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Shows & fairs, 1877

450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 23

Intercolonial Exhibition New South Wales to Her Sisters

Sydney Punch · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 3

My Sisters, I welcome you all to my shores In rivalry keen to compete; The contest is bloodless, the victory great, And no sorrow to follow defeat,…

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The Raree Show at St. Mary's. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 2

SIRS,--When I wrote you my last note I was compelled to write in a hurried and confused manner, in fact, I was compelled to write with one eve upon the paper and the…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 5

THE attendance at the Exhibition is still well kept up, and there is no indication of any abatement of the interest which the public have shown in this exposition of the art and industry of the colony. Next to the live stock, the American…

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The Exhibition Concerts

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 2

The Levy concerts continue to attract attention at the Exhibition, and deservedly so, because the performances are of a superior cast, although the music is of the simplest description in deed no other music…

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Agricultural Implements at the Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 2

The field trials of ploughs, mowers, reapers, and other [?] at the [?], will take [?]…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1877 · page 6

THE live stock having been removed from the Exhibition Grounds, a considerable part of the attraction of the show has departed: nevertheless there is still plenty to be seen, both as regards the beautiful and interesting objects in the…

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The Exhibition Stock Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1877 · page 5

THE sale of Exhibition stock took place last week on Prince Alfred Park. There was a large attendance of people round the sale rings, but the bidding was far from spirited, and a great many animals were withdrawn, as the prices…

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New South Wales and the Paris Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1877 · page 3

SIR,—Is it not high time some movement was being made towards having the colony represented at tho Paris Exhibition of 1878? Paris is within easy distance of four or five times as many…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1877 · page 5

THERE was a very fair attendance of visitors at the Exhibition yesterday, although it would not come near the average daily number during the first two weeks it was opend. The removal of nearly the whole of the live stock…

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Exhibition Stock Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1877 · page 5

IN addition to the sales reported in yesterday's Herald, the following have come to hand:- T. S. Clibborn and Co. report having sold at the Exhibition grounds, on Saturday, April 21st, the following…

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Class Iv. (Thoroughbred Yearlings). N. S. W. Agricultural Society. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1877 · page 7

SIR,—Is it at all favourable to the interests of the New South Wales Agricultural Society, or is it encouraging to the breeders and exhibitors of horse stock, that judges should so lightly treat their efforts by entirely ignoring the…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1877 · page 5

ALTHOUOH the third week of the Intercolonial Exhibiton is now half goen, the attendance of the public still keeps up. Yesterday the grounds, the building, and the annexe all presented a very lively appearance, beiing fairly thronged…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1877 · page 6

THE windy and dusty weather of yesterday morning had an unfavourable effect upon the attendance at the Exhibition, and there were fewer persons present than on any previous day. On the whole, however, the attendance up…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 8

AN adjourned meeting of the Council was hold on the 25th April, Mr. Wallis in the chair. Present—Mr. W. G. Dangar, Hon. J. White, Mr. J. Irving, Mr. E. Stephen, Mr. E. L. Montefiore, Mr. J. J. Cal[?]ort, Mr. G. F. Want,…

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Exhibition Photograph

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 4

A splendid view of the Exhibition building and grounds has been very successfully taken by Mr. Richards, of George-street, by the instantaneous process, and the picture gives the best general view of the…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 3
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal, Evening News

CONSIDERING that the third week of the Exhibition is near its close, the attendance yesterday was remarkably good, and the interest taken by the public in the various exhibits does not appear to have abated. New objects of…

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The Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 7
Also in Freeman's Journal

Bright glows the sky, without a cloud, And merrily each chime Proclaims the welcome truth aloud, 'Tis Exhibition time…

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