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Shows & fairs, 1886

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The Indo-colonial Exhibition. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 10

Mr. James Thomson, secretary to the Victorian Commission at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, who left Melbourne on December 17, has arrived in London…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 4

The following additional commissioners have been appointed to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition:—Alfred John Cape, M.A., Randolph Nott, John Tait, Walter Hussey Vivian, Frederick Wilson Utter,…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1886 · page 3

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was held on Tuesday, in the Colonial Secretary's office. A letter was received from the Under-Secretary, notifying that…

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Bega Show Ground

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1886 · page 4

On Tuesday a deputation, consisting of Mr. G. P. Kerrison, president of the Bega, Agricultural Society, and Messrs. H. Clarke and J. P. Garvan, members for Eden, waited on the Minister of Lands, with the…

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Deputation. the Show Ground at Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1886 · page 5

A deputation consisting of Mr. G. P. Kerrison, president of the Agricultural Society of Bega, and Mr. J. P. Dowling, accompanied by Messrs. Henry Clarke and J. P. Garvan, members for the district of Eden, waited upon the Minister…

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Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Meeting of the New South Wales Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1886 · page 7

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was held at one of the rooms in the Colonial Secretary's department yesterday afternoon. The chair was occupied by Sir Edward…

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Colonial and Indian Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 3

A meeting of the New South Wales commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was held at the Colonial Secretary's office on Tuesday afternoon, when Sir Edward Strickland,…

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Wollongong Show. WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 6

The weather in all that could be desired. Dairy farming and dairy cattle are the principle features of the show, Butter of a superior quality is on exhibition. Fruit is an especial feature of the show and…

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Wollongong Agricultural Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--The annual show of the Wollongong Agricultural and Horticultural Society commenced today, and will be continued tomorrow. The affair is in every…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 7

The fourth annualshow held by the Wollongong Agricultural Society opened this morning. The showground, which is about a mile from the town, is one of the most picturesque spots in the district, being on the borders of the…

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Bathurst Agricultural Society

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1886 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Society took place in the local Town Hall, on Thursday. Mr. W. H. Suttor, M.L.C., was in the chair. The following officers were…

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The Wollongong Agricultural Show Second Day. (By Our Own Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1886 · page 11

The fourth annual show of th Wollongong Agricultural Society, which closed yesterday, may be fairly considered the most successful meeting of the kind ever held in Wollongong. The weather was fine throughout, and the…

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Indian and Colonial Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 276

The shipments of exhibits from this colony to London for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition have proceeded very satisfactorily, and nearly 300 tons have been sent away. In accordance with a decision arrived at by the…

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Flower Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 3

A MEETING of the Flower Show committee was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening, Mr. J. Nobbs in the chair. Messrs. Olsen, Grimwood, Richardson, Hastings,…

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Bega Show Ground

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 13

On Tuesday a depntation, consisting of Mr, G. P. Kerrison, president of the Bega Agricultural Society, and Messrs. H. Clarke and J. P. Garvan, members for Eden, waited on the Ministor of Landa, with the…

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Wollongong Show. WOLLONGONG

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 13

The weather ia all that could be desired. Dairy farming and dairy cattle are the principle features of the show. Butter of a superior quality is on exhibition. Fruit is an special feature of the show, and…

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"Fair Trade."

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1886 · page 6

Writing recently to Mr. S. L. Hughes, of Ipswich, on the Royal Commission on Depression in Trade, Mr. Jesse Collings, M.P., observed:—"Looking at the action and composition of the commission, I think…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 6

Thus LONDON TRUTH:—As Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen has announced that the Prince of Wales has accepted the executive presidency of the Colonial Exhibition of next year, the opportunity is a fitting…

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Expenditure for the Colonial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1886 · page 4

The Colonial Secretary states that it is impracticable to furnish any estimate of the probable total expenditure on the part of this colony in connection with the Colonial…

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Flower-show Committee

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1886 · page 3

THE above committee met in the School of Arts on Monday evening. Present: Messrs. H. Richardson, (chair), Baker, Olsen, Grimwood, Ivin, and Hastings. The minutes of…

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