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Shows & fairs, 1876

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Philadelphia Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 136

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 24

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

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International Exhibition. Philadelphia, May, 1876

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 156

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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The Fair Inconstant. the Troubles Between an Australian Manager and a San Francisco Oper Bouffe Artist

Evening News · Tuesday 1 August 1876 · page 3

A THEATRICAL row is now on the tapis, which, should ever come before the Courts for legal adjudication will, without doubt, determine how far an artist ca[?] in breaking a contract with a manager. The principal…

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International Exhibition. Vi. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1876 · page 3

THE horticultural building is one of the prettiest structures on the ground, and it is intended that it shall remain as an ornament to the park after the scores of other erections…

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Agricultural Society of New South. Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1876 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the above society was held at the rooms, 227, George-street, on Wednesday, 2nd institut, at 11 a.m. Dr. Jenkins occupied the chair. The member presen[?] were—Messrs. C. Cowper, [?] Alger, P. N. Treheck…

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Fair Play's a Jewel

Sydney Punch · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 2

But evidently in the Weisener Town Clock correspondence Fair Play is a Jeweller!…

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The Northern Agricultural Asso[?] Ciation—singluton Show of 1876. [From Our Special Reporter.] Singleton, Wednesday N[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 6

THE good folks of Singlet [?] have once more been favourod with fair weather, and the "ninth annual" of the Northern Association opened under most favourable circumstances. The morning of [?]day—[?]the first of the show—was clondy,…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 167
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

THE monthly meeting of the above society was held at the rooms, 227, George-street, on Wednesday, 2nd instant, at 11 a.m. Dr. Jenkins occupied the chair. The members present were—Meesrs. C. Cowper, J. Alger, P. N. Trebeck…

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The Philadelphia Exhibition

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 3

THE following communication has been received by the Hon. Colonial Secretary, from the New South Wales Commission, “Philadelphia, 12th June, 1876…

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The Singleton Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 9
Also in Evening News

The Newcastle Herald says:—The ninth annual exhibition in connection with the Northern Agricultural Association took place on Wednesday at the Showground, Singleton, in the presence of a considerable…

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Pastoral Show at Riverina

Evening News · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 5
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

WE are sorry to learn from the special report of the Pastoral Times that the show at Jerilderie must have been disappointing to the promoters, out it is pointed out that the season has been most unpropitious, and the long-continued dry…

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International Exhibition. Iii.—the Australian Courts. Philadelpaia, June 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 4

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

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International Exhibition. Vii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1876 · page 2

THE Judges met for the first time in their hall on the 24th of May, when ther were entertained by the Centennial Commission. They lost no time in getting to work, and are now…

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International Exhibition. Iv

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 4

THE horticultural building is one of the prettiest structures on the ground, and it is intended that it shall remain as an ornament to the park after the scores of other erections…

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Toowoomba Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 34

IN connection with the Society's show,of sheep this year, it is a noteworthy and significant fact that an opinion was expressed by some of the southern judges that the doss of sheep now being bred in Queensland was not the most suitable to…

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Rockhampton Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 199

The second annual show of the Fitzroy Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society was held on Wednesday, July 26, on the show grounds, William-street, and was an unqualified success. The weather was…

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