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Shows & fairs, 1881

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Petersham Juvenile Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 5

Last evening was to have been the closing of the exhibition of works of juvenile art and industry in connection with the exhibition of the Petersham Juvenile Association, but as the inclemency of the…

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The Sydney Exhibition Medals

Evening News · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The following correspondence has been forwarded to as for publication:—Uralla, Pyrmont Bridge-road, Sydney, May 5, 1881. The Honourable Sir Henry Parkes, K.C.M.G.. Colonial…

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International Exhibition of Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 9

LONDON,June 2— To-day his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught presided at the opening of the International Exhibition of Wool at the Crystal Palace,…

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Education in Sweden and Norway. Gleanings From the Official Catalogue of the Melbourne Exhibition

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 3

IN OUR former papers we gathered a few facts from the Introduction to the Italian and also to the Spanish Exhibits, in the Official Catalogue of the International…

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The Sydney Exhibition Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1881 · page 6

We have received copies of correspondence which has taken place between Mr. John Plummer, of this city, and the Colonial Secretary in reference to the distribution of the Sydney Exhibition medals. The first letter is from Mr…

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CORRESPONDENCE. "SUBSCRIBER,"--The joint hon. secs, to the Bathurst Juvenile Industrial Exhibition are Messrs. Heary A. Crouch and C. E. B. Maybury, Bathurst. Amended Municipal Taxation. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 June 1881 · page 3

Sir,--Believing that a Bill to amend tho present Municipalities Act is now under consideration, it may not be out of place to state that many persona are of opinion that a more equitable system of taxation…

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The Sydney Exhibition Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1881 · page 9

We have received copies of correspondence which has taken place between Mr. John Plummer and the Colonial Secretary in reference to the distribution of the Sydney Exhibition medals. The first letter is from Mr. Plummer,…

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Education in France. Gleanings From the Official Catalogue of the Melbourne Exhibition

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 3

THE Kings of France were long the eldest sons of the Church of, Rome; but they were not always obedient, to the Holy Father. The " Galilean Liberties "…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Annual Intercolonial Sheep Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1021

On Wednesday and Thursday, 3rd and 4th August, 1881…

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Educaton "In Russia. Gleanings From the Official Catalogue of the Melbourne Exhibition

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 4

The great country of Russia " comprises one-sixth of the territorial part of the globe, and about one twenty-sixth part of its entire surface." It is the only country…

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Live Stock for Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1881 · page 6

It will be remembered that, when the project of holding a sheep show in Sydney in August was first mooted, Mr. Moser put himself in communication with the Victorian railway authorities, asking that Victorian exhibitors should…

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Melbourne International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1881 · page 3

The final meeting of the New South Wales Commission of the Melbourne International Exhibition was held in the long room of the Public Library yesterday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. There…

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Melbourne Exhibition Commission

Evening News · Tuesday 28 June 1881 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

THE New South Wales commissioners to the Melbourne exhibition held their final meeting yesterday in a room at the Free Library. The Hon. Captain Onslow, M.L.C, occupied the chair, and there were…

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The Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1881 · page 6

An adjourned meeting of the council of the Agriculturel Society was held in the society's rooms, George-street, yesterday, having for its principal object the consideration of the following clause to a report brought up by the…

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Agricultural Society of N.S.W.

Evening News · Thursday 30 June 1881 · page 3

An adjourned special meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at the rooms of the society, George-street, yesterday afternoon. Mr. P. N. Trebeck in the chair. Messrs. Richardson,…

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Melbourne Exhibition Commission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1881 · page 9

THE Now South Wales commissioners to the Melbourne exbibition held their final meeting on Monday in a room at the Frea Library. Tho Hon. Captain Onslow, M.L.C., occupied the chair, and there were…

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Live Stock for Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1881 · page 21

It will be remembered that, when the project of holding a sheep show in Sydney in August was first mooted, Mr. Moser put himself in communication with the Victorian railway authorities, asking that Victorian exhibitors should…

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The International Sheep Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1881 · page 28

In the agricultural columns of this issue it is stated that, although there were grave doubts concerning the advisableness of holding a sheep show this year in Sydney, it was not improbable that the council of the Agricultural Society would…

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