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Shows & fairs, 1883

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The Mudgee Show. [By Telegraph.] Mudgee

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 July 1883 · page 3

The annual show in connection with the Mudgee Agricultural Society was opened to - day, under circumstances favourable to its success. The Weather was beautifully fine, and the attendance…

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Mudgee Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1883 · page 6

The second annual show of the Mudgee Agricultural Society opened to-day under rather favourable auspices, and may be regarded as one of the best of its kind which have occurred in Mudgee The position of the socioty was very…

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Mudgee Show. MUDGEE

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1883 · page 2

The agricultural show was again largely patronised yesterday. The weather was splendid, and great interest was taken by the spectators in the various horse parades. J. L. Brown's…

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Mudgee Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1883 · page 8

The second day of this year's Mudgee show was quite as successful as the first. The weather was almost summery, and the day was observed as a general holiday. The attendance on the show ground was large. The parades…

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Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, Woollahra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1883 · page 5

A Juvenile Industrial Exhibition by the pupils of the Sunday-school in connection with the Wollahra Congregational Church, Point Piper-road, was opened last evening at the school-room, and proved very successful. The room…

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Jerilderie Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jerilderie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1883 · page 8

The judging in connection with the Jerilderie Pustoral and Agricultural Show, which is to be opened on Thursday, took place to-day. The judges in the sheep classes were Messrs. Patrick Macfa[?]rland of Barooga, and R. W. Franks…

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Show-ground at Bombala

Evening News · Friday 27 July 1883 · page 2

Mr. Badgery, M.L.A., introduced Messrs. Toohey and Hyde to the Colonial Secretary as a deputation from Bombala, to ask the Government to give some monetary assistance towards the purchase of a piece…

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Bombala Agricultural Society

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 July 1883 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of Messrs Badgery and Tooth, Ms.L.A., and Mr Hyde, waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday morning to request that a special grant might be made to the Bombala…

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Jerilderie Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Jerilderie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1883 · page 175

The judging in connection with the Jerilderie Pastoral and Agricultural Show, which is to be opened on Thursday, took place to-day. The judges in the sheep classes were Messrs. Patrick Macfarland of Barooga, and R. W. Franks…

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Victorian Poultry and Dog Society's Show. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1883 · page 184

The above show was opened this afternoon by Sir W. J. Clarke, Bart, in the presence of about 4000 people, with everything in a very backward condition, and with a great number of the exhibits still unjudged. The Town Hall…

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Intercolonial Dog and Poultry Show. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 July 1883 · page 5

The intercolonial dog and poultry show, which was opened in the Exhibition building to-day, was extremely well patronised by the public. The competition in connection with the…

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Victorian Poultry and Dog Show. (By Telegraph. From Our Special Reporter.) Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 July 1883 · page 13

THE Victorian Poultry and Dog Society opened its Grand International Show this afternoon in a state of unpreparedness for which I would not have given our go-ahead cousins credit. Nono of the exhibits…

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The Calcutta Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 30 July 1883 · page 2

CALCUTTA, July 28.—The preparations for the approaching exhibition are well forward. When completed the building will cover an area of 25 acres. The shipments of frozen meat will,…

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The Calcutta Exhibition. Calcutta, July 28

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1883 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The preparations for the Exhibition are well forward. The buildings, when completed, will cover 25 acres. In the shipments of frozen meat a good show of stock from the colonies…

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Calcutta Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 July 1883 · page 3

A meeting of the Commissioners for the Calcutta Exhibition was hold in the Free Public Library yesterday, Sir Patrick Jennings presiding. Some correspondence was read,…

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Calcutta International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 July 1883 · page 6

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Calcutta International Exhibition was held under the presidency of Sir Patrick Jennings, at the Free Public Library, yesterday. Some correspondence was read from…

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Fair Play to Native Industries. [By Telegraph.] Lithgow

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 July 1883 · page 3

A large and enthusiastic public meeting was held here this evening, in connection with the Fair Play to Native Industries movement. Mr. James O'Brien, president of the Political…

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The Proposed Adelaide Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 July 1883 · page 6

The report of the interior arrangement committee of the Exhibition of 1886 recommends the adoption of the site proposed on King William-road, between Government House and the River Torrens, and…

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Fair Play to Native Industries. Meeting at Lithgow

Evening News · Wednesday 1 August 1883 · page 8

Mr. Ninian Melville, M.P., having delivered a speech at Lithgow on Friday evening last, in which the aims and promoters of the Fair Play League were misrepresented, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan attended a…

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