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Shows & fairs, 1870

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The Agricultural Society's Dinner

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 7

THE Agricultural Society's dinner took place on Thursday lst instant at the Hotel de France. About a hundred and twenty gentlemen were present. The chair was occupied by Sir William Macarthur and the…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Empire · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 3
Also in Evening News

There were only about 2000 people on the ground on Thursday, and there was, in consequence, no difficulty in viewing at one's leisure the contents of the building. Some additional exhibits from New Caledonia,…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 3
Also in Freeman's Journal, The Sydney Morning Herald

Although the Committee of the Horticultural Society, and its worthy Secretary, have never stood exactly upon theiloweat hill, to blow their own trumpet, or modestly concealed their light under the bushel, we have never…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition. Fourth Day

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 6

THE sunshine on Friday morning 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…

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The Grazier. Exhibition Stock Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 16

THE auction sales of live stock, prize-takers and others, took place on Monday in the Exhibition grounds, each description being offered within the preoinets set apart for his or her particular class. The attendance was…

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The Horse Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 16

THE public have had an opportunity of inspecting the live stock at the Exhibition, and must have come to the conclusion that they are deserving of more than the passing notice they received in this journal after the…

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The Exhibition Adventures of Mr. Soot

Sydney Punch · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 7

I vent to the great exhibition Along vith my old voman, Kate, On Vensday, and paid for admission Two bob, to a cove at the gate…

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Our Own Art Critic at the Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 8

[Mr. PUNCH will not be responsible for the opinions of his correspondent, who was selected from among his contributors as being the one the least acquainted with art, and therefore less likely to be prejudiced in favor of any particular school.]…

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

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 2

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

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Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition. Continuation of Description of Exhibits. Agriculture. Section X.—farm Produce

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 5

There is a large number of exhibits in this section, in which the colonies of Victoria and Tasmania are well represented. Some of the Victorian white wheat is very good, as also are the samples of malting barley shown by…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 September 1870 · page 5

ON last Saturday evening there was a large attendance at tho Intercolonial Exhibition—nearly nine hundred persons paying at the entrance gates, which were thrown, open at 7 o'clock. By gaslight the numerous and…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 12 September 1870 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE crowds which filled the Exhibition building, during the first few days of the show, however gratifying to the Agricultural Society in a pecuniary sense, were sad obstacles to anything approaching a careful…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1870 · page 5

THE Exhibition was yesterday visited by several thosand persons, including a large number from the country districts. It is possible now to inspect the pictures and various other works of art without being constantly jostled,…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 13 September 1870 · page 2
Also in Empire

As evidences of the great development of an important; branch of the manufacturing industry of the colony, the exhibits in classes 621, 622, and 623-boots and shoes-are especially interesting. In the three classes…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1870 · page 5

THE attendance to-day numborod about 2000. Comparatively fow visited the building in the morning, but during the afternoon the public conveyances brought down a large number of people, who took full advantage of the…

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