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Shows & fairs, 1883

940 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 47

The Twopenny Show

Sydney Punch · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 1

[?]USTRALIA'S vast region in sunlight lies, Producing mosquitos, B flats, and flies ; And a Twopenny gentleman, blithe and gay, Is taking his mid-winter holiday…

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The Amsterdam Exhibition. London, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 9

Owing to the defective construction of that portion of the Amsterdam Exhibition Building in the vicinity of the Victorian Court, the exhibits in that court have suffered…

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The Proposed Australasian Exhibition. To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 7

SIR,—The article in Saturday's issue of your [?] morning contemporary on the Australian Exhibition is evidently written under such a total misconception of the nature of my proposals that I would…

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Exhibition of the Engineering Association, N.S. Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 14

THE Engineering Association's exhibition was opened on Thursday afternoon in the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park. There was a very fair attendance of visitors, including a large number of ladies,…

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The Engineers' Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1883 · page 6

The exhibition by the Engineering Association which is being held in the building in Prince Alfred Park still continues to be a great source of attraction. On Saturday, both dining the day and night, the attendances were large,…

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The Proposed Australasian Exhibition. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1883 · page 3

Sir,--I feel it very hard that your contemporary the S. M, Herald, has refused to insert any reply from me, however short, to the objections made in its leading columns to my proposal for an Australasian…

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The Engineers' Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1883 · page 5

Taking into consideration the unpleasant state of the weather yesterday, the attendance at the Exhibition held by the Engineers' Association in Prince Alfred Park, was very good. In the afternoon his Excellency Governor Loftus…

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Calcutta Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 July 1883 · page 3

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Calcutta International Exhibition was held yesterday afternoon, at the Free Public Library. Mr Combes, C.M.G., M.L.[?]., occupied the chair,…

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Calcutta International Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1883 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the Commission of the Calcutta International Exhibition was held yesterday afternoon, at the Free Public Library, presided over by Mr. Edward Combes, C.M.G., M.L.A. The other members…

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Engineering Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 5 July 1883 · page 2

We have been requested to draw attention to a concession which has been granded by the Railway Department tp public [?] children de[?]rons of attending the Registering [?]…

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Australasian Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 5 July 1883 · page 2

A COUPLE of weeks ago we commented upon a proposal made by Mr. TWOPENY to hold an exhibition, of Australasian products in London, and we expressed ourselves generally as being in…

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Engineering Association Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 July 1883 · page 3

The attendance at the conversazione now being held at the Exhibition building, Prince Alfred Park, was yesterday satisfactory, considering the weather, which was cold and occasionally, wet…

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The Engineers Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1883 · page 6

Yesterday the attendance at the exhibition which the Engineering Association are holding at Prince Alfred Park indicated that the affair is becoming increasingly interesting. In fact at night it was so large that an…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Engineering Association Conversazione, Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1883 · page 8

NOTICE is hereby given that until SATURDAY next, the 7th instant, Public School Children desirous of attending the above will be allowed to travel by Railway at ¼d per mile, including return—minimum charge 3d…

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Fair Play League

Evening News · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 3

Great progress is being made with the organisation of the Fair Play League, the object of which is to watch and promote the interests of native industries. The Hon. William Macleay has given his adherence…

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The Engineers Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 6

The Engineers' Exhibition which is being held at Prince Alfred Park was crowded last night, and was also largely attended during the day. A number of now articles illustrative of applied mechanics were on view,…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Engineering Association Conversazione, Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that until SATURDAY next, the 7th instant, Public School Children desirous of attending the above will be allowed to travel by Railway at 1/4d pet mile, including return—minimum charge 3d…

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The Engineers' Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 40
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

This exhibition, first of its kind in Sydney, has been a growing and a remarkable success. Opened with some considerable stir and flourish, it at once took the attention of the community, and has since been steadily attractive. It…

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The Fair Play League

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 4

WE are naturally pleased after our long and persistent advocacy of the doctrine of Discriminative Protection for [?] industries, through good…

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