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Shows & fairs, 1870

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1870 · page 3

IN three weeks from the present date, the Agricultural Society of New South Wales have to be in a position to welcome at the doors of the Exhibition the thousands of guests who will, undoubtedly, present themselves…

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The Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1870 · page 5

THE affairs of the Exhibition are progressing at a great pace. The date of opening has been pushed back in conseqence of a continuance of bad weather, from the 16th to the 30th of August. The contractor…

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The Exhibition Building. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1870 · page 3

SIR,—Permit an outsider, and one who has no other wish in connection with the ensuing Exhibition that it should be as successful as possible, to suggest a thing or two concerning it. I went over the building and grounds…

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Northern Agricultural Association. Third Annual Show. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1870 · page 6

SINGLETON, though undoubtedly a romantic little town, surrounded by verdant meadows, majestic mountains, and other elements of the picturesque, is not by any mean; the liveliest place in the world. A few months ago it was a…

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The Northern Agricultural Association's Third Annual Show. Singleton, Thursday. August 11

Evening News · Friday 12 August 1870 · page 4

ACCORDING to prior arrangements, and punch announcements, the third annual show in connection with the above association, came off on the Society's Show Grounds, Singleten, yesterday, the 10th instant, with…

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The Northern Agrigultural Association, Singleton. Third Annual Show. [From Our Special Reporter] Singleton, Thursday, August 11

Empire · Friday 12 August 1870 · page 2

ACCORDING to prior arrangements, and public announcement, the third annual show in connection with the above association, came off on the Society's Show Grounds, Singleton, yesterday, the 10th, instant, with…

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Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 4

IT may be unwise to make the observation, but we will venture to say, notwithstanding, that at last the sun has consented to shine upon the undertaking of the promoters of the Exhibition in…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 6

SINCE our last issue, the continued fine weather has permitted the works in Prince Alfred Park to be proceeded with without interruption, and there is now no cause to doubt that ovcrthing will be in readiness by the…

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The Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 8

IT may be unwise to make the observation, but we will venture to say, notwithstanding, that at last the sun has consented to shine upon the undertaking of the promoters of the Exhibition in…

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The Olarence Agricultural Exhibition. [From Our Correspondent.] August 5th

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 13

THE fourth annual exhibition of the Clarence Agricul—, tural Association, was held on the grounds, at Grafton,; on the 2nd and 3rd August, and was in every sense of the word a decided success. About 1800 persons…

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The Clarence Agrigultural Exhibition. [From Our Correspondent.] August 5th

Empire · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 4

THE fourth annual exhibition of the Clarence Agricultural Association, was held on the grounds, at Grafton, on the 2nd and 3rd August, and was in every sense of the word a decided success. About 1800 persons…

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The Northern Agricultural Association's Third Annual Show. [From Our Special Reporter] Singleton, Thursdny, August ll

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 5

ACCORDING to prior arrangements, and public announcement, the third annual show in connection with the above association, came off on the Society's Show Grounds, Singleton, yesterday, the 10th instant, with…

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A Poet's Suicide. the Life of the Late Major Sigourney— Singular History of the Authorship of "The Beautiful Show."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 13

Doubtless all, or nearly all, of the persons who read this article have read and admired a little poem called "The Beautiful Snow," which, immediately on its appearance a few years ago, not…

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The Central Pastoral Show of Riverina. (Abridged from the Pastoral Times, August 6.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1870 · page 2

THIS exhibition, pursuant to public advertisement, came off yesterday at Jerilderie. This is the first show under the auspices of those stockowners and others who are attempting to establish one great central pastoral exhibition…

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The Clarence Agricultural Exhibition. August 5th

Evening News · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 3

THE fourth annual exhibition of the Clarence Agricultural Association, was held on the grounds, at Grafton, on the 2nd and 3rd August, and was in every sense of the word a decided success. About 1800 persons…

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Entertainment to the Workmen at the Exhibition Building

Evening News · Thursday 18 August 1870 · page 2
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A GLANCE at the crowd round the entrance gates to the Alfred Park from Castlereagh-street last night, at about half-past six o'clock, convinced us that, even if we succeeded in obtaining an entrance, the task of…

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Exhibition Building. Entertainment Given by Mr. John Young to His Employes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1870 · page 5

COMING events are said to cast their shadows before them; but no shadow rested for a moment on the brilliant and hospitable entertainment given last evening by Mr. Young (the contractor for the Intercolonial Exhibition Building,…

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The Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Friday 19 August 1870 · page 3

ANIMALS FOR SHOW AND SALE.-Owners of horses and horned cattle that are to be shown at the Exhibition, and afterward sold by Messrs. Dawson and Company, make a grievous mistake in not sending their…

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The Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 August 1870 · page 5

SIR,—In reading the advertisements in the Herald, giving the country important information of the approaching Sydney Exhibition, which every man, woman, and child will try to see, I notice that the…

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