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Shows & fairs, 1882

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Bartiemv Fair

Evening News · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 4

It would appear that the promoters of the forthcoming Bartiemy Fair are determined to achieve success by deserving it. The fair is to be, opened in due form at the Exhibition Building,…

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Vanity Fair

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 28

HE latest craze among ladies of wealth and fashion [?]n England is for moleskin coats, which, from the minute size of the animals and the difficulty of unearthing them from their subtoranean abodes, are…

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Destruction of the Hygienic Exhibition Building

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 9

LONDON, May 14.—The International Hygienic Exhibition building at Berlin has been destroyed by fire…

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Vanity Fair on Mr. Gladstone and Snobbishness

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 6

Vanity Fair finds fault with the Daily News for the way it "manufactures a cheap sort of halo around the Premier's head whenever he happens to go to the theatre." Our…

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Richmond River A., H., and P. Society's Annual Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 799

The annual exhibition under the auspices of this society was held on the grounds of the society, South Casino, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 9 and 10. The weather was all that could be desired; and the show, altogether, may be…

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The Bartlemy Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1882 · page 6

This fair which is intended to represent a revival in this country of the one which ran in Smithfield, and was known as "Old Bartlemy" for several centuries, will commence at the Exhibition Building Prince Alfred Park, this…

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Bartlemy Fair

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1882 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Various opinions were expressed as to the success likely to be met with by this fair, following so closely on the more pretentious "Favres" of olden time in the Garden Palace and St. Mary's…

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The Bartlemy Fair

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 May 1882 · page 3

This place of amusement attracted a large number of visitors during the afternoon of yesterday. There was, of course, nothing like the crowd that gathered there on the previous day, and those who…

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The Berlin Hygienic Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 May 1882 · page 9

LONDON, May 17.—In consequence of the fire which occurred at the Berlin Hygienic Exhibition a few days ago, the exhibition has been postponed for a year…

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Bartlemy Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1882 · page 6

Burtlemy Fair at the old Exhibition Building, in Prince Alfred Park, was fairly attended on Saturday afternoon and evening, and the various amusements, seemed to meet with the approval of the spectators. The fair will be…

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Mudgee Sheep Show. MUDGEE

Evening News · Wednesday 31 May 1882 · page 5

For the Mudgee Sheep Show to-day the weather was wet and the attendance small. The exhibits were good, and numbered 84 in 13 sections. Messrs. James Lee, C. W. Lawson, A. H…

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Mudgee Sheep Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1882 · page 6

The Mudgee Sheep Show was held to-day, during a continuous and heavy fall of rain which prevented a large attendance The sheep exhibits were both numerous and good, fully maintaining the high reputation of…

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The Bordeaux Wine Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 4

PARIS, June 1.-In consequence of many of the exhibits being yet incomplete, the opening of the Wine Exhibition at Bordeaux has been postponed for a fortnight…

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The Bordeaux Wine Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 4

PARIS, June 1.—In consequence of many of the exhibits being yet incomplete, the opening of the Wine Exhibition at Bordeaux has been postponed for a fortnight…

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Mudgee Sheep Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 20

THE rain so badly wanted fell in torrents on Tuesday, the day set apart for the Mudgee Sheep Show, and which serves as an introduction to the sales. But there was a large attendance, numbers being buyers…

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Mr. Parnell and the Proposed Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 7

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Charles Dawson, M.P., has received the subjoined letter from Mr. Parnell, M.P. :— Kilmainham Prison, March 25; 1882…

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Ladies' Page. Fair is Thy Brow, 6, Sabbath!

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 28

FAIR is thy brow, O, Sabbath! Bright is thy golden eye, Sweet is thy breath of incense, Deep is thy lullaby…

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Mudgee Sheep Show. Mudgee

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 879

The Mudgee Sheep Show was held to-day, daring a continuous and heavy fall of rain which prevented a large attendance. The sheep exhibits were both numerous and good, fully maintaining the high reputation of…

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The Cathedral Fair. Meeting of Ladies at St. Mary's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 18

ON Sunday afternoon the ladies belonging to the various, Catholic parishes of the city and suburbs who had taken part in the Fancy Fair lately held in the new Cathedral assembled, at the…

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