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Shows & fairs, 1878

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 485

THE Agricultural Society took possession of the Exhibition Building and the grounds of Prince Alfred Park on Tuesday, and the reception of goods for display there will be of immediate occurrence. So far there is not a great deal to…

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The Orange Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 7

BOUND for Orange, the great agricultural district of the west your correspondent left Sydney by train on Tuesday to take part, for the first time, in the proceedings of an agricultural show on the Western line. The journey…

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The Inverell Show

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 5

INVERELL, Friday.—Our annual show came off here on Wednesday and Thursday last and was an unbounded success. Notwithstanding the drought, the entries wore as numerous as last year, and the…

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Blayney Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1878 · page 3

YOUR correspondent during the past week succeeded in performing the wonderful feat of killing two birds or two agricultural shows, with the one return ticket. The proceedings of the Orange show on the Wednesday have…

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The Approaching Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1878 · page 2

Prince Alfred Park to-day assumed a lively appearance on account of the near approach of the Agricultural Society'a annual exhibition, which opens on Tuesday, the 23rd instant. The interior of the…

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The Forthcoming Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 16 April 1878 · page 2

Mr. Wright, the Acting Secretary of the Metropolitan Exhibition is working "his level best" in order to make the show as successful as any of the previous ones, and the interior of the building is…

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The Paris Exhibition. London, April 15

Evening News · Wednesday 17 April 1878 · page 2

His Soya] Highness the Prince of Wales goes to Paris on the 25th instant. The Exhibition is in a forward state and the exhibits are freely coming in. Great preparations are being mads to get…

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The Show at Bathurst

Evening News · Wednesday 17 April 1878 · page 2

BATHURST, Wednesday.—The show opened yesterday, and was an unparalleled success. There was a grand display of agricultural machinery sod steam engines for all kinds of work…

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The Western District Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] From Our Special Reporter.] Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1878 · page 5

THE show opened to-day on the new ground, which consists of 12 acres, situated in the city, near Denison Bridge. The improvements, which were temporary, proved serviceable, and the arrangements were…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph] Our Special Telegram. [From Our London Correspondent.] the Paris Exhibition. London, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1878 · page 5

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales goes to Paria on the 25th instant. The Exhibition is in a forward state and the exhibits are freely coming in. Great…

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The Inverell Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1878 · page 3

THE annual show of our lo[?]al Pastoral and Agricultural Association took place here on Wednesday and Thursday ast, and was a great success. Considering the severe drought from which our district has but lately emerged,…

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Western Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1878 · page 2

THE sixteenth annual show of the Western Pastoral and Agricultural Society, which represents the district around the city of Bathurst, or, as it is generally known, the City of the plains, opened on last Tuesday on the new showground,…

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Western Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 526

THE sixteenth annual show of the Western Pastoral and Agricultural Society, which represents the district around the city of Bathurst, or, as it is generally known, the City of the Plains, opened on last Tuesday on the new showground,…

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Blayney Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 510

YOUR correspondent during the past week succeeded in performing the wonderful feat of killing two birds, or two agricultural shows, with the one return ticket. The proceedings of the Orange show on the Wednesday have…

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The Inverell Pastoral and Agri­cultural Society's Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 513

THE annual show of our local Pastoral and Agricultural Association took place here on Wednesday and Thursday last, and was a great success. Considering the severe drought from which our district has but lately emerged,…

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Approaching Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 13

Mr. Wright, the Acting Secretary of the Metropolitan Exhibition, is working "his level best" in order to make the show as successful as any of the previous ones, and the interior of the building is…

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Inverell Annual Show. April 13

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 39

WEDNESDAY and Thursday last were unusually busy days to the good people of Inverell, for on those days we had our annual show. All the stores and places of business were closed after noon both days; and there was a very large…

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The Comng Show. To the Editor

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

SIR,—I arrived here a few days ago from New Zealand with three Durham bulls, my object being to show them at the exhibition, as I promised to do some months ago in Melbourne, against the bull that fetched the sporting price of…

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The Show at Bathurst. (By Electric Telegraph.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 10

BATHURST, Wednesday.—The show opened yesterday, and was an unparalleled success. There was a grand display of agricultural machinery and steam engines for all kinds of work…

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A Few Remarks on the Orange Agricultural Show

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 18

I suppose most people thought the Traveller dead and buried long ago, as they have heard nothing from him for some time since; but it is not so, I am alive and well, as I hope I may be for…

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