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Shows & fairs, 1877

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Agricultural Society of N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 12

AT the above Society's rooms on Wednesday last there was a large attendance of stockowners and others interested in the important question of cattle importation met together for the purpose of discussing this…

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Society Meetings. Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 659

A MEETING of the Council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at the society's rooms, George-street, on Wednesday. Dr. R. L. Jenkins in tie chair. Several stock owners and others interested in the…

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China at the Paris Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 31

China is making great preparation for the Paris Exposition, and has been assigned 16,000 square feet in the building on Champ de Mars, and a much larger space on Trocadero. Among the…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 7

We learn that the Commissioners appointed by the Government to arrange for the representation of the productions of New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition in May next, are taking active steps to carry out the duties…

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The Royal Legislative Show. (Vide CARTOON)

Sydney Punch · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 3

Sir Herky takes his twelve-foot whip And cracks the supple thong ; The monkeys shake their tails and skip, While loudly sounds the gong…

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Wine Exhibits for Paris Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 November 1877 · page 5

SIR,—Some of the wine-growers seem to think that the Commissioners, in asking that each sample of wine for exhibition at Paris should cousist of one dozen quarts, are requiring too much. In asking to much the Commissioners…

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Cooper and Bailey's International Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1877 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening this place of entertainment was thrown open to the public. Combining menagerie, circus, and concert hall, there are no fewer than eight spacious pavilions in which to exhibit or accommodate all the various features…

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Paris Exhibition Commission

Evening News · Wednesday 28 November 1877 · page 2

We learn that several exhibits of wool have been promised by New South Wales growers for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, and that the wine entries are already more numerous than they were at…

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Paris Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 November 1877 · page 5

WE learn that applications have now been made to most of the leading manufacturers of the colony, owners of mines, growers of wool, cereals, &c., for samples of their produce, and that the replies which are coming to hand indicate that…

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New South Wales and the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 December 1877 · page 5

NOTWITHSTANDING the short space of time that the Government have allowed the New South Wales Commissioners for making the necessary preparations for the representation of this colony at the Paris Exhibition next year, those…

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New South Wales Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 December 1877 · page 3

THE usual monthly Council meeting of the New South Wales Agricultural Society was held at the rooms, George-street; on Wednesday forenoon. The following members were present:—Dr. Jenkins (chairman), Messrs. W. Wallis,…

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Exhibition of Wines at Paris. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 December 1877 · page 3

SIR,—I am glad your correspondent at Lochinvar has called your attention, to the necessity of giving the winegrowers the longest possible timo to get ready for the Paris Exhibition. The Commissioners have given instructions…

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New South Wales Agricultural Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1877 · page 711

THE usual monthly Council meeting of the New South Wales Agricultural Society was held at the rooms, George-street, on Wednesday forenoon. The following members were present:—Dr. Jenkins (chairman), Messrs. W. Wallis,…

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Agricultural Society of N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 December 1877 · page 13

THE usual monthly meeting of the council of the above society was held at the rooms on Wednesday last, Dr. Jenkins being in the chair; and the following members were present:—Dr. Tucker, Messrs. W…

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Bailey and Cooper's Mammoth Show

Sydney Punch · Saturday 8 December 1877 · page 7

DEAR PUNCH, Fitz Seltzer and I went to see the mammoth show the other night, and when, by the aid of a pocket compass and a ground-plan, we had found our way through bewildering labyrinths of canvas to the principal arena, and when Fitz had let off his little joke about "so…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 December 1877 · page 3

THE Paris correspondent of Trade Marks gives the following account of the progress made in the Paris Exhibition buildings:— Few qualities are more difficult to real is[?] from…

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New South Wales and the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 December 1877 · page 5

DESPATCHES receives by his Excellency the Governor by the last mail indicate that the space allotted to New South Wales in the Main Building [?] the Universal Exhibition, Paris, amounts to 1440 [?]et, and that the Prince of Wales…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 December 1877 · page 7

We learn that much anxiety is felt by the members of the Paris Commission here in regard to the insufficiency of the space which has been allotted to New South Wales in the main building at Paris. The plan of this space was received…

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Machines for Corn Planting, at the Philadelphia Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 December 1877 · page 21

CORN planters, i. e. machines for planting Indian corn, were both numerous and of ingenious construction The original inventor was Mr. George Brown, of Galesburgh, Illinois, whose planter still holds its place as a…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Parramatta Horticultural Exhibition, 19th and 20th December, 1877

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 December 1877 · page 10

Excursion Tickets at a single fare for the double journey, will be issued at all Stations to Parramatta on the above days, by the train leaving Sydney at 10.30 a.m., and available for return by the trains leaving Parramatta at 5.22…

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