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Shows & fairs, 1878

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Paris Exhibition Commission

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 5

At a meeting of the Paris Exhibition Commissioners, held yesterday afternoon, a draft-letter to the Under-Secretary was read, stating that the Commissioners had purchased and shipped goods to the value…

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Exhibits for the Paris Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 3

Walking Stick and a Long Colonial, by Mr. Scrutton. Colonial Eloquence, by J. M'Elhone, Esq., M.P. Treatise on Blocks and Blockheads, by W. C. Windeyer, Esq., M.P. A colonial edition of Hamlet, with instructions as to costumes and…

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The Universal Exhibition at Paris, 1878

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 8

The extra supplement we rive with this week's Mail is a view of the front of the Trocadero of the Paris Exhibition of 1878. A recent visitor to the site of the Exhibition in the Champs de Mars says :—It has been…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 7

We leam that the Commissioners appointed to arrange for the exhibition at Paris of the products, of New South Wales have continued their labours with diligence and success. On the 21st of December last a shipment of 241…

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Government Railway Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat, Victoria, 15[?] February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 8

PACKAGES intended for competition at the [?] Exhibition, and addressed "Secretary Industrial Exhibition. Ballarat," will be received at all shations up to and [?] SATURDAY, the 9th February, and conveyed FREE[?]…

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Paris Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1878 · page 6

ON Friday afternoon a meeting of the Commissioners was held at the Free Public Library for the consideration of a motion relative to the appointment of an executive commissioner, and other business. The Hon. Thomas Holt,…

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Paris Exhibition. [?]Eding and Fattening Stock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1878 · page 6

THE following is a translation of a circular letter recently received by the Hon. P. A. Jennings, K.S.G., from the President of the Society of the Agriculturists of France:— PARIS UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION…

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The Paris Exhibition Commission. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1878 · page 3

SIR,—As I was unable, as I intended originally at the meeting of the Commission held this afternoon, to comment fully upon certain statements made by Mr. Augustus Morris in letters addressed to your paper, will you now…

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Government Railways. Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat, Victoria, 15Th February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1878 · page 7

PACKAGES intended for competition at the above Exhibition, and addressed "Secretary Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat," will be received at all stations up to and on SATURDAY, the 9th February, and conveyed FREE OF…

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Philadelphia Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 5

WE are indebted to Mr. P. A. Jennings for the opportunity of perusing the first two volumes of the reports presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty, compiled by the British Commission. Mr. Jennings, it…

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Paris Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 3
Also in Evening News

A MEETING of the Commissioners was held at the Free Public Library, yesterday afternoon. The following commissioners were present:—Sir Alfred Stephen, Mr. Hay, the Hon. Messrs. Busby, Holt, and Samuel; Messrs…

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The Forthcoming Metropolitan Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 102

OUR readers will have observed from the report of the general meeting of the New South Wales Agricultural Society that the election of members of Council resulted in a considerable quantity of new blood being infused into…

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The Tamworth Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 37

We are sorry to see, by advertisement in this week's issue, that in consequence of the ruinous drought and its. effects, the Liverpool Plains Agricultural and Horticultural…

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Agriculture in France—the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 103

THE following is a translation of a circular letter recently J received by the Hon. P. A. Jennings, K.S.G., from the President of the Society of the Agriculturists of France:— PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION…

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Government Railways. Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. Ballarat, Victoria, 15Th February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 10

PACKAGES intended for competition at the above Exhibition, and addressed "Secretary Industrial Exhibition. Ballarat," will be received at all stations up to and on SATURDAY, the 9th February, and conveyed FREE OF…

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Paris Exhibition Commission. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1878 · page 3

SIR.—I the report of the proceedings of the meeting of the Paris Exhibition Commission, published in your issue of the 26th [?]nstant, I am reported to have said that "I consideral Mr. Morris [?]ully competent for the office of…

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The Agricultural Society. To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1878 · page 4

SIR,—Permit me through your medium to offer a few remarks for the consideration of the gentlemen forming the council of the Agricultural Association on the eve of the commencerment of operations by the body elected a for night…

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The Paris Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1878 · page 7

A MEETING of the Paris Exhibition Commission took place at their offices, in Bent-street, yesterday afternoon, when the chair was occupied by the Hon. John Hay, and there were present Sir Alfred Stephen, the Hon. S. Samuel, C. M. G.,…

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Dapto Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 135

THE annual show connected with this society took place on Wednesday, the 23rd ultimo, at the Council-chamber, Dapto, the attendance being large, probably not less than five or six hundred persons being present. In addition to a…

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