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Shows & fairs, 1875

407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 21

News of the Day. The Exhibition.—This Day

Evening News · Tuesday 13 April 1875 · page 2

THIS being the seventh day, the attendance up to noon did not exceed 1000 visitors. As the weather has turned out beautifully fine probably the attendance this afternoon will be very large. During yesterday…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1875 · page 5

YESTERDAY the attendance on the Park was rather slack, and inside the building there was comfortable room for careful inspection, which no doubt was taken advantage of by the visitors who numbered about 3000. Outside, the…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1875 · page 5

THE rain which came down constantly all through the morning and at intervals during the afternoon as might be expected interfered with the attendance of yesterday, which may be roughly estimated to have been not over…

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The Exhibition—This Day

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1875 · page 2

The threatening aspect of the weather this morning considerably militated against a good attandance. Up to noon there were only about 500 visitors present. As the rain clouds are now broken there is a…

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Intercolonial Exhibition—fine Arts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1875 · page 5

SIR,—I notice in your issue of yesterday's date that, after criticising W. C. Piguenit's painting of "Mount Olympae," No. 37, your reporter has added the remark, that "it is understood to have been painted for the trustees of the…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1875 · page 2

At noon on Tuesday, the 6th instant, the seventh inter colonial Exhibition,under the auspices of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, was opened by his Excellency the Governor, Sir Mercules Robinson. The society stepped…

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The Exhibition—This Day

Evening News · Friday 16 April 1875 · page 2

YESTERDAY, the weather being somewhat cloudy, the attendance of visitors during the day time did not exceed 2000. In the evening, when the interior of the building is seen to greater advantage, the excellent…

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Walk Joubert. an Exhibition Melody. AIR--"Walk Juba."

Sydney Punch · Friday 16 April 1875 · page 3

WALK, Joubert, round the building, Walk the Governor all about; Show the iron and the gilding-- Every rarity point out…

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Duped!!! a Romance of the Exhibition. Chapter I.--bullt for You

Sydney Punch · Friday 16 April 1875 · page 7

THE crowd fled. People tumbled recklessly over sausage-machines and into chaff-cutters. Women screamed; men swore. A bull had broken loose. He roared; he pranced; he capered. Marier Laurer Brown trembled. The furious animal was behind her; his hot breath…

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Progress! Polly Prattle's Account of the Exhibition, Written to Her Country Friends Per Favour of Mr. Punch. Introduction

Sydney Punch · Friday 16 April 1875 · page 2

The progress of this Southern land, the Empress of the Sea! The home of nations yet to rise, the kingdom of the free! More than a hundred years have passed away Since the first anchor in these waters lay;…

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Our Visit to the Art Academy Exhibition.--with a View to Impartial Art Criticism á la Sara Gampio

Sydney Punch · Friday 16 April 1875 · page 4

A Precipitous Chasm. "The only defect, if it be one, is that the artist, in order to bring both sides of the precipitous chasm…

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Agricultural Society

Evening News · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 4

A meeting of the Council of the Agricultural Society was held yesterday afternoon at the Society's rooms, George-street, The Hon. G. H. Cox presided. Amongat those present were Messrs. Howard Reed,…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 8

FROM its opening up to the present the Exhibition has been the great centre of attraction, both by day and night, and it still seems to absorb the interest of citizens and strangers…

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Ulladulla Agricultural Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 15

THE annual Exhibition of agricultural and horticultural products was held in Milton on Wednesday, 24th March, the weather being very fine; and, consequently, a considerable number of visitors came to see…

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The Metropolitan Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 7

YESTERDAY, the attendance at the Exhibition, in the forenoon, was very small, and the building presented rather a deserted and forlorn aspect, but after lunch hundreds came flocking in, and at three in the afternoon there were fully…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 18

THE Exhibition lost none of the interest attached to it on the opening day throughout the week. On each day—morning and evening—the building was crowded, and during the afternoon thousands of…

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Metropolitan. Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 3

Following is a continuation of the notices of the different exhibits, and the awards :— PRODUCTS OF MINING INDUSTRY. COAL.—The coal specimens shown by Mr. J. Mackenzie, Government Examiner of coal-fields, formed an important feature of the Exhibition, and as illustrating the colony's wealth in coal, was peculiarly gratifying…

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Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition. (Continued from our last issue.) Novelties in the Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 485

UNDER this head will be found illustrations of some implements and appliances that were amongst the AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, and recommended themselves by their utility. The…

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The Exhibition—This Day

Evening News · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 4

THE attendance at the Exhibition in the forenoon of to-day was limited to about 500 people, as the weather was unsettled ; there was a probability, however, that his afternoon the attendance would be…

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Judging and Display of Horses at the Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1875 · page 20

THESE displays of the horse have now become quite a feature in the annual Intercolonial Exhibition. Each afternoon, at 4 o'clock, that portion of the ground near the Cleveland-street public school…

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