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Shows & fairs, 1878

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 4

We have been favoured with the following extract from a private letter to a friend to Mr. Jules Joubert:—"Pane, June 4.—1 guarantee if I get proper authority to act I will brine to Sydney…

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Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 108

PROFESSOR Liversidge, one of the representative commissioners for New South .Vales at the Paris Exhibition, in a letter to Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, F. G. S., writes as follows:—"Many thanks for…

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The International Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 3

Mr. Edward Co[?]mnee, M.P., Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition, writing to the Colonial Secretary on the 7th June, says that the arrangements in connection with…

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The Proposed International Exhibition

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 4

Tex project of holding, en international exhibition in Sydney next year is one which [?] the whole people, and, if necessary, the duty of espousing and…

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An Annual Sheep Fair in Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 94

THE extensions of the railways to Wagga Wagga on the south, to Tamworth on the north, and to Dubbo on the west, which will soon be accomplished, should lead to many beneficial result, and the principal one of these…

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To Mudgee Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 18

IT's very much the custom to say that agricultural shows are stupid affairs, but my experience of them is quite the reverse; for I've spent right jovial times at Singleton when the show has been on, which I hope to…

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The Paris Exhibition. (From the Home News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 3

AUSTRALIA has taken part in several Univerity Exhibitions, and has been able to prove that she is among, the most advanced of the colonies, to which the Princes of Wales referred in such enlogistic words,…

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Jew South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 11

OUR London correspondent writes:—"A splendid collection, showing the prodigious wealth of a great country." Words such as these, spoken by H. R. Highness the Prince of Wales, repeated with…

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Entries for the Singleton Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 94

OUR index of forthcoming shows reminds us that the Singleton event is close at hand, and we in turn will take this opportunity to remind intending exhibitors that their entries must reach Mr. Poppenhagen, the worthy secretary of the…

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Jerilderie Pastoral and Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 95

THE weather had a depressing effect upon the show. Early on the morning of the 11th July rain commenced to fall in torrents, and continued nearly all day; the roads, in consequence, were in a terrible state, making it almost…

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The Exhibition Services. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 8

SIRS,After thirty years' residence in New South Wales, I cannot help admitting that at no place of divine worship have I ever derived greater pleasure than that held on Sunday, the…

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Fat Stock at the late Mudgee Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 97

AS stated in our report in another column, the Hon. G. H. Cox took the prizes for the fat cattle at tho late Mudgee Show. This gentleman placed two bullocks in competition for the "fat bullock" prize. One of these a fine…

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Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Seventeenth Annual Show. First Day. Mudgee, July 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 94

IT is only when special events, such as shows or races or business engagements, call residents from the metropolis to Mudgee, that they heartily sympathise with the Mudgee Railway League, and sigh because the iron track does not…

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The International Exhibition to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 July 1878 · page 5

SIR,—I am glad to observe that his Excellency the Governor has decided to co-operate so warmly with the Executive of the Agricultural Society in making the prposed International as great a success as possible. All that…

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Deputations. the Proposed International: Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 23 July 1878 · page 2

AT 11 o'clock this forenoon the deputation appointed by the Agricultural Society of New South Wales on the subject of the proposed International Exhibition, had their interview with the Colonial Secretary. The…

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International Exhibition of 1879. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 July 1878 · page 5

SIR.,—As a member of the Agricultural Society I would feel greatly obliged for space in your columns to offer some remarks on this question, and to review the steps which have been taken with respect to it, in order that my fellow…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1878 · page 5

A MFETNG of the Commissioners for New South Wales for the Paris Exhibition was held yesterday afternoon, at the Free Public Library. Mr. Wallis occupied the chair, and there were also present Mr. John Alger, Mr. R. D…

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Depuatations. the International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1878 · page 5

A deputation, representing the Agricultural Society of for South Wales, waited yesterday morning on the Criminal Secretary to obtain the countenance and support of [?] Government for the proposed undertaking. The…

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The Government and the International Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 24 July 1878 · page 2

A special Cabinet meeting was held yesterday to consider the request of the deputation from the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, made the same morning to the Colonial Secretary. Nearly all…

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The Proposed International Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 25 July 1878 · page 2

THE Government of New South Wales, at a apodal Cabinet meeting held yesterday, had again under consideration the request of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, for a sum of £10,000 to be…

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