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Shows & fairs, 1867

149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 8

The French Exhibition, Paris, May 3Rd

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 6

IP, turning away from the multitudinous attractions of the Park, and the yet more numerous temptations of the inner galleries, we set ourselves to the work of making acquaintance with a single group of the unrfvalled show so rapidly…

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The French Exhibition. [From Our Paris Correspondent.] Paris, May 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 5

THE future King of England, and his sailor brother, must have taken home a very lively remembrance of their visit to this city. During the Prince of Wales's first two days at the Exhibition, he was attended by Commissioners, and…

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The New South Wales Court in the Paris Exhibition Palace. Commissioners' Offices. Colonial Secretary's Department, Sydney, 13th July, 1867

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 7

GENTLEMEN,—By the desire of the above named Commission, I have the honor to request you to give space in your columns, to the enclosed official details received by the yesterday's mail from England and France, in reference to…

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The Natural Products of New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Mining Journal.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 July 1867 · page 5

WHATEVER may have been the opinions previously entertained with regard to the geological age and commercial value of the coal deposits of New South Wales, the visitor to the Paris Exhibition has an ample opportunity to obtain the…

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The French Exhibition. Paris, May 18Th

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 July 1867 · page 7

THE Prince of Wales is making good use of his stay in Paris, visiting the Exhibition every day, and making acquaintance with its various wonders, as also with the "creature comforts" so largely provided by the long line…

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Paris Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 7

NAUTICAL ARRIVALS EXTRAORDINARY.--The Bey of Tunis and the Sublime Porte having gone to Paris, it may now be said it is full to overflowing…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. Earl Belmore, Governor of New South Wales: the Queen's Return to Public Life. Pacific Aspect of Europe. the Reform Bill Passed Committee. Arrival of the Sultan in London. Napoleon at the Paris Exhibition. Recapture of Mexico by Juarez. Military Execution of Maximilian. Wool and Tallow Up. Consuls 94[?], Bank Rate, 2½, New South Wales Debentures, 96 to 98. Riots at Birmingham

Empire · Friday 9 August 1867 · page 5

Owing to the bad working of the telegraph lines at a late hour last night, we only received the following heads of intelligence…

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Paris Exhibition; New South Wales Department

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1867 · page 5

THE following letter has been kindly handed to us for publication, and will doubtless be perused with interest by a large number of our readers. It will be observed, from the list subjoined, that New South Wales has gained a very…

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The Exhibition at Paris. (Translated from the Univers Illustre of the 15th June.) I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1867 · page 5

ONE of the parts least visited, and yet assuredly one of the most curious in the Exhibition, is to be found at the extremity of the gallery reserved for the English Colonies, in a vacant space left, like a kind of shop, in the midst of the…

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The Exhibition at Paris. Ii. (Translated for the Sydney Morning Herald, from the Univers Illustré of the 15th June.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1867 · page 5

UP to the present time the amount of the gold that has been taken out of the earth in Australia is estimated at the money value of 8,000,000 of pounds sterling—that is to say, at 200,000,000 of francs—an enormous sum, which is found…

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Paris Exhibition; New South Wales Department

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 August 1867 · page 2

THE following letter has been kindly handed to us for publication, and will doubtless be perused with interest by a large number of our readers. It will be observed, from the list subjoined, that New South Wales has gained a very…

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The French Exhibition. [From Our Paris Correspondnet.] Paris, June 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1867 · page 6

THAT the present Exhibition is destined to be a great success becomes more and more evident every day. As for Royal and Imperial visits to the Great Show, and the splendid hospitalities which Paris is dispensing—from the…

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The French Exhibition. [From Our Paris Correspondent] Paris, June 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 August 1867 · page 3

THE immense extent of the localities appropriated to the wonderful collection that is bringing the ends of the earth together in the person of their sovereigns, has allowed the Imperial Commission to afford such large hospitality, in the…

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The French Exhibition. [From Our Paris Correspondent.] Paris, June 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1867 · page 5

NOW that the "Great Exhibition" may be said to be for all practical purposes complete, that magnificent or interesting objects meet the eye wherever it falls, that the Park is filled with flowers, foliage, and greensward, that all Paris has…

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The French Exhibition. [From Our Paris Correspondent.] Paris, June 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1867 · page 3

THE Indian Department of the present Exhibition, though not so large in point of quantity as those of its pr[?] i[?] superior to them in the discrimination with which its elements have been selected, in the variety of its contents,…

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The French Exhibition. Paris, June 18

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 August 1867 · page 10

THE immense extent of the localities appropriated te the Wonderful collection that is bringing the ends of tie earth together in the person of their sovereigns, has allowed the Imperial Commission to afford such large hospitality, in the…

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The Paris Exhibition. Correspondence, &C., Resproting Appointment of Mr. Charles Moore, As New South Wales Commissioner at the Paris Exhibition. Sydney, 2nd August, 1866

Empire · Monday 26 August 1867 · page 5

Sir,—I have the honour to enclose a copy of a resolution, which was unanimously passed by the Commissioners for the above Exhibition, in general meeting assembled, on the 30th ultimo; and, on behalf of the…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition. (From the Argus' Special Correspondent.)

Empire · Monday 26 August 1867 · page 2

Now [?] into the machinery gallery, and [?] where New South Wales has established herself, self-dependent and self-[?]liant, although it must beowned that her natural history—her stuffed birds, and…

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The Secretary to the Exhibition Commission to the Principal Under-Secretary. Sydney, 27th May, 1867

Empire · Monday 26 August 1867 · page 5

Sir,—I have the honor to enclose, for the information of the Hon, the Colonial Secretary, a resolution which was passed, on the 21st instant, by the general meeting of the Commissioners…

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The Principal Under Secretary to the Secretary to the Exhibition Commission. Sydney, December 22, 1866

Empire · Monday 26 August 1867 · page 5

Sir,—In reply to the desire of the Paris Exhibition Commissioners, conveyed in your letter of the 13th instant, I am directed by the Colonial Secretary to forward herewith the commission appointing Charles…

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