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Shows & fairs, 1868

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Empire · Thursday 24 September 1868 · page 4

A meeting of the Council was held at their rooms, George-street, on Tuesday morning, to receive the report of the exhibition committee on the prize schedule, especially that portion of it relating to wool. Present…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 September 1868 · page 14

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held at their rooms George-street, on Tuesday morning, to receive the report of the exhibition committee on the prize schedule, especially that portion of it relating to Tool, which, on account of the…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 October 1868 · page 2

A MONTHLY meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, 7th October; Mr. R. I. Jenkins, vice-president, in the chair. Present—Messrs. Dawson, Dight, Moore, Pye, Cox, Lackey, Reed, Yeomans, Lloyd, Castle, Cleeve, and…

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Agricultural, Society of New South Wales. Monthly Council Meeting

Empire · Friday 9 October 1868 · page 5

Members present—R.L. Jenkins, Esq., in the chair; Messrs. Daw[?]on, Dight, Moore, Pye, Cox, Lackey, Re[?], Yeomans, Lloyd, Oastl[?], Cleeve, and J[?]t. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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The House and Hound Show at Wetherby

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 October 1868 · page 14

THE Yorkshire Agricultural Society, with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as patron, and Mr. George Lane Fox, the popular master of the Bramham Moor, president, held its thirty-first annual choir on some nice…

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Exhibition of Needlework

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 October 1868 · page 5

THE annual exhibition of needlework, which took place yesterday in the Fort-street Model Public school, attracted a large number of visitors, and the proceedings were of a very gratifjing character. At 2 o'clock, between four and…

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John Bull and Fair Play. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 October 1868 · page 7

SIR,—I will not, for obvious reasons, impugn England's title in Ireland. Assuming, for argument's sake, that such title was originally valid, on the principle that "property has its duties…

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The Exhibition at Fort-street. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 October 1868 · page 3

SIR,—In the account given of the above in your issue of Saturday, while a large amount of well-deserved praise has been bestowed upon the needlework there exhibited, I cannot help thinking that the drawing department hardly received…

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The Rev. Dr. Lang and the Sydney Morning Herald. [The following letter appeared in Saturday's Empire. It is only fair to Dr. Lang that the apology for his vote should be transferred to the columns of this journal.—Ed.] To the Editor of the Empire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 October 1868 · page 3

" Sir,—I happened to be too much engaged otherwise yesterday to have leisure to read the following portion of the leading article in reference to myself, in yesterday's Herald. It is in the usual style of the editor of that paper in…

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The Exhibition at Fort-street. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 October 1868 · page 3

SIR,—The comments of your correspondent " Outsider " are not only superlluous but also partial. I do not think the report of the proceedings at Fort-street on Friday last would be unproved by a statement of the " remarkable…

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Horticultural Exhibition

Empire · Thursday 22 October 1868 · page 3

The usual Spring Exhibition of flowers. under the auspices of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales, commenced yesterday. The weather was beautiful, a gentle sea breeze relieving the midday heat,…

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Horticultural Socie[?] Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 October 1868 · page 5

THE New South Wales Horticultural Society's Spring Exhibition was opened yesterday in the Botanical Gardens, and, excepting the special display during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, was attended with at least as…

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Horticultural Society's Exhibition. Second Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1868 · page 2

THE flower show of the Horticultural Society was continued yesterday, and, being favoured by another day's prop[?]tious weather, the attendance of visitors was large. The band of the Queen's Own Regiment was present both…

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Exhibition of Needlework

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 6

THE annual exhibition of needlework, which took place on 16th instant in the Fort-street Model Public school, attracted a large number of visitors, and the proceedings were of a very gratifying character. At 2 o'clock, between four and…

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Horticultural Society's Exhibition

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 14

THE New South Wales Horticultural Society's Spring Exhibition was opened on Wednesday in the Botanical Gardens, and, excepting the special display during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, was attended with at least as…

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Horticultural Society's Exhibition. Second Day

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 3

THE flower show of the Horticultural Society was continued on Thursday, and, being favoured by another day's propitious weather, the attendance of visitors was large. The band of the Queen's Own Regiment was present both…

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Agricultural Exhibition of the South of France

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 15

THE annual district Exhibition of the South of France, organised by the Minuter of Agriculture, took place, according to recent arrangements, at Montpellier, during the first ten days of May. The southern region includes…

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John Bull and Fair Play. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 6

Sir, Catholic England, in her treatment of Ireland, has proved herself base, bloody, brutal, perfidious, and barbarous—proposing to herself, as a settled policy, not amalgamation and…

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Agriculture. Agricultural Machinery.—novelties of the Leicester Show. Rotary Steam Engine

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 10

THE "rotary steam-engine," made by Mr. Rober: Cowen, of Nottingham, the invention of Mr. Hall, attracted great attention for the simplicity of its general arrangement, and the case and smoothness…

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Buried Alive. Strange Exhibition in Newark— a Buried German Resurreok Himself

Empire · Thursday 29 October 1868 · page 3

A German gentleman, advanced in years, named Franz Vester, ut present a resident in Newark, recently obtained a patent for a safety-coffin, designed so as to provide a way of escape to those who may be buried…

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