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THE International Exhibition Commissioner held their general meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office, Macquarie-street. Present—His Excellency the Grantor (in the chair), Sir John Hay, Mr. P. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The International Exhibition Commission met yesterday afternoon, at the Offices, Macquarie-street. The members present were his Excellency the Governor (in the chair), Sir John Hay, Mr. P. A. Jennings (Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The attendance at the show yesterday was not so good at it was anticipated it would have been, taking into consideration the propitious state of the weather. The plants still bore the same healthy appearance of the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE autumn show of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales was held on Thursday in the lower Botanical Gardens, The Botanical Gardens of tills city are always lovely, and cannot, from the splendid order in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →It has been proposed to hold an international exhibition at Madras in 1880…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →About 600 entries were received for the Pastoral and Agricultural Show, which was opened to-day. It has rained steadily since 6 o'clock this morning, and partially spoiled what would otherwise have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 337 →SIR,—In a paragraph, commenting upon the Au[?] Show of the P. H. Society, you state that“ several prominent exhibition acted as stewards.” By informing you that Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considerable progress is being made in the worts I of the Exhibition, and every effort is strained to vigorously prosecute that gigantic undertaking of this colony' At present there are about 650…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Match 2.—The French Ministry has asked for an increase of credit for the Australian Exhibitions, £10,000 is warned for the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two hundred and fifty men are employed on the Exhibition building. The permanent portions of the foundation are being completed in brickwork six feet high. The ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The total amount of the subvention by the French Government to the Sydney Inter[?] national Exhibition is four hundred and forty thousand francs (£17,600)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the council of the society was held this morning. Dr. Jenkins was in the chair, and twenty-two members of the council were present. The principal business was a lengthy discussion on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GULBOURN, Wednesday.—A meeting was held last evening at the Mechanics' Institute; Mr. Davies, M.L.A., in the chair. The chairman and other persons addressed the meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mention has been made, from time to time, of the mammoth building which is to serve as the great storehouse for the products of industry and of art which the various nations of the world are preparing to send to the first Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The total admissions to the late Paris Exhibition were 16,032,725, against a total for the Centennial of 9,910,966. The Exhibition at Paris, however, was open more than a month longer than the one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir—I regret excecdingly to perceive that it is now intended to so far to depreciate the value of the Agricultural Society's medals, already standing very low in public estimation, as to confer them as prizes in the live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Queensland National Association Exhibition will open at Brisbane about July 29, ample time being afforded thereby for the preparation and arrangement of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The rain, although temporarily stopping the work here, had no perceptible effect on the operations of the contractor, who is using every effort, by stratagem and otherwise, to keep the men employed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Peabody, one of the commissioners in America on behalf of this colony, had an interview with the Executive Commissioner on Tuesday. He intimated that he would put himself in communication with his firm in Boston, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →URALLA, Thursday.—The heavy rains of the past few days quite spoilt the attendance at the show yesterday, the rivers and creeks being almost impassable. It is probable, however, that…
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