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Shows & fairs, 1880

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1880 · page 2

There in every probability of another grand attendance at the Garden Palace to-day, judging from the number of visitors who have been pouting through the wicket gates since 11 o'clock this…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1880 · page 6

The attendance of visitors at the Exhibition yesterday was again very satisfactory, as will between from, the following returns:—Season ticket-holders, 335; general public, 3522; children, 573; exhibitors and…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1880 · page 3

The continued fine-weather, and the anticipated musical entertainments, no doubt accounted for the large attendance at the Exhibition yesterday. The official return showed the total to he 5182,…

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 2

There is only a small attendance at the Garden Palace this morning, although with the additional musical attractions of this afternoon, it will doubtless be fully up to the average. The secretary of the…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 2

The attractions of the Garden Palace on a holiday, act even more decidedly upon pleasure seekers than those which are afforded by the easy means of conveyance from the city into the…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 5

The attendance at the Garden Palace yesterday slightly exceeded a total of 13,000, which is quite as large a number of visitors as could be expected, considering the powerful counter attractions, such as the…

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 5

The beautiful weather to-day is causing a large number of visitors to attend the Garden Palace, and with the additional attraction this afternoon of the performance of the splendid oratorio of the Messiah,…

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Paris Exhibition Awards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 9

SILVER medalsand diplomas awarded by the International Jury to New South Wales exhibitors at the Paris Exhibi. tion have been received by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary Sir Henry Parkes, K.C.M.G., from the Agent-Gencral, Mr…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The light sunny weather which prevailed yesterday, induced a larger number of persons to attend the Garden Palace than usual, the total, 5375, being distributed as follows: Season tickets, 320 public,…

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Pianofortes in the Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 23

Continuing our course through the German Court, we find near the Orchestrionette two pianos, exhibited by Carl Ronisch, of Dresden—the one a short grand, in walnut case, a sound, good instrument, fully…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 9

The attendance at the Garden Palace on Boxing Day waa really a grand one. The numbers given are—Season.ticketholdors, 315; general public, 17,872; children, 5197; exhibitors and attendants,…

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The Exhibition. The Art Gallery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 22

In speaking of the various pieces of sculpture which appear in the Art Gallery, we turn first to the works of Signor Simonetti, for whom we may fairly claim the title of a new South Wales sculptor, but who would be…

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The International Wool Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 18

The wool show added materially to the grand International Exhibition during the past week, and the Agricultural Hall came in for a fair share of patronage from the visitors, and especially those who hailed from…

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Practical Appliances at the Exhibition. Postlethwaite's Engine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 21

DURING the last few years a great many different forms of engine with single acting pistons, and designed with the objcet of compressing a given power into the smallest possible space, have been…

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Ladies' Column. Lady Loftus's Expected Arrival—marriage in High Life—marriages on the Tapis—sir Hercules Robinson—the Juvenile Industrial Exhibition and Our Future Housewives—at the Pantomime

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 24

Lady Loftus, accompanied by ber daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, is expected to arrive at Government House shortly. Of course the news causes a flutter amongst certain circles who are on the qui…

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The Skin and Soalp. How to Preserve Them, and How to Treat Them When Diseased. a Fair Skin and Luxuriant Tresses, the Secret of Beauty. Some of the Tortures Inflicted by Skin and Scalp Diseases. a Valuable Treatise, by Mary E. JOSSELYN, M.D., of New York

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 8

Apart from the suffering caused by skin diseases, their influence on the happiness of those to whom a delicate and pearly complexion is the dearest wish of their lives is paramount to all others. No lady afflicted with, cutancous eruptions or loss of hair…

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1880 · page 3

There ia quite a large attendance at the Garden Palace this morning, and from present appearances there is not likely to be any falling off in the attendance of holiday folk, at least during this week…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1880 · page 5

The number of visitors to the Garden Palace on Saturday reached a total slightly under 10,000, a large proportion of whom, no doubt, were specially attracted by the promised performance of Handel's " Messiah."…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1880 · page 3

The Saturday musical performances invariably swell the admission returns; but, on the last occasion, this fact was more particularly striking, the attendance being nearly 10,000. The…

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