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Shows & fairs, 1885

978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 49

Shakesperian Fancy Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 8

The attendance at the Shakesperian Fancy Fair, held in the Lion Arcade, King-street, Newtown, was very large yesterday, and numerous purchase[?] were made, the fair being open as usual from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., and from 7…

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The Art Society's Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 7

With every feeling of consideration and respect for the trustees of the National Art Gallery, we think it is to be regretted that they have not [?]arlier arrived at and made known their decision…

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Indian and Colonial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 4

The Governor in Council has appointed the following additional members of the Indian and Colonial-Exhibition Committee to act in the colony:--Joseph Abbott, of Marrickville, Philip…

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Carcoar Show. CARCOAR

Evening News · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 6

The Carcoar Agricultural aid Pastoral Show was a decided success, notwithstanding the inclement weather. Rain fell at intervals during the day; but at noon the weather cleared and large numbers of…

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Coonamble Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 5

The second show in conncetion with the Coonamble Pastoral and Agricultural Association took place to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance fair, numbering about 400 people, including many country residents. The exhibits…

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Orange Show. ORANGE

Evening News · Friday 10 April 1885 · page 6

The annual show of the Orange Agricultural and Pastoral Association began this morning. The number and quality of the exhibits compare favorably with those of previous exhibitions held in connection…

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Hunter River Show. MAITLAND

Evening News · Friday 10 April 1885 · page 5

The Hunter River Agricultural Show, to be held in Maitland on April 22, 23, land 24, promises to eclipse anything in the show line yet recorded in New South Wales…

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Amusing Breach of Promise Case. "May and December" Otes Again. Fair Plaintiff Smoked. a Gay Old Deceives

Evening News · Friday 10 April 1885 · page 6

At the Manchester Assizes, before Mr. Justice Day, a widow, fifty-four years of age, named Halii-well, living in Prescott-street, Bolton, sued a man ten years her senior for breach of promise of marriage…

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Clarence River Agricultural Society's Show. Grafton, April 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 761

On the second day the Clarence River Agricultural Society's Show was largely attended; about 3700 persons were on the ground, the gate receipts being £146. The weather was fine, but rather warm. The parade of horses…

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Art Society Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 27

According to custom, we publish with the present issue a page of sketches of some of the principal pictures in the exhibition of the Art Society. It will be noticed that the subjects are…

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Art Society's Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 9

When the national art collection was housed in Elizabeth-street, the complaint justly made by the gentlemen and ladies who were working hard to nurse it into the popularity it deserved even then, and has since attained, was that the…

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International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 9

We are indebted to the Hon. Acting Colonial Secretary (Mr. Dalley) for a copy of the following letter from the Agent-General, enclosing a list of the diplomas awarded to New South Wales in connection with the International…

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Show Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 21

We regret to learn that the pastoralists of Arm dale and district were so unmindful of the interests of the district that they allowed an important question to lapse through want of attendance at the…

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The Shakesperian Fair at Newtown

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 17

To those who wish to gratify their pleasure by witnessing an extremely pretty spectacle, and afc the same time to exercise their charity by helping a really deserving object, we recommend the…

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Hunter River Agricultural Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The Hunter River Agricultural Show, to be held in Maitland on April 22, 23, 21, promises to be the most successful ever held here. The entries, which closed…

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Fine Arts. The Art Society's Exhibition. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 768

Following the ambitious attempts of well-known artiste come a multitude of works of a singularly even degree of excellence, Messrs. Daplyn, Mather, Carse, Paterson, George Collingridge, and Andrews keeping…

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Orange Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 9

ORANGE, Thursday.--The show opened to-day on the Cricket Ground. The attendance was large, and the exhibits very numerous. The general opinion is that the quality and quantity of the…

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Carcoar Pastoral and Agricultural Association Show. Carcoar

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 762

The Carcoar Pastoral and Agricultural Association held their annual exhibition to-day on the cricket ground, situated at Forks' third section of the railway line. The weather, which during the past few days has been threaten…

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Coonamble Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show. Coonamble

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 765

The second show in connection with the Coonamble Pastoral and Agricultural Association took place to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance fair, numbering about 400 people, including many country residents. The exhibits…

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Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 17

THIS, is indeed "the winter of our discontent," and I see but few people who are able cheerfully to maintain the fiction about the invigorating and bracing effects of an English winter. Day after day we in London see…

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