colonies, took place at Melbourne. The results were reported in our February number. The arrangement, as described by Messrs. Cunningham and Macredie, of the Australian Wool Stores, was…

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Exhibition of Frith's "Derby Day.'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 August 1865 · page 3

DURING the past week Frith's celebrated painting of " The Derby Day " has been exhibited m Sydney Unfortunately the picture did not make its appearance here until after peremptory orders had come out for its immediate return…

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A French Dream of Fair Women. (From the Athenæum.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 September 1865 · page 3

THE French dream of fair women is by no means "The Legend of Good Women" sung by any "morning star of song." The dream is not of— "A queen, with swarthy checks and bold black eyes,…

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The New Zealand War. Threatening Aspect of Affairs at Poverty Bay. Defeat of the Hau Haus, with 130 Killed. Death of the Noted Pai Marire Chief, [?]Haraira Pororangi. Exhibition of the Head of Mr. Volkner. Disgusting Pai Marire Rites. 13 Pas Captured and Destroyed. (From the New Zealand Herald, August 21.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 September 1865 · page 8

THE Sea Shell left Poverty Bay on the 11th instant, and up to that time most of the natives resident there had all turned Pai Marire, and those remaining were in a very unsettled state. The settlers living there were anxiously…

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Threatening Aspect of Affairs at Poverty Bay. Defeat Op the Hau Haus, with 130 Killed, Death of the Noted Pai Marire Chief, Iharaira Pororangi. Exhibition of the Head of Mr. Volkner. Disgusting Pai Marire Rites. 13 Pas Captured and Destroyed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 September 1865 · page 562

The Sea Shell left Poverty Bay on the 11th instant, and up to that time most of the natives resident there had all turned Pai Marire, and those remaining were in a very unsettled state…

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Latest Intelligence From New Zealand. Threatening Aspect of Affairs at Poverty Bay. Defeat of the Hau Haus, with 130 Killed. Death of the Noted Pai Marire Chief, Iharaira Pororangi. Exhibition of the Head of Mr. Volkner. Disgusting Pai Marire Rites. 13 Pas Captured and Destroyed

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 September 1865 · page 9

THE Sea Shell left Poverty Bay on the 11th instant, and up to that time most of the natives resident there had all turned Pai Marire, and those remaining were in a very unsettled state. The settlers living there were anxiously…

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Lonodn Limnings (Written erpressly for the Sydney Morning Herald.) the Islington Dog Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 September 1865 · page 3

As I passed the dreary dead wall of Laycock's Dairy, in the dull and dingy Liverpool Road, I had heard a tumult which was not the lowing of cows; by the time I was abreast of the Fever Hospital, I could…

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The Dublin International Exhibition.—british Department

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 September 1865 · page 620

A very interesting section in the present Exhibition is that which includes specimens of printing and bookbinding, though the position assigned to it—the North Corridor—is none of…

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Ploughing Matches and Horse and Poultry Show. (Abridged from the Goulburn Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 October 1865 · page 2

THE Argyle Agricultural Society's ninth annual ploughing matches, as well as their exhibition of entire horses and of poultry, took place on Wednesday last. The ground selected on this occasion was…

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The Show and Sale of Sheep at the Werribee. (From the Australasian, October 6)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 October 1865 · page 3

ALTHOUGH only the private undertaking of a business firm, this sale, or show and sale combined, is worthy of more than a mere passing notice of the prices obtained for the lots offered. Public shows in competition for prizes…

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The Chinese Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. (From the London Observer.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1865 · page 3

SINCE the day when the Crystal Palace opened to the public, there has not been in the building an exhibition of a more interesting and valuable character than that which some time ago was opened to the public…

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The Horse Show. (From the Saturday Revicw, July 15.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 October 1865 · page 8

THE class of thorough-bied stallions at the Horse-Show the other day only included about half as many animals as appeared last year. One can hardly expect owners to exhibit for the amusement of the public or…

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Horticultural Sprnig Show

Empire · Thursday 19 October 1865 · page 5

The first day of the grand spring exhibition of flowers, fruits, vagetables, and devices of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales took place yesterday afternoon, in the lower Botanic Gardens, under…

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Sir William Wiseman's Exhibition. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 26 October 1865 · page 5

Sir,—I beg to call your attention to the announcement of an "exhibition of curiosities from the South Sen Islands," which the Herald understands is to be open to the public on Monday next. The paragraph…

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The Victorian Dog Show. (From the Australasian, October 27.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 November 1865 · page 3

IT has been often asserted by a high authority in such matters that horse and dog shows always must be unsatisfactory in the end attained, if regarded solely from a utilitarian point of view. And no doubt this opinion…

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The Fine Arts at the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 November 1865 · page 11

Dublin, after the example of its larger neighbours, has organised an International Exhibition. The Palace of Industry in which it is contained does not cover the seventeen acres of that…

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Exhibition of Polynesian Curiosities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 November 1865 · page 5

A cOLLECTION of curiosities from some of the Polynesian islands, procured during the recent cruise of H. M. S. Curagoa, have during the mouth been opened for exhibition in the Church Society's room, in…

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