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Shows & fairs, 1866

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Paris Universal Exhibition of the Asylum for Idiots at Earlswood

Empire · Tuesday 30 October 1866 · page 2

THE SUMMER FETE. Yesterday the summer fete which is annually given for the amusement of the inmates of the Asylum for Idio s, at Earlswood Redhill; near…

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Horticultural Society's Spring Exhibition

Empire · Thursday 1 November 1866 · page 5

The opening of this exhibition in the Botanical Gardons yesterday, if we might judge from the patronage bestowed on it by the elite and fashion of the city was a great success, and certainly must be gratifying…

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The Flower Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 November 1866 · page 7

THE Spring Exhibition of the New South Wales Horticultural Society took place yesterday, in the Botanical Gardens, and in nearly every respect was an advance upon the Exhibitions of past years. At a Spring Exhibition,…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Our Resources the Necessaries and Luxuries of Life. (From the Argus, October 26th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 November 1866 · page 8

THE, list of exhibits at present in the building shows that there are very few things in the class of necessaries, and even of luxuries, which the Australian colonies do not abundantly possess, and actually produce. If we take the…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. (From the Argds, October 29.)

Empire · Friday 2 November 1866 · page 2

On Saturday the Exhibition, which attracted a large an continuous stream of visitors, was enriched by a case of minerals, which is entitled to some attention. It comprises the collection of colonial gems belonging to…

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Exhibition Notes

Sydney Punch · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 1

T'OTHER day Mr. PUNCH was sitting at lunch In the act of deglutition, When he got a polite and most pressing invite From the New South Wales…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 696

From the Melbourne papers we learn for the first time the result of the labours of the New South Wales Exhibition Commissioners. Why these gentlemen should…

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The Flower Show

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 10

THE Spring Exhibition of the New South Wales Horticultural Society took place on Wednesday, in the Botanical Gardens and in nearly every respect was an advance upon the Exhibition, of past years. At a Spring Exhibition,…

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The Opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition, at Melbourne

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 5

THE Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866 was formally inaugurated on the 24th, by his Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Sir H. Manners Sutton, K.C.B. The 24th of October in this present year will long be remembered in the Victorian…

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International and Intercolonial Exhibition. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 7

SIR,—Having noticed in your issue of the 30th ultimo a letter signed "Arthur T. Holroyd," stating your reporter had made a misstatemont in his notice of the prizes awarded for the best water colour paintings sent in for…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. (From the Australasian, October 27.) Machinery and Implements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1866 · page 2

THE departments of machinery and implements are, perhaps, the most important in this splendid Exhibition, for in a country where manual labour is exceptionally high-priced, contrivances by which it may…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. [?] to the Commissioners of the Colonies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 November 1866 · page 3

The Victorian Commissioners of the Intercolonial Exhibition gave a [?], yesterday, in the building, to his Excellency the Governer and the representative commissioners of the several colonies who have taken part in the…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Dejeuner to the Commissioners of the Colonies

Empire · Wednesday 7 November 1866 · page 6

The Victorian Commissioners of the Intercolonial Exhibition gave a dejenner, yesterday, in the building, to his Excellency the Governor and the representative…

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Melbourne Exhibition — New South Wales Minerals. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 November 1866 · page 5

SIR,—In your issue, a few days since, you stated, in your report of the Exhibition in Melbourne, that the Pioneer Illuminating Oil Company showed samples, &c.; and in another issue (in an extract from the Australasian), that…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Machinery and Implements

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 5

THE departments of machinery and implements are, perhaps, the most important in this splendid Exhibition, for in a country where manual labour is exceptionally high-priced, contrivances by which it may…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Articles of Food, &c., From New South Wales. (From the Argus, November 7th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1866 · page 2

THE event of yesterday, so far as concerned the Exhibition, was a light luncheon, given almost impromp[?] by the representatives of teh New South Wales commissioners to a [?] gentlemen, the object being to test the quality of some…

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Opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne

Illustrated Sydney News · Friday 16 November 1866 · page 6

THE inauguration of the exhibition of Colonial products intended for the world's fair at Paris, in 1867, took place on the 24th ult. The following particulars of the ceremonial which was…

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Paris Exhibition Commission. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 November 1866 · page 5

SIR,—From correspondence which has recently appeared in the Herald, your readers will have arrived at the conclusion that there has been something wrong in awarding the prizes offered by the Paris Exhibition Commissioners for the best…

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The Annual Flower Show at the Botanical Gardens

Illustrated Sydney News · Friday 16 November 1866 · page 3

THE spring exhibition of the New South Wales Horticultural Society was held on the 31st ult. and 1st inst., in a large marquee close to Farm Cove. The display of plants and flowers was superior to any previous Bhow, but the vegetable exhibits…

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The Paris Exhibition of 1867

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 November 1866 · page 733

The London correspondent of the Birmingham Post writes:— "I heard the other day, from one of the commissioners of the Paris Exhibition of 1867, some interesting particulars of the…

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