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Shows & fairs, 1878

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Paris Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 16 May 1878 · page 2

Mr. Jules Jonbert, writing from Paris on the 27th Marchl, to the Chairman of the New South Wales Commission, states that Messrs. L. Sentis, E. L. Montefiore, and Professor…

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The Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 18 May 1878 · page 2

Comment by an old weather-beaten miner on visiting it. Yes, there's wool, and there's coffee, and nicknacks, and slops, And there's chinamen's things to be sold : And because we can't jump on more " jeweller's shops,"…

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Exhibition of Native Grasses

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1878 · page 683

DURING the past week there has been, a very novel and interesting exhibition at the Temperance Hall. It consists of about three hundred specimens of different species of native grasses, and is under the direction…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1878 · page 5

WE have been authorized by the president of the Paris Commission to publish the following letter received by the San Francisco mail from Mr. Jules Joubert, secretary to the Paris Commission. We are informed that the…

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Prize Horses and Cattle at the Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 May 1878 · page 1

ON our front page we give sketches of a few of the choice specimens of the collection of grand animals which recently held their levée in the Alfred Park at the Agricultural Society's Exhibition. In the heavy draught…

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Sydney and the Paris Exhibition. London, May 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1878 · page 5

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Sydney section of the Paris Exhibition. They complimented the colony on the fine collection of exhibits, and the tasteful…

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The Paris Exhibition, 1878. [From Our Special Correspondent. April 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1878 · page 5

ALTHOUGH this is twenty days before the official opening, the Champ de Mars, and the immense building which not only covers it, but swallows in its [?]ntic proportions the river, the Pont De Jena, and…

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An American Baby Show

Evening News · Friday 24 May 1878 · page 4

A GRAND Baby Show took place the other day at Midget Hall, New York, and see us to have been a great success. There were babies of all nationalies—American, Irish, Scotch, German, Russian…

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Appearance of the Town.—carnival Procession

Evening News · Friday 24 May 1878 · page 2

The weather, about which some apprehensions must have been felt yeSTERDAY is today all that can he desired for holiday purpose; and nothing, therefore, is wanting to induce the good people of Sydney to…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1878 · page 5

THE following extracts from a letter from one of the Paris Commissioners, to a friend in Sydney, will doubtless prove intereting to our readers:- "I had intended sending you by this mail a bird's eye…

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Exhibition Plough Trials

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1878 · page 20

THE field trial of the ploughs entered for competition at the Metropolitan Exhibition was held on April 20, at Mr. Asnip's farm, which is situated about one and a half mile on the Sydney side of Liverpool. The ground on which the ploughs…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1878 · page 735

WE have been authorized by the president of the Paris Commission to publish the following letter received by tho San Francisco mail from Mr. Jules Joubert, secretary to the Paris Commission. We are informed that the…

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Going to the Fair. an Austro-hungarian Group

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1878 · page 721

EXCEPT Austria, Great Britain can hope for no ally should she undertake a war against Russia; and were the influence of Hungarian sentiment not pressing upon the Court of Vienna, there could be little expectation that Austria…

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Letter to the Editor. Butter at the Metropolitan Exhibition. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1878 · page 723

SIR,—Can any of your readers give me information on the following subject:—Being a practical dairywoman for years, I am somewhat at a loss to account for the decision arrived at by the judges at die late Metropolitan Exhibition…

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Queensland Pastoral Show

Evening News · Monday 27 May 1878 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.—The Warwick and West-ward and Northern towne, and Stanthorpe Annual Show, was opened yesterday by Mr. Tyrell, M.L.A. The attendandance was good. Farm and garden…

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Police Proceedings. the Exhibition Coinage

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1878 · page 3

This morning, at the Central Police Court, Henry Hunter, alias Williams, alias Johnson, was committed for trial on a charge of unlawfully, and knowingly, putting off a counterfeit coin, intended to resemble…

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Dubbo Show and Races

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1878 · page 2

DUBBO, Tuesday.—The Dubbo Show commencing this morning has drawn a tremendous crowd of visitors from all quarters; Mudgee, Orange, Wellington, and the Macquarie River all sending many representatives. From the number…

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The Dubbo Pastoral Show. From Pegasus. Dubbo

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1878 · page 3

The [?]ow dinner held last night in the Court-house was attended by seventh gentlemen, and went off very well. The president of the society. Mr. Pen[?] was in the chair. The visitors were well represented, and local breeders also. The…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 May 1878 · page 5

A MEETING of the Commissioners for New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition was held at the Free Public Library yesterday afternoon, to consider correspondence received by the Colonial Secretary from the Agent-General in London…

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Sydney International Exhibition of 1879

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1878 · page 2

This forenoon a deputation, representing the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, consiating of the undermentioned gentlemen. Messrs. W. A. Broadribb, C. H. Humphrey, N. Wallis, E. Greville,…

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