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Shows & fairs, 1873

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 July 1873 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE monthly meeting of this society was held at the rooms, 227, George-street, Sydney, yesterday, at 11 am., his Excelleney the Governor (President) in the chair. Members present—The Hon. Sir W. Macarthur, Dr…

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Special Ruls of Exhibition

Empire · Thursday 3 July 1873 · page 4

1. The colony shall be divided into the following Wool Districts, which shall be numbered, viz.:- 1. The Western Stopes, Monatainous and Coast District. This district shall comprise the police districts of Mudgee…

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The Gulgong Escort. Child Died From Burns at Gulgong. the Melbourne Stock Market. the Mudgee Show. Volunteer Court Decision Quashed. Financial Statement in Tasmania. Adelaide Four Per Cent. Loan. Latest Commercial and Mining. Bathurst

Evening News · Thursday 3 July 1873 · page 2

Mr. Ainsworth, importer, of York-street, Sydney, die at Bowenfels on Monday night, after a protracted illness. The body was taken down to town on Tuesday night…

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The Vienna Exhibition.—banquet to British Workmen. (From the Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.) Vienna, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1873 · page 6

A MOST interesting episode connected with the Viennese Palace of Industry occurred to-day, under very gratifying circumstances. At half-past two o'clock in the afternoon 240 British workmen sat…

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The Vienna Exhibition. No. Ii. (Reported Specially for the Sydney Morning Herald.) Hotel Quatre Saisons, Munich, Thursday, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1873 · page 5

I LEFT Paris on Tuesday morning, as I informed you I would in my last; reached Strasburg between 9 and 10 that night, and remained there. Tuesday was a lovely day; bright sunshine,…

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The Vienna Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 11

The Exhibition at Vienna opened on May 1 with great ceremony. Upwards of 20,000 persons were under the dome, which is more than treble the size of St. Peter's at Rome, but, so far from there being any…

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Gourlay's Variety Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 3

THE above place of amusement well deserves the name of " Variety." It offers much to please the eye and charm the ear, so that no one in Sydney need long repine for two hours…

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Special Rules of Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 9

Certificates and reports will be issued in lein and money prizes, except where medals are mentioned, 1. The colony shall be divided into the following Wool districts, which shall be numbered, viz.:—…

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The Mudgee Show. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 8

THE sheep-farmers of this district have made Mudgee famous all over Australia, and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it is held in good repute among the constituents of the London woolbrokers; but for my part I…

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Rough. Notes by the Photographic Artist of Holterman's Exhibition. No. 2. Orange (Continued)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 19

I HAVE already remarked on the cheerfulness, or rather the apparent sense of comfort, that characterises the people of the Orange district. They feel confident that it must ultimately go ahead. It has progressed so…

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The Vienna Exhibition. No. Iii. (Reported Specially for the Sydney Morning Herald.) Vienna, Sunday, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 7

THE Vienna papers are making fun about the weather, in anticipation of the opening day of the Exhibition. It is really icy cold just now. The train from Trieste was snowed up yesterday for…

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Exhibition for 1870. Washington, July 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1873 · page 5

President Grant has proclaimed that an International Exhibition will be hold in Philadelphia in 1876…

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The Vienn[?] Exhibition. No. Iv. (Reported Specially for the Sydney Morning Herald.) Vienna, Friday, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 2

THE clerk of the weather was extremely, illnatured yesterday, not providing a sunshiny day for us to sport our fine feathers in at the grand [?]mony of the opening: it [?]ned, and was…

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Rough Notes by the Photographic Artist of Holterman's Exhibition. No. 2. ORANGE

Empire · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 4

I HAVE already remarked on the cheerfulness, or rather the apparent sense of comfort, that characterises the people of the Orange district. They feel confident that it must ultimate y go ahead. It has progressed so…

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The Mudgee Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 37

As to the Exhibition, upon which you have specially commissioned me to report, I find that that of which I urn about to write is the thirteenth held by tho Mudgee Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and am told that it excels…

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The Vienna Exhibition. Thursday, April 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 60

I LEFT Paris on Tuesday morning, as I informed you I would in my last; reached Strasburg between 9 and 10 that night, and remained there. "Tuesday was a lovely day; bright sunshine,…

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Exhibition for 1876. Washington, July 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 41

President Grant has proclaimed that an International Exhibition will be held in Philadelphia in 1876…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Evening News · Tuesday 15 July 1873 · page 4
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IN order to give exhibitors ample time to prepare for the annual show of the society, the standing committee have suggested that the schedule of prizes for 1874 be issued with as little delay as possible; and with a view of making that…

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