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Shows & fairs, 1880

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International Exhibition. British Exhibits. Messrs. J. Rabonr and Soma

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1880 · page 3

of Birmiagham, have a small but wr[?]diugly interesting show case in the western have. As there is hardly a trade is which such revolutions have occurred as in the boxwood and ivory rule business, so there is certainly no artioie…

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International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 3

The attendance at the Garden Palace yesterday was slightly better than that of the preceding day, but even then it was small as compared with similar fine days in the earlier portion of past weeks. The…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 6

There was a moderate attendance at the Garden Palace yesterday, the weather having somewhat improved. The grounds are in magnificent order, and both inside and out of the building the visitors can find…

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Continuance of the Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 3

In the Assembly last, evening, Sir Henry Parkes intimated, in answer to Captain Onslow, that the Government intended to keep the Exhibition open to the public till after the Baiter holidays, provided…

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Deputation. Lotteries at the Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. M'Donnell (of Mason and Co.), Mason (of Mason and Co.), Hamburger (of Hamburger Brothers), E. C. Cree, H. F. Delarne, Hurst, and Butcher (of Butcher,…

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Kiama Agricultural and Horticultural Society's Show

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 4

Wednesday and Thursday last were observed in Kiama as special holidays, in honour of the annual show. From an early hour each day vehicles of all descriptions, with innumerable equestrians…

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Exhibition Banquet

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 2

A grand banquet is to be gives this evening in the Town Hall to the foreign and colonial commissioners at the International Exhibition, and is likely to be a brilliant affair, and largely attended by influential…

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The admissions on Tuesday were as follows:—Season ticket holders. 327; general public, 2139; children, 259: exhibitors and attendants, 659; Kopff's band, 10; LIagar Traiming School, 21; Randwick…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 2

With the return of fine weather the attendance of visitors at the Garden Palace has considerably improved. Yesterday the returns were as follows:— Season ticket-holders, 335; general public, 2467;…

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International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 4

The disagreeable weather that prevailed throughout yesterday interfered seriously with the attendance at the Garden Palace, and while the building was but very thinly attended, the grounds were almost…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 5

The attendance at the Garden Palace yesterday was very limited, in consequence of the very unfavourable weather; and the same cause no doubt accounts for the fact that for several days past the…

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Banquet to Exhibition Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 6

Last evening a public banquet was given to the Foreign and Colonial Commissioners of the International Exhibition, in the Town Hall. The large vestibule, so elaborate in its architectural decorations, was more fully ornamented by a…

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The International Exhibition Commissioners' Banquet

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 3

A public banqnet was given at the Town Hall, last night, to the Foreign and Colonial Commissioners at the International Exhibition. The large hail, which is to form the ante-room to the great hall of the…

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International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 6
Also in Evening News

The weather yesterday was in marked contrast to that of the previous one; and, as a consequence, the attendance at the Garden Palace was proportionately larger. The numbers passing through the turnstiles…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 3

The Horticultural Show in connection with the International Exhibition will open in the Agricultural Hall on Tuesday next, and will continue open till the following Saturday afternoon. Valuable prizes have…

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The Melbourne International Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 312

A meeting of the Commissioners appointed to conduct the representation of New South Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition was held at the Commissioners' Offices, Macquarie-street, on Monday, when there were present:—Sir…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 6

The attendance of visitors at the Garden Palace on Thursday was:—Season ticketholders, 330; general public, 2458; children, 317; exhibitors and attendants, 724; band, 10; children from the Parramatta…

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Pianofortes in the Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 311

Messrs. W. H. and G. Dreaper, of Liverpool, send two very handsome looking instruments, the one cased in ebonised wood, or ebony richly gilt, the pattern Egyptian; a well cut sphinx, highly gilt, rests on…

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