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Shows & fairs, 1878

752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 38

The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 568

IF the first business of such an exhibition as the one that is now being held at the Prince Alfred Park is to bring people together, the Agricultural Society may be credited with…

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Exhibition of Australian Grasses.—

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 20

We desire to call the attention of all engaged in pastoral and agricultural pursuits to an announcement, by Mr. A. A. Leycester, which appears in another page of…

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The Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 5

YESTERDAY the attendance fell off somewhat. The races at Randwick. coupled with the threatening look of the weather, probably caused this. Several pieces of machinery which came in the Chimborazo, and have been kept back…

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The Exhibition. This Day

Evening News · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 4

The counter attractions are telling on the ex[?]itation. The day about [?] persons e[?] up to noon. The cattle are coming on the ground and all classes will be well represented. The arrangements are very satisfactory. The[?]…

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Notes on the Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 17

ENTERING the Exhibition building a pretty sight meets the eye; the palms, tree ferns, drac[?]nas and crotons ranged down the centre and around the fountain give an air of lightness and brightness that…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition of 1878

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 11

ON Tuesday last the tenth Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition of New South Wales was formally opened by the Hon. John Hay, President of the Legislative Council, acting for his Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, who,…

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Taking Pictures to the Exhibition

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 10

THE height of every artist's ambition is to have his or her productions hung out to be looked at and admired. Many and bitter are the complaints made every year at our…

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Bathurst Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 19

THE Western A. H. and P. Association held its annual exhibition on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 16th and 17th instant, and was in every way succesful; the weather being regular "Queen's;" the…

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The Live Stock Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 19

YEAR by year the exhibition of live stock in the Prince Alfred Park has been getting better and better, in point of numbers and excellence combined, by which of course I mean that we now see…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition of 1878. Farm Produce

Evening News · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 5

It was disappointing to find such a comparatively poor display of farm produce. As harvesting is just over, it was only natural to expect to find a large display of the most important of cereals—wheat I but in this matter the number of…

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The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, April 27,1878. The Exhibition of 1878

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 16

THE Tenth Annual Exhibition, now being held under the auspices of the New South Wales Agricultural Society, is not equal, in the number and variety of the exhibits, to some that have…

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The Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1878 · page 2

Prince Alfred Park is beginning to ass[?] a much livelier and more show-like appe[?]tance than it has presented at any time since the opening day, Nearly all the live stock exhibits are now on the ground, and the judges were this morning…

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Metropolitan Intercolm Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1878 · page 5

We understand that a fine collection of the kindly lent by the Director of the Botanic ms Executive Committee to replace the exhil fountain…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1878 · page 6

The resolution of Germany to participate in the art display of the Paris Exhibition was in consequence of a renewed invitation, and was in a [?]sure intended as an expression of sympathy with the Republic. About 200…

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Police Proceedings. the Exhibition Coinage

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1878 · page 2

A boy of the age of 12 years, named Gough, appeared before the Acting Police Magistate (Mr. W. Crane) and Mr. J. Davies, on two charges of uttering spurious sovereigns in Belmore Market, on Saturday…

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The Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1878 · page 3

To-day is rather a busy one at Prince [?]fred Park, being the opening day for the live stock exhitits, but the attendance of the public is bardly up to expectations. The weather, however, is fins, and doubless the number of visitors will…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 April 1878 · page 5

THE most interesting portion, perhaps, of the Exhibition— the horses, cattle, and sheep—opened yesterday, and excited a great deal of interest. The pries of admission during the day was fixed at 5s., in order to prevent such a rush of…

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The Colonial Commissioners at the Paris Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1878 · page 2

The Prince of Wales has been visiting the works of the forthcoming Paris exhibition, everting himself at his chosen duties as President of the British Commission. On March 7 his Royal Highness received…

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The Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 1 May 1878 · page 2

The attendance at the Exhibition yesterday was very satisfactory, about ten thousand people having visited the park during the day, and some three thousand or four thousand in the evening. To-day there…

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Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1878 · page 5

YESTERDAY the attendance At the Exhibition was larger than on any previous occasion this season, and the number of the exhibits, apart from the stock, have increased in number. Great attention has been paid to the machinery and…

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