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Shows & fairs, 1870

421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 22

List of Distinguished People Who occupied the dais near His Excellency on the Governor on the opening of the Exhibition, unaccountably omitted from the list published in the S. M. Herald

Sydney Punch · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 9

MR. Septimus Simperre; the Kon Counter Skipp; Count Von Attems ; Dr. Drivel, A.S.S.; Dr. Juane Garran, M.U.F.F.; Mr. J. M. Poster ; Professor Gregory; General Bosh ; His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs for H.I.M. Okee Pokee Winkee Fum,…

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Intercolonial Exhibition, Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 September 1870 · page 3

ON Saturday 11,900 people paid for admission to the Exhibition, and it is estimated that about 14,000 were present. As Saturday was the last day the live-stock were to remain for inspection, the animals naturally attracted…

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Metropolitan Tercolonial Exhibition This Day

Evening News · Monday 5 September 1870 · page 2

After such a day's amusement as yesterday was, it is hardly to be wondered at that the number of visitors at the Exhibition this morning was not so great as on previous occasions. Yet there were at twelve…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition. Fifth Day

Empire · Monday 5 September 1870 · page 2

THE rival attraction at Randwick had, as might have been expected, a marked influence upon the attendance at the Exhibition on Saturday. Still there was a goodly throng in the park, 5000 having…

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New South Avales Intercolonial Exhibition. Offices of the Victorian Commission, Exhibition Building, Sydney. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 5 September 1870 · page 3

SIR,—I should feel obliged if you would make public, through the medium of your valuable journal, that through the mistakes and omissions necessarily resulting from the compilation of an Exhibition catalogue, some…

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New South Wales Intercolonial Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 September 1870 · page 7

SIR,—I should feel obliged if you would make public, through the medium of your valuable journal, that through the mistakes and omissions necessarily resulting from the compilation of an Exhibition Catalogue, some of the Victorian exhibitors are…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 2

SEVERAL thousand people visited the Exhibition yesterday. A large portion of the stock had been taken away, but there remined a number of animals well worth inspection. To people directly interested in the land, the cattle sales…

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The Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 2

THE 30th August, 1870, will be long remembered, with feelings of pleasure and honest pride by the people of New South Wales, as the opening day of an Exhibition chiefly of Australian produce and industry, commemorative of Captain Cook's landing…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition. Sixth Day

Empire · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 3

AFTER such a day's amusement as Saturday's was, it is hardly to be wondered at that the number of visitors at the Exhibition yesterday was not so great as on previous occasions. Yet there were at twelve…

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The Circus at the Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 7

THE extensive space railed in with iron hurdles, and set apart as a trial ground in which to exhibit the paces and capabilities of the horses, excited considerable attention and drew multitudes together at all hours of the day. This was more…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition This Day

Evening News · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 2

FROM an early hour this morning there was a steady flow of visitors into the park, and before mid-day it presented a very lively appearance. The machinery in motion is always sure to be surrounded by curious…

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Exhibition Organ Performances. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 5

SIR,—As a visitor from the interior, allow me, through the columns of your paper, to express my surprise and disappointment at the management of the musical arrangements…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition. of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Empire · Wednesday 7 September 1870 · page 2

OUR summary for home readers would be very incomplete, were we to give a mere passing notice of an event which has, for some months past, created the interest of all cloasos in the colony. The Exhibition of…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1870 · page 17

ALTHOUGH the Exhibition has been deprived of some of its attractions by the removal of the horses and cattle, it is still an object of deep interest and gratification. The number of visitors yesterday was smaller than on previous…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 7 September 1870 · page 3

FROM the opening yesterday morning there was a steady flow of visitors into the part. The musical arrangements were more perfect than they have been during the past few days, and in addition to the band…

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Intercoloni[?] Industrial Exhibition. Centenary Anniversary of the Colony, the Building and Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1870 · page 5

THE "Prince Alfred Park"—as the domain is called upon which the Exhibition Building has been erected—is an extensive reserve adjoining the Redfern Railway Terminus. In shape it may be…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 September 1870 · page 4

THE Exhibition was visited by a considerable number of persons yesterday; it was open also in the evening, and will no doubt for some time to come continue to be [?] source of attraction to the people of the city and suburbs…

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Ode: on the Opening of the Exhibition, August 30Th, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 September 1870 · page 6

A hundred years have journeyed on their way, Since thou, Columbus of this nowest world, Didst anchor, joyful, in the Flowery Bay, And England's flag was on these shores unfurled…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 September 1870 · page 6

YESTERDAY about four thousand persons visited the Exhibition. His Excellency the Governor, the Countess of Belmore, Major Blackall, and Mrs. Blackall were among the visitors during the afternoon. Mr. C. J…

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Children's Day Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 September 1870 · page 5

SIR,—I see by the paper that the Exhibition Committee intend inviting some of the children of Sydney to the Exhibition on Friday, September 16th. Why be partial? Why not invite them all? I think this m[?]t be an…

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