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Shows & fairs, 1879

1,815 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 91

North Western Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1879 · page 5

The North Western Pastoral Agricultural Association's Exhibition was held to-day. The weather was fine and the attend mee good. There were a large number of exhibits in blood horses, and the principal…

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International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 7

Satisfactory progress continues to be made with the building for the International Exhibition. The principal feature in the work at the present time is the erection of the lofty scaffolding which is to be used for the central or dome…

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Altering the Exhibition Building

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 2

Altering the Exhibition Building;. Notwithstanding the apparent invulnerable nature of the Premier, he, like all other mortals, is sensitive to the castigations of the argumementum ad hominum,…

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Agricultural Society

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 40

The council of the Agricultural Society met last Wednesday at their rooms. Present: Dr. R. L. Jenkins (in the choir), Menera. F. C. Griffiths, P. G. King, J. De V. Lamb, Aldritt, P. N. Trebeck, A…

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The Agricultural Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 750

The usual monthly meeting of the Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday at the offices, George-street. There was a large attendance of member Dr. Jenkins occupied the chair…

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Sale of the Metropolitan Agricultural Society's Plant

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 734

The sale of a large portion of the plant of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales took place on Monday. The cattle and horse sheds and nearly all the temporary structures used daring the past eight years at the…

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International Exhibition Commission

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 5

THE Commission of the Sydney International Exhibition assembled at their office, Macquarie-street, yesterday afternoon. The chair was occupied by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, and there were…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 749
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal, The Sydney Morning Herald

The principal feature in the work at the Exhibition building at the present time is the erection of the lofty scaffolding which is to be used for the central or dome tower. It is to consist of four sections of about 50 feet each, two of…

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The International Exhibition Commission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 26
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

THE usual weekly meeting of the commission of the Sydney International Exhibition was hold on Friday afternoon. The members present were:—His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor (in the chair), Mr. P…

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Horticulture at the Late Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 20

THROUGH a misapprehension this section was omitted in our general notices of the recent Metropolitan Agricultural Show at Prince Alfrod Park, and though late, we propose to supply the omission, in justice to…

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The Queen and the Sydney Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 4

LONDON, April 9.—Her Majesty the Queen is interesting herself in the Sydney Interactional Exhibition, and has announced her intention of sending to the Exhibition 18 of the best pictures…

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The Executive Commissioner of the Paris Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 750

The correspondence moved for by Mr. M'Elhone on the 6th of March, respecting the appointment of the Executive Commissioner and Secretary to the Paris Exhibition, has been published. The information it…

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The Geaziee. The Late Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 18

IN the last issne of the Town and Country Journal the gentleman charged with generally summarising the Exhibition, thus winds up his remarks:— "Glancing back at the Exhibition and its…

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Glen Innes Agricultural and Mining Association Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 734

The third exhibition under the auspices of the above association was held on the days of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last. This institution is comparatively speaking, only a mere stripling, the period of its birth…

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A Scene in a Wild Beast Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 41

Durine an exhibition of some wild beasts, a fewdays ago, at the theatre of a small town in Thuringia, a frightful scene occurred. A leopard was not nearly so submissive to the tamer as usual, and…

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North Western Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Dubbo

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 737

The North Western Pastoral Agricultural Association's Exhibition was held to-day. The weather was fine and the attendance good. There were a large number of exhibits in blood horses, and the principal…

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The Cultivatio Thoughts on Machinery and Produce at the Aerioulturarl Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 19

LIVE stock was, as might have been expected, the principal feature of the exhibition recently closed at Prince Alfred Park, and has already been fully noticed in our columns. In this departmetn graniers…

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