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Shows & fairs, 1878

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The Northern Agricultural Associations Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1878 · page 5

The show opened this morning. The weather was fine but cloudy, and the attendance numbered 1000. The judges mustered punctually and all the judging was completed early. The arrangements as usual are…

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The Paris Exhibition. London, August 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1878 · page 5

The prizes awarded at the Paris Exhibition, will be distributed in Paris on the 18th September…

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The Proposed International Exhibition of 1879. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1878 · page 5

Sir,—The growing dissension amongst the leading members of the Agricultural Society will probably cause general regret. This society has made exhibitions the fashion throughout New South Wales. It has done a great deal…

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Northern Agricultural Association Show, 1878. (From Our Special Reporters.) Singleton, August 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1878 · page 6

The tenth annual show of the Singleton or Northern Agricultural Association opened on the 14th instant, under very favourable auspices, and, writing after the experience of the first day, promises to be one of the most successful of…

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Northern Agricultural Society. From Clydesdale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 12

FOR years past no gathering of the sort has been more popular, or deserved so well its popularity as that held under the auspices of the above society, at Singleton; for the show of live stook has been uniformly good, the management always…

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Fair Play

Sydney Punch · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 1

"Partial holiday for City letter-carriers on Saturdays."--Gazette Notice. Yes, give the Carrier half a day, To rest his tired feet ; Give him, indeed, a holiday,…

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Our Fair Contributors

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 250

We shall always be happy to give insertion to suitable remarks from our lady readers in this column. Mutual improvement may be thus assisted, and the benefits of the observations or reflections of one or two communicated to…

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Exhibition Stock Sales

Evening News · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—Messrs. Brunker, Wolfe, and Badgery's sales in connection with the Singleton show were very successful. Brindley Park rams were purchased by Messrs. J. and T. Cooper…

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Exhibition or None?

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 264

The Exhibition question is to a considerable extent a question of spilt milk. Nothing is to be gained by crying over any past mistakes in this matter. Instead of weak…

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Press Messages.—Paris Exhibition, &c

Evening News · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The one-shilling rate for telegraphic messages from the respective Border Towns on the Murray, in New South Wales and Victoria, will be brought into operation…

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Live Stock at the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 254

From our English files we learn that the cattle, sheep, pig, and poultry show in connection with the Grand Exhibition opened on the 7th of June, and closed on the 18th of that month. During the first two days on which the…

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Mail News. The Paris Exhibition. Paris, June 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 268

The Prince of Wales came over here at the end of last week, to honour with his genial presence the opening of the "Trophy" of Great Britain's magnificent colonial dependencies, in one of the domes of the northern front of the…

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The Paris Exhibition, 1878. (From the Saturday Review). I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 7

The visitor who wishes to see the best of the British show in a short abstract will do well to walk from one to the other of these buildings. They are the first in the scries after passing the great vestibule that runs from side to side along…

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News by the Suez Mail. Australia at the Paris Exhibition

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

THE Prince of Wales, on the 14th of the past month, in Napoleon's phrase, "crowned the edifice" of his works as British Commissioner, by opening the Trophy Court, in which he was…

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The Paris Exhibition. Paris, Rue d' Enfer, July 18. 1878

Sydney Punch · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 3

AH, Signor mio! " you may talk about your fascinating beauties "-- your darling Mignonettes, and such like, but- where on earth will you find a paragon of loveliness like my Stella ? The Echo answers, --" Nowhere!" and I repeat the echo a thousand times, if not oftener,…

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The Paris Cattle Show. PARIS, June 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 255

The show of live stock opened yesterday on the Esplanade of the Invalides, and to be closed this day week, is one of the novelties connected with the Exhibition, and is well worth a visit. It is, however, attended with inevitable…

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Northern Agricultural Association Show, 1878. Singleton, August 15

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 257

The tenth annual show of the Singleton or Northern Agricultural Association opened on the 14th instant, under yen favourable auspices, and, writing after the experience of the first day, promises to be one of the most successful of…

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The Proposed International Exhibition of 1879. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 3

Sir,—With the hope of putting matters connected with the above somewhat fairly before the public, I would ask leave to reply to some of the statements and questions in a letter in your issue of to-day, and signed "A Member of…

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Australia at the Paris Exhibition. [By Cable.] (From Our London Correspondent.) London, August 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 5

The report of the Food Jury recommends that gold medals be awarded to the Melbourne Meat Preserving Company and the Sydney Meat Preserving Company, and a…

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The Exhibition Question. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 August 1878 · page 3

Sir,—At the last monthly council meeting of the Agricultural Society, it was decided, by a large majority of those present, that the proposed Exhibition should be allowed to lapse. It s[?]m[?]d to [?] so extraordinary and ac[?]…

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