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Shows & fairs, 1870

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition. This Day

Evening News · Tuesday 20 September 1870 · page 3

AFFORDED an excellent opportunity for seeing the contents of the building, with comfort, but a few dozen people were the only ones who availed themselves of it. It is to be hoped that the concert advertised for…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Empire · Wednesday 21 September 1870 · page 2

The incessant rain yesterday limited the number of visitors to the Park to a few scores. Those who did go, of course, had an excellent opportunity of walking through the building at their leisure The following…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Empire · Thursday 22 September 1870 · page 2
Also in Evening News

THE favourable change in the weather yesterday caused Alfred Park to assume a much more cheerful appearance than it wore the day previously, and, before the gates were closed in the afternoon, fully 2000 persons…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 September 1870 · page 5

UPWARDS of fifteen hundred persons visited the Exhibition building yesterday. The German band discoursed various selections of music in the afternoon and evening, and the organ was played for the entertainment of visitors…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition. This Day

Evening News · Friday 23 September 1870 · page 2

THE visitors who selects section 3 for particular attention, will as has been before suggested, find a most varied collection of exhibits to inspect. Resuming our notice of the furniture. the exhibit of Alfred [?]…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 2
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal, Empire

At a meeting of the Exhibition committee yesterday, it was determined that Exhibition should close at midnight on Friday, the 30th instant. and that the removal of the contents of the building…

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The Exhibition Agricultural Implements

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 12

WHEN noticing the agricultural implements in our opening remarks on the Exhibition, which of necessity were very incomplete, we promised to renew the exhibits composing section XIII, at length, when the…

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The Jones' at the Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 8

THE intention I had, Mr. PUNCH, of giving to the world a full critical and comprehensive review of the Exhibition and its contents has been frustrated completely, by Mrs. J., who has destroyed the whole of my M. S. On Sunday evening, she retired with her daughters at…

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The Floral Show

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 12

The offer on the port of the Agricultural Society of fresh prizes has been the means of improving tho appearance of the horticultural section of the Exhibition. The choicest of the plants that were placed there when the…

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Popular Delusions Cherished by Visitors to the Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 2

THAT the drinking fountain opposite the main entrance, runs Tooth's XX on shilling days, and "brandy and soda" on halfcrown days. That the huge green fernery is a maze, or that it's amazing if it isn't…

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Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition. the Duke of Edinburgh's Visit

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 12

DURING Monday afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, his Excellency the Governor, the Countess of Belmore and suite, paid the Exhibition a visit, and remained, nearly two hours. His Royal Highness appeared to…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1870 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE last week of the Exhibition, the success of which is undeniable, is now at hand. Visitors from the other colonies, residents from the very farthest settlements of the interior, have come to inspect the wonderful…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1870 · page 5

THE opening of the fifth and last week shows no diminution of public interest in the Exhibition. Yesterday about six thousand persons passed through the gates. His Excellency the Governor was among the visitors during the…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Empire · Tuesday 27 September 1870 · page 3
Also in Evening News

THERE was not a large number if visitors in the Park yesterday morning, but probably the counter attraction of the ploughing match in Victoria Park (particulars of which appear in another place) have something to do…

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Intercolonial Exhibition. Awards in Non-agricultural Sections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1870 · page 3

THE following is the Official List of Awards in the Nonagricultural Section of the Exhibition. Beyond a few awards to be yet determined, it may be considered perfect. In consequence of the misconception on the part of some…

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