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Shows & fairs, 1876

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Letter from the Executive Commissioner, Philadelphia Exhibition. NOW South Wales Commission, Philadelphia, 15th May. 1876

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 29

SIR.— I have the hononr to report that the Centennial Exhibition was optned on the 10th May, with great success. Although many of the Courts were not ready. there was more completeness. I am assured, in the general arrangements…

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The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Sixteenth Annual Show. [From Our Special Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1876 · page 3

WHEN instructed to visit the Sixteenth Mudgee Annual Show my experience of former trips across the mountains led me to believe that I should make ample provision in the shape of wraps and rugs, and I was well furnished…

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Queensland Intercolonial Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 12 July 1876 · page 2

The entries, for the forthcoming exhibition, to be held in Brisbane, during next month, are coming in very fast; and at the present moment the Commissioners think that the New South Wales court will be very well…

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Fair Play Is a Jewel: Or, What Must Happen From a Repeal of the Quarantine Laws

Sydney Punch · Friday 14 July 1876 · page 4

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The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Sixteenth Annual Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 69

WHEN instructed to visit the Sixteenth Mudgee Annual Show my experience of former trips across the mountains led me to believe that I should make ample provision in the shape of wraps and rags, and I was well furnished…

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New South Wales at the Philadelphia Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 79

THE following correspondence from Mr. Augustus Morris. Executive Commissioner, and Mr. Charles Robinson secretary to the Commission, to the Colonial Secretary with regard to thee Philadelphia Exhibition and the New South…

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Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Sixteenth Annual Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 2

THE sixteenth Annual Exhibition in connection with the above [?] on Wednesday, the 5th instant, and the following day. The recent drought, which the district can namely be said to have…

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Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Sixteenth Annual Exhibition. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 9

THE Sixteenth Annual Exhibition in connection with the above Association took place at the Society's ground on Wednesday, the 5th instant, and the following day. The recent drought, which the district can hardly be said to have…

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The New South Wales Court at The Forthcoming Exhibition. (From the Brisbane Courier.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 26

THE appeal made by thr council of the National and Agricultural and Industrial Society of New South Wales has been warmly responded to. Three of the most active members of the executive committee have…

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The Queensland Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 17 July 1876 · page 2

The representation of this colony at the Queens-land Exhibition gives promise of considerable success. The gentlemen who distinguish themselves in connection with the operations of the Agricultural Society…

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Queensland International Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 101

IT affords us great pleasure to state that the information we have received from the commissioners appointed to procure exhibits from this colony for the international exhibition of Queensland leads us to believe that New South…

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Mudgee Pastoral and Agricul­tural Association. Sixteenth Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 2

Having disposed of the exhibits of stock, very little more is to added. The prises for poultry were carried off by Mr. G.H. Cox and Mr. Amos Wilkins, Whilst Mr. George Hazeltine showed magnificent, and so were his pigeons, the…

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SCIENCE—INVENTION, &c. Great Engine at the Philadelphia Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 17

IN all accounts of the opening of the American Centennial Exhibition, a prominent place is accorded to the great engine, called after its manufacturer,…

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International Exhibition. Iii. [From Our Special Reporter.] Philadelphia, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 7

THE Exhibition has now been open for more than a fortnight, but it is still full early to form very definite conclusions as to the relative merits of the different classes of articles…

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Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Sixteenth Exhibition. (Continued From Last Issue.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 9

HAVING disposed of the exhibits of stock, very little more ls to be added The prizes for the poultry were carried off by Mr. G. H. Cox and Mr. Amos Wilkins, whilst Mr. George Hazeltine showed the best exhibits of rabbits and pigeons;…

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The Philadelphia Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 July 1876 · page 5

THE following communication has been received by the Hon. Colonial Secretary from the New South Wales Commission, and handed to us for publication:—…

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The Philadelphia Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 25 July 1876 · page 3

THE following letter from Mr. Augustus Morris, Executive Commissioner, to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, has been handed to us for publican:-"Philadelphia, 12th June, 1876…

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The Queensland Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 25 July 1876 · page 2

We learn that the Queensland Exhibition Building contains only 9000 feet of space, out of which it was proposed to apportion 2250 feet to New South Wales. The New South Wales commissioners up to Saturday…

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The International Exhibition. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1876 · page 2

THE most valuable and interesting department of the Exhibition is that to be found in Machinery Hall. The number of new inventions shown is comparatively small; but there…

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International Exhibition. V.—the Australian Courts. [From Our Special Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1876 · page 7

A DEFERRED writing any notice of the Australasian exhibits last month, because, up to the date of the depature of the mail steamer, Queensland and New South Wales were the only…

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