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Shows & fairs, 1876

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Philadelphia Exhibition Commission

Evening News · Monday 27 November 1876 · page 2

A meeting of the Commissioners was held on Thursday, W. Wallis, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A considerable amount of…

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A Metropolitan Sheep Show. (From the Sydney Mail.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 November 1876 · page 3

EVEN the most enthusiastic admirers of our Central Agricultural Society will admit that past stock exhibitions in Alfred Park were remarkably defective in one section. We need scarcely mention that we refer to that which…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1876 · page 7

IN a previous letter I referred to certain applications of telegraphy for the extinction of fires and the protection of dwellings. A recent and more thorough examination of the…

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India, and Its Value to England. (From Vanity Fair.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1876 · page 3

To the very few whose eyes have been opened so as to look into the byways and scan the far-reaching issues of Indian finance, the optimism of your average British politician is one of the most astounding signs…

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The Metropolitan Exhibition of 1877

Evening News · Friday 1 December 1876 · page 3

PROMPTED by the good feeling we entertain for the Agricultural Society, and the wish we have to see it succeed, we hail the issue of the programme, lately published by the council, for the coming…

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Philadelphia Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1876 · page 713

A MEETING of the commissioners was held on 23rd ultimo, Mr. W. Wallis in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A considerable amount of correspondence was read, among…

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The Metropolitan Exhibition of 1877

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 December 1876 · page 14

PROMPTED by the good feeling we entertain for the Agricultural Society, and the wish we have to see it succeed, we hail the issue of the programme lately published by the council, for the coming,…

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The Namoi Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1876 · page 709

THE first show of the above society was held on the 22nd ultimo at Narrabri. The following report is abridged from the Narrabri Herald of the 23rd ultimo:— When the first idea of holding a show at Narrabri was…

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The Labour-Saving Machinery at the Centennial Exhibition. " Philadelphia, August 12,1276

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 December 1876 · page 28

"SIR,— I hare the honour to transmit herewith a report on labour-saving machinery on exhibition in the Machinery Hall, prepared by George Bussell, Esq., at the request of the Commissioners…

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The Labour Saving Machinery at the Contenuial Exhibition. [?] August 12. 1876

Evening News · Monday 4 December 1876 · page 4

[?]I have the honour to transmit herow[?] report on [?] seving machina[?] on exh[?]tion in the Machinery Hall, prepared by George Russell, Req., at the request of the Commissioners…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 9
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

THE usual monthly meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at the Society's rooms on Wednesday; Mr. R. L. Jenkins in the chair. Members presentMessrs. E. Ii. Woodhouse, W. Wallis, M. Lowe, E. L. Monte…

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Preparing to Close the Philadelphia Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 3

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1st —All the arrangements for the closing of the Exhibition have been completed, and in order that the work of removal may be facilitated as much as possible, it has…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 7

THE different States of the Union represented on Fairmount Park, and also many foreign nations; have contributed to the educational portion of the Exhibition. These exhibits for…

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International Exhibition of the City of Sydney & S with Port Jackson & Sound Places Indicated on Plan

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 2

Alderson and Sons, Wholesale Saddlers, 131 York Street Art Gallery and Royal Society's Office, 57 Elizabeth St. Artlett, F. W., Upholsterer, 561 George Street. Australian Jockey Club Secretariat, 145 King Street…

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Amusements. Messrs.—cooper, Bailey and Co's Grasy Show

Evening News · Monday 11 December 1876 · page 3

The preparations for the opening of the great Centennial Menagerie and Circus, in the Hiymarket Reserve, are upon an extensive and costly scale, and justify the must sanguine anticipations as to the character of the…

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Exhibition [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 12 December 1876 · page 2

Attention directed to Service of Song to be held to[?] the [?] Building [?] the benefit of the Sydney City [?]ion. The rebe[?] last night gave pro[?] of on[?] the [?]dest productions of the…

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International Exhibition. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 December 1876 · page 8

THE last days of the Exhibition are approaching, and October has brought with it a complete change in the face of Nature. Fully a month ago the colcus, altem an thoras, and…

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News of the Day. The International Show.—The Proposed Procession

Evening News · Thursday 14 December 1876 · page 2

The Inspector-General of Police having drawn the attention of the Attorney-General to the proposed grand parade of the animals of the Mammoth Circus through the city on Monday next, and to the great…

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Fuchsia Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 5

THE Eastern Suburbs Horticultural Society is to be congratulated on the energy shown by its members to foster a taste for flowers among the public. The annual show of [?] opened by them yesterday in the schoolroom, in…

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