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Shows & fairs, 1884

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Exhibition at San Francisco

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 5

LONDON, January 6.--It is announced that a Universal Exhibition will be held at San Francisco in 1887…

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Mr. Sands' Exhibition of Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 8

In a previous notice we referred to the collection of water colours by colonial artists at Mr. John Sands' exhibition, and will n[?]w briefly notice the paintings in o[?]e which have been hung in the gallery. The number of oils is of course…

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To-day's Cables. The Hygienic Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 2

LONDON, JANUARY 7.—The various Agents General for the Australian colonies, at the request of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, have decided to inquire, by cable, of their…

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Proposed Hygienic Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LODNON, January 7.—The Hygienic Exhibition which it is proposed to held in London this year is beginning to engage public attention. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, late Governor…

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The Parramatta Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 6

The Juvenile Industrial Exhibition in Parramatta Park continues to be fairly attended, and the committee have been most assiduous in their efforts to render the exhibition attractive and interesting…

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[?]ile industrial Exhibition

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 2

THE attendees at the Juvenile Industrial [?] hibrti[?] [?] Saturday last was most gratifying about [?] persons being present. Owing to the non-appearance of the Young Australian…

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Parramatta Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 8

The attendance at the Juvenile Industrial Exhibition on Monday was greatly interfered with by the intense heat of the weather. Water was thrown on the roof by means of the fire hose in order to cool the building, and as the wator…

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Cable Messages The Projected Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 4

LONDON, January 7.—Mr. Murray Smith, Agent-General for Victoria, has intimated to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos that there is no likelihood of the Australasian colonies…

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The Colonial Exhibition in London. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 7

Mr. Murray Smith, Agent-General for Victoria, has hinted to the Dake of Buckingham that the colonies were unlikely to do anything that would have the effect of forestalling the…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) the Proposed Hygienic Exhibition. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 7

The Hygienic Exhibition which it is proposed to hold in London this year is beginning to engage public attention. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, late Governor of Madras,…

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The High Position Cornwall Took at the Fisheries Exhibition. To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 6

SIR,—I think the following list of awards would be read with interest by a great number of your readers.—Yours &c., JOHN R. EATHORNE. "In the class for nets two gold, eight silver and…

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Calcutta Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1884 · page 6

Some time ago, we learn, a telegram was received by the Calcutta Exhibition Commission in Sydney from their representative commissioner at Calcutta, asking to be furnished with the wholesale prices of such of the products of…

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The Next Exhibition in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1884 · page 5

The exhibition that is to succeed the Fisheries has been at length resolved upon. It is to be a Food and Health Exhibition. This is a kindred theme to the Fisheries, and ought to be even more interesting and attractive. Cookery…

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Calcutta Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 4
Also in Evening News

Under date 11th December, 1883, the Executive Commissioner of New South Wales at the Calcutta Exhibition reports to the Colonial Secretary as follows:— "Calcutta, 11th December, 1883…

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Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 8

The attendance at the exhibition on Wednesday was large and fashionable, being the most numerous, so far as the railway was concerned, since Boxing Day: the principal attraction, apart from the exhibits, was…

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International Fisheries Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 4

The following reports, addressed to the Agent-General in London by Mr. E. P. Ramsay, secretary of the New South Wales Court at the late International Fisheries Exhibition, have been handed to us by the Colonial Secretary for…

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The Hygienic Exhibition

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 2

LONDON, January 10.—Mr. R.Murray Smith, agent-General for Victoria, and Mr. Barr, member of the Victorian Parliament, have been appointed Vice-presidents of the Hygienic…

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The Calcutta Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 5

CALCUTTA, January 10.--The Calcutta International Exhibition continues to be largely patronised. 268,000 persons have paid for admission. Satisfactory sales have been made…

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