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421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 22
FORTUNATE indeed were the holiday folks of Wednesday, in receiving such fine weather for their visit to the Exhibition, yesterday, from its commencement, was as unpleasant as the previous day was delightful,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I will be as brief as I can, but I want to put visitors to Sydney on their guard against the imposition attempted by the 'bus boys. The proper fare is threepence; and, on ordinary occasions, they are glad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE annual dinner of the members of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales took place en Thuraday evening, at Courvolsier's Hotel de France. The room was tastefully decorated and brilliantly lighted. The chair at the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →THE Agricultural Society's dinner took place on Thursday evening, at the Hotel de France. About a hundred and twenty gentlemne were present. The chair was occupied by Sir William Macarthur and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Exhibition was crowded yesterday. Ten thousand persons had paid at the gates by 1 o'clock, and during the afternoon visitors continued to arrive. There was nothing in connection with the proceedings to call for special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition was announced on Tuesday, in a demonstrative manner, by the ringing of joy bells and the firing of artillery. The weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALTHOUGH most of those who have voluntarily undertaken the duties in connection with this society, have their hands quite full at this juncture, they are anxious that the wool-growing interest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →IT may be remembered that in his last issue Mr. PUNCH offered a prize of Fifty Pounds for the worst Ode on the Exhibition. Here is the successful production :-- Oh ! Sacred lime, I do opine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A GREAT DAY, indeed, for Sydney, was Tuesday, the 30th of August-- a day to be remembered and to be marked with a white stone. Everything in and about the building seemed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1st. Before visiting the Intercolonial Exhibition, spend two hours at least, in meditation and study of the last number of SYDNEY PUNCH; you will by this means attain a right frame of mind in which to make your appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE sunshine yesterday morning again gave Alfred Park something like the appearance it presented on the first "shilling day." From a very early hour crowds continued to pass through the turnstiles, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was a graceful and appropriate tribute to the memory of Captain Cook to celebrate the centenary of his landing at Botany by the opening of an Exhibition that marks the rapid progress made in the arts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The novel attraction at Randwick had, as might have been expected, a marked influence upon the attendance at the Exhibition this morning. Still there was a goodly throng in the park, 5000 having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday bright and auspicious weather ushered in this long anticipated event. It would really seem as if the elements had been teasing the thousands who had, during the previous five or six days, speculated so…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE third annual exhibition of stock, under the auspices of the Hay Pastoral Association, took place at the show been penned, classed, and examined by the judges. The show has been a great success, and although the number…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MR. PUNCH,--The next time you ask me to give a note of my proceedings, either get the copy printed as it is sent, or, if I make a mistake, do me the favor to correct it. Now, in my last you make me say that I have " taken lodgings for a month on the heights of Darlinghurst." I wrote "in the neighborhood of Darlinghurst," and a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THIS being the first "shilling day," an immense multitude thronged the park. Certainly the delightful weather which succeeded a stormy and unsettled night afforded the highest reason for congratulation…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →PUNCH HEAR GORGEOUS CREATURE,--It is now many months, including a few weeks, a handful or so of day's, a quantity of minutes, (no allusion to the minute gun at sea, with whom I was personally acquainted) and a parcel of choice seconds (Californian, purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A HUNDRED years ago a circumnavigator, intent only on discovery, and thinking little of colonisation, landed a portion of his ship's company on the shores of Botany Bay. We…
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