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Shows & fairs, 1867

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Universal Exhibition. to Be Held at Paris 1St of April, 1867. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 15 January 1867 · page 5

Sir,—This undertaking, by its magnitude, promises to be one of those events which are dates in the life of nations. The genius displayed in the organisation of the immense multitude of things exhibited, will cause…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News · Wednesday 16 January 1867 · page 12

UNDERNEATH we give an engraving of the Octagon, in the new Exhibition building recently erected in Melbourne. This portion of the structure is principally devoted to exhibits of an ornamental character. The spaces on either side of the Octagon…

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The Paris Exhibition Palace. (From Galignani.)

Empire · Thursday 24 January 1867 · page 2

The works in the Champ-de-Mars are now sufficiently advanced to permit an idea being formed of the general aspect. The building, which is almost terminated, rises in the midst…

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The Exhibition of 1867

Empire · Thursday 31 January 1867 · page 2

Now that the Exhibition space has been handed over to the foreign delegates, and that the French are in possession of their part of the great building, the exhibitors, both…

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Mudgee Agricultural Society. (From the Western Post.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1867 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting of the tradesmen of the town [?] at the Town Hall, on Monday evening, 28th ultimo, to discuss the propriety of holding an exhibition of [?] manufactures at the ensuing agricultural meeting in August…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1867 · page 5

THE following notice to exhibitors at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 is published:- 1. The Exhibition is to be opened on Monday, April 1, 1867, and the Imperial Commission will have a review of the…

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Mudgee Agricultural Society

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 7

A PUBLIC meeting of the trader hen of the town was held at the Town Hall, on Monday evening, 28th ultimo, to discuss the propriety of holding as exhibition of local manufactures at the ensuing agricultural meeting in August…

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The Paris Exhibition

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 6

THE following notice to exhibitors at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 is published:—1. The Exhibition is to [?] opened on Monday, April 1, 1867, and the Imperial Commission will have a review of the…

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Paradise Lost. Unpleasant Consequence of Carrying Home a Prize Tea-tray From the Above Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 1

Vigilant Bobby ; " DON'T TRY AND COME OVER ME WITH YOUR PARADISE LOST. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S LOST AT ALL, BUT STOLEN, SO OFF YOU COMES TO THE LOCK-UP…

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Fair Play. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1867 · page 5

SIR.—Would you be kind enough to allow me through the columna of your valuable paper to make a few remarks on the late fire at the corner of Essex and George streets, it was stated in your paper of the 7th instant, that it was…

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The Great Exhibition in Paris. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1867 · page 3

IN the year 1855, the French Government very properly suspended the passport system during the period of the Great Exhibition in Paris. The Emperor profited by that opportunity to make an…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Official Distribution of Prizes. (From the Argus, February 14.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1867 · page 2

The culminating point in the history of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-7 was reached yesterday, when his Excellency Sir Henry Manners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, publicly received the reports of the jurors, and…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1867 · page 5

THE following awards were omitted in the list published in the Herald of yesterday:- POTTERY AND GLASS. Class IV.—Section 11.—Mr. A. J. Smith, C.E.,…

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Horticultural Society's Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1867 · page 4

THE Society's Autumn Exhibition was opened yesterday wit at show of plants, including a more than usually large proportion of the choicest and rarest exoties, and the general arrangements gave hopes that it would be attractive in a large degree, but the…

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Paris Universal Exhibition. the Coal-fields of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1867 · page 6

THERE specimens show the super and sub-carboniferous rocks, and the coal measures, presenting eleven different seams to working, all of which are more or less worked, at various levels—from 150 feet below,…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Official Distribution of Prizes. (From the Argus, February 14.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1867 · page 7

The culminating point in the history of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-7 was reached yesterday, when his Excellency Sir Henry Manners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, publicly received the reports of the jurors, and…

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Horticultural Society's Exhibition

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 February 1867 · page 3

THE Autumn Exhibition was opened on Wednesday with a show of plants, including a more than usually large proportion of the choicest and rarest exotics, and the general arrangements gave hopes that it would be attractive in a large degree, but the…

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New South Wales at the Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1867 · page 8

IT is encouraging to find that, notwithstanding the petty difficulties which an inexplicable jealousy threw in the way of co-operation between this colony and…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Official Distribution of Prizes

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 February 1867 · page 7

The culminating point in the history of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-7 was reached yesterday, when his Excellency Sir Henry Manners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, publicly received the reports of the jurors, and…

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The Exhibition of 1867. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Daily News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1867 · page 3

OCCASIONALLY it would seem exhibition news travels as slowly as Kitty Vance, the old woman who walked from Penzance and back to see the Exhibition of 1851, and has just repeated the…

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