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Shows & fairs, 1884

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News by Telegraph. Grafton Agricultural Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 May 1884 · page 5

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--The annual Exhibition which was held yesterday and to-day, was thinly attended, owing to the wet weather. It rained all day, and still continues. The show of horses,…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1884 · page 10

The Hawkesbury Show has been postponed till the 8tb, 9th, and 10th of May, in consequence of the heavy rain, about inches having fallen during the last 36 hours; rain is still falling heavily. A splendid collection of agricultural…

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The Clarence Pastoral and Agricultoral Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1884 · page 10

The inclement weather of last night and to-day has had a most depressing off[?] on the show. The rain poured down incessantly last night and to-day heavy showers were of frequent occurrence. Consequently the attendance…

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The Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Grafton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 847

The inclement weather of last night and to-day has had a most depressing effect on the show. The rain poured down incessantly last night, and to-day heavy showers were of frequent occurrence. Consequently the attendance…

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Wagga A. and H. Socity. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 6

A meeting of the Wagga Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held in the Pastoral Hotel last craning. On the motion of Mr. A. T. Bolten it mi resolved to dissolve the society, and…

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Exhibition in London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 11

LONDON, April 24.—The Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Robert Fowler, M.P., opened in the Crystal Palace, yesterday, the London International and Universal Exhibition, of which Mr…

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Calcutta Exhibition. MELBOURNE, Saturday. I

Evening News · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 4

At a meeting of the Calcutta Exhibition Committee, which was held yesterday, Mr. James Thomson, the secretary, read a report which shows what was done at the Exhibition after…

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Grafton Show. (By Telegraph, From Our Reporter.) Grafton

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 15

THE eighteenth exhibition of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society was opened in Grafton yesterday The weather was cloudy and threatening from early monrning, and heavy rain fell during the afternoon. Pesnite this…

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The Blue Ribbon Movement. Mr. R. T. Booth at the Exhibition Building

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1884 · page 5

The campaign against intemperance set on foot, by the American lecturer, Mr R. T. Booth, opened at the Exhibition building, in Prince Alfred Park, yesterday afternoon. The audience was one of the…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1884 · page 7

The fifth annual show of the Hawkesbury Agricultural Association was opened to-day, under conditions which were rather favourable. A few rainy days, which did the district more good than half-a-dozen shows could have done,…

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The Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 883

The eighteenth annual show of this society, notwithstanding the very unfavourable season experienced by agriculturists and the district generally, bid fair to have been a tolerably successful one but for the rain, which prevented…

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Sham Exhibition Honours

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 10

It has been a subject of curiosity among readers of the reports of various recent exhibitiona, and notably of these of Calcutta and Amsterdam, how many exhibitors were omitted…

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The New Orleans Exhibition

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 14

PREPARATIONS for the World's Exhibition, which opens in New Orleans in December next, are rapidly advancing. Arrangements have been completed for the embellishment of the Exhibition grounds, which embrace 247…

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Hawkesbury Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 4

THESE was a fair attendance of visitors at the opening of the Hawkesbury Show on Thursday last. We are indebted to the “Herald” for following description of the exhibits, our…

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Wagga A. and H. Society. [By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.] Wagga Wagga

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 12

A MEETING of the Wagga Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held in the Pastoral Hotel last evening. On the motion of Mr. A. T. Bolton it waa resolved to dissolve the society, and…

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Reuter's Messages. The Health Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 5

London, May 8. -- Field Marshall H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge formally opened the International Food and Health Ehibition at South Kensington to-day…

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Cable Messages The Health Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 4

[Most of the following message appeared in our Second Edition yesterday]:— LONDON, May 8.—Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge formally opened the…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 17
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

THE annual show held in connection with the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association was commenced on Thursday last. The show, which, owing to the inclemency of the weather, was postponed from…

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The Hawkesbury Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 5

The Hawkesbury show was continued yesterday, but the attendance was much less than it ought to have been. Considering the season it is wonderful where the agricultural products came from, as…

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