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Shows & fairs, 1883

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Poultry at the Camden Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 20

There were not many exhibits in this section at the above show, but the quality was above the average. It is a matter of regret that in the opinion of many the best birds did not win in several cases; in fact…

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England and Free Trade. [A Pl[?] for Fair Trade.]

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 1

THE following remarks by Sir EDWARD SULLIVAN, which appeared in a recent issue of the “Nineteenth Century,” should be read with interest at the present juncture when…

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Notes on the Molong P. and A. Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 19

THE members of the Molong P. and A. Association are to be congratulated upon the success which attenddd their efforts to make this their fifth annual show, on the 26th and 27th April, worthy of…

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The Great Glove Contest. Exhibition Building Refused

Evening News · Monday 21 May 1883 · page 3

A special committee meeting of the City Council was held at the Town Hall this morning to consider an application received, asking for the use of the Exhibition building on Saturday night for the…

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Calcutta Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 5

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission in connection with the Calcutta Exhibition, was held at the Frce Library yesterday, when the chair was occupied by Mr. J. F. Burns, M.L.A., and there was a large attendance of…

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Calcutta International Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 3

An ordinary meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Colcutta International Exhibition was held at the Public Library yesterday afternoon. The following gentlemen were present…

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Fair Plat to Colonial Industries. the Meeting at Lithgow. [By Telegraph.] Lithgow

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 3

A crowded and enthusiastic meeting at the School of Arts was held to-night to discuss the treatment accorded to Mr Sydney Smith's motion, to native industries. The chair was occupied by…

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Calcutta International Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 26

THE New South Wales Commissioners of the Calcutta International Exhibition hold their first meeting on Tuesday, May 15, at the Public Free Library. Sir Patrick Jennings, K.C.M.G., president,…

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The Amsterdam Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 8

LONDON, May 18.—The Amsterdam Exhibition is still incomplete, and the attendance is declining…

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Fancy Fair in a[?]d of R.C. Convent, Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon last, the Fancy Fair in the Park Pavilion, in aid of the local R.C. Convent, preparations for which have occupied the time and attention of most of the members…

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Calcutta Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 May 1883 · page 3

A meeting of the Calcutta Exhibition commission was held yesterday afternoon at the Free Public Library, Sir Patric Jennings, K.C.M.G., being in the chair. There were…

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Calcutta International Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1883 · page 9

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission of the Culcutla International Exhibition was held yesterday afternoon, at the Free Public Library, the chair being taken by Sir Patrick Jennings, K.C.M.G. The other members…

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The Clove Contest. Fair play is bonnie play. To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 30 May 1883 · page 5

Sir,—The able compiler of the well-written and elaborate introduction to the report of the recent glove contest, which appeared in your yesterday's columns, having been rather sarcastically facetious at…

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Muswellbrook Show. MUSWELLBROOK

Evening News · Thursday 31 May 1883 · page 2

The show was opened to-day in favourable weather. The exhibits were good, although the number did not reach the usual average. The prises have hot yet been awarded…

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The Amsterdam Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 June 1883 · page 9

The special correspondent of the Times sends an account of the inception of the Amsterdam Exhibition, the intentions of its first promoters, and the priciple upon which the enterprise was ultimately launched, from which we take…

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Intercolonial Juvenile Exhibition

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 8

THE first meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Joint Stock Bank on Monday last, when nearly all the members attended, and when a considerable amount of preliminary…

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St. Patricks Cathedral International Fair, Melbourne

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 15

A FINAL meeting of the Fair Committee was held in the Archbisop's libray on Monday afternoon about 50 members being in attendance. The report nof the Exceutive Committee was…

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The Juvenile Exhibition. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 5

SIR,—So much has been made by the Sydney journals of tho unexplained absence of the Member for Parramatta from the meeting anent the Juvenile Exhibition, that I think it only…

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The Sheep Schedule of the Metropolitan Show. to Tub Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 1028

Sir,—In reference to the show shortly to be held by the Agricultural Society of New South Wales in Sydney, my attention has been drawn to section 3, where it is slated that in making entries exhibitors must state age,…

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Calcutta International Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 June 1883 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon the meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Calcutta International Exhibition was held at the Free Public Library, to receive the reports of the various…

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