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Shows & fairs, 1880

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 6

The attendance at the Exhibition yesterday was again well up to the average, the total being 4631, made up as follows:--Season tickets, 384; public, 2890; children, 613; exhibitors, &c., 744…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 3

Yesterday the weather was beautifully fine and cool, and the attendance at the Garden Palace was fully up to the average, as will be seen from the following returns:—Season ticket-holders, 384; general public,…

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Catering at the Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 6

A deputation from the caterers for refreshments at the International Exhibition waited upon the Colonial Secretary at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in order to represent to him the injustice which…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 12

The attendance at the Garden Palace on New Year's Day was—season ticket holders, 252; general public, 9863, children, 2499; exhibitors and attendants, 646; total, 13,266…

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The Exhibition. Messrs. Samuelson & Co.'s Reaping Machines at the Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 69

Messrs. Samuelson and Co., of Banbury, England, exhibit an extensive selection of mowing and reaping machines, for which their house has a worldwide reputation. Amongst the exhibits we would…

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International Exhibition. the Foreign Courts

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 6

To give anything like an adequate description of the thousands of different valuable exhibits of value—even in the foreign department alone—would constitute a work of so ordinary dimensions. For the purpose of making…

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The Caterers at the Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 4

The principal refreshment caterers at the International Exhibition—Compagnoni and Co., Mr. Cripps, and O'Connell and Young—consider themselves aggrieved by the commissioners having…

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The Forthcoming Horse Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 66

The entries for the show of horses, asses, and mules, which opens in connection with the International Exhibition on the 23rd instant, are so far complete as to enable us to furnish some particulars of the various…

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The International Wool Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 66

The judges in the wool section, after a long rest, assembled on last Saturday afternoon to complete their labours, and before dusk succeeded in working through the long wool and extra classes. The former form but…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1880 · page 5

A marked falling-off was noticeable in the attenedance at the Garden Palaco on Saturday compared with several previous Saturdays, but this may reasonably be attributed to the lull that was sure to follow the…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1880 · page 3

The Garden Palace was especially crowded during Saturday afternoon, the total admissions for the day being distributed as follows:--Season tickets, 425: public. 4868: children. 721:…

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Pianofortes in the Exhibition.—vi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1880 · page 5

Any notice of French, pianos must of necessity commence with a reference to the maker of the "first pianoforte constructed in France." This was Sebastien Erard, a native of Strasburg, who, at 16, on the death…

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The Wine Show at Adelaide

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1880 · page 2

ADELAIDE. Monday.—The results of the wine competition at the Agricultural Society's Annual Show are now issued. Joseph Gilbert, of South Australia, has won the cup for his light red…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 3

The attendance at the Garden Palace is still keeping up to a fair average, as will be seen from yesterday's returns, viz.:—Season ticket holders, 320; general public, 2878; children, 496; exhibitors and attendants,…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 4

The admissions to the Exhibition yesterday aggregated 4438. distributed as follows:-- Season tickets, 320: public, 2878; children, 496; exhibitors. &c., 744…

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Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 2

In order to meet tho deficiency in their fonds, the committee of the Sydney Industrial Exhibition purpose having a very interesting entertainment on the occasion of the distribution of prizes, which is to…

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International Exhibition. Music at the Garden Palace

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 3

The music at the Garden Palace on Saturday and Friday was of the usual kind, such as we have repeatedly noticed, and as most of it has been board very often, it begins to grow frightfully monotonous…

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Belgium and the Melbourne Exhibition. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 5

A Belgian Commission for the Melbourne International Exhibition has been appointed. If the applicants for space are allowed an extension of time, the Government will ask the…

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International Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1880 · page 3

There is only a small attendance at the Garden Palace this morning, but this is doubtless owing to the extreme heat of the weather. The greater number of persons now visit the building in the afternoon,…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1880 · page 2

There was a moderately large attendance at the Garden Palace yesterday. The main building — particularly the basement portion—was delightfully cool, and visitors, therefore, confined themselves…

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