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Shows & fairs, 1870

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Victorian Wines. Report of the Wine Jury Who Examined the Wines Sent From Victoria to the Intercolonial Exhibition of Sydney, 1870

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

1. THE jury consisted of Sir William Macarthur (chairman), Mr. D. N. Joubert, the Rev. Dr. Bleasdale, Mr. Henry Hall, and Mr. Howard Reed, chairman of the Exhibition Committee, who attended on behalf of the…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. the Annual Ploughing Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1870 · page 3

THE matches which came off yesterday at the Victoria Park attracted a large concourse of spectators, the majority of whom manifested considerable interest in the competition. At one time during the day there were about 1000…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Empire · Wednesday 28 September 1870 · page 2

The Exhibition will carry its prestige up to the closing day, judging by the crowds of visitors who daily throng the park. Any stranger entering it yesterday and seeing the number of persons present, would…

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The Awards at the Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1870 · page 5

IN the list of awards, in the non-agricultural department of the Intercolonial Exhibition, published in yesterday's Herald, the following should have been placed under the heading of "Highly Commended:"…

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Interior of Exhibition Building

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 29 September 1870 · page 2

THE illustrations hitherto given of the interior of the Exhibition Building have represented occasions when the large hall and galleries were crowded with visitors. Owing to the place being thus thronged it was impossible to give an exact idea of…

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Prize Cattle and Horse at the Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 29 September 1870 · page 5

R. L. JENKINS' PRIZE COW "PRINCESS ROYAL." E. K. COX'S BLOOD STALLION "YATTENDON." R. L. JENKINS' PRIZE DURHAM BULL "THEODORE." A. TOWN'S BLOOD, STALLION "TARRAGON."…

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Interior of the Exhibition Building. Comprehensive Views of the Exhibits

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 29 September 1870 · page 8

THE EASTERN GALLERY—COMPETITIVE. THE EASTERN AISLE. THE WESTERN AISLE THE WESTERN GALLERY—NON—COMPETITIVE…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Friday 30 September 1870 · page 2

A GREAT many people are beginning to realize the fact that the Exhibition will really close this evening, and the consequence is that there is a rush of those who had forgotten that "procrastination is the thief of time."…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 September 1870 · page 6

YESTERDAY there was again a large number of visitors at the Exhibition grounds. Upwards of two thousand paid at the gates. The chidren of the Randwick Asylum were among the…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. the Annual Ploughing Matches

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 14

THE matches which came off on Tuesday at the Victoria Paik attracted a large concourse of spectators, tho majority of whom manifested considerable interest in the competition. At one time during the day there were about 1000…

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The Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 18

AT wolve o'clock last night the doors of the Exhibition Building wore closed; and oven those who, during thi past month, can associate groat anxiety and hard worl with the Great Exposition of our Industries and…

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My Grumble about the Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 10

YOUR madora have certainly no cause of complaint as to the quantity or quality of tho information the Town and Country Journal has afforded them, on all matters conucotcd with the great show, whick is about to close…

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Popular Delusions. Cherished by Visitors to the Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 1

THAT the Galatea elephant is the lion of the grounds. That the osteological specimens in the gallery are samples of bone manure. That the brandy cherries are pickled walnuts…

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Awards to the Non-agricultural Sections of the Intercolonial Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 18

THE following is the official list of awards in the Non— Agricultural Section of the Exhibition. Beyond a few awards to be yet determined, it may bo considered perfect…

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Mishter O'rafferty's Visit to the Exhibition, and What Became of It

Sydney Punch · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 2

On a Saturday morning, and full of contint, I dhressed meself up like an illigant gint; To the Great Exhibition, that same to enjoy, We throtted away-- brother Micky and I--…

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Victorian Wines. Report Op the Wine Jbry Who Examined Tiie Wines Sent From Victoria to the Intercolonial Exhibition of Sydney, 1870

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 19

The jury consisted of Sir William Macarthur (chairman), Mr. D. N. Joubert, tho Kev. Dr. Bleasdale, Mr. Henry Hall, and Mr. Howard Heed, chairman of tho Exhibition Committee, who attended on behalf of…

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Victorian Wines. Report of the Wine Jury Who Examined the Wines Sent From Victoria to the Intercolonial Exhibition of Sydney, 1870

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 7

1. THE jury consisted of Sir William Macarthur (chairman), Mr. D. N. Joubert, the Rev. Dr. Bleasdale, Mr. Henry Hall, and Mr. Howard Reed, chairman of the Exhibition Committee, who attended on behalf of the…

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Spencer's Mechanical Exhibition

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

THIS place of amusement was opened on Saturday evening, and is, without exception, the most entertaining and instructive collection of the kind that has ever yo[?] been offered to the public in this colony. The room in which the…

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The Brave and the Fair

Evening News · Monday 3 October 1870 · page 3

The following interesting narrative, which appeared in a letter from Saarbruck, was written by the Daily News correspondent the day before the French occupied that town:-"A young and thriving…

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Exhibition Awards, Class 481.—Professional Landscape. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 3 October 1870 · page 3

SIR,—May I ask, through the medium of your journal, a question of those who know, if any there be who do know, an answer to this, viz.: Is an artist, in competing for a prize or public recognition of his merit,…

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