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Shows & fairs, 1887

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Our Special Cables. Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 5

London, Thursday.-- Sixty-five thousand feet of space has been allotted to intending British exhibitors at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 24

The preliminary preparations for the Centennial Exhibition are being pressed forward by the Chief Secretary in anticipation of the Cabinet meeting on Thursday. There is to be a small executive committee…

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The Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 5

Adelaide, Friday.--The Northern Territory is not to have a separate court at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, but the products of the northern dependency are to be grouped…

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Preserved Eggs at the Dairy Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 20

The preserved eggs, says the Field, were very interesting. One set was placed in an hermetically sealed tin vessel, closely soldered down, and were inaccessible to the judge. The first prize went to a lot described as "packed in good…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1887 · page 5

Five hundred and seventy-one British firms will exhibit at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, the space allotted to them being 65,000 cubic feet…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1887 · page 9

The list of applicants for space at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition has closed. The applications have reached a total of 609, representing 60,000 cubic feet of space. The…

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Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 5

London, Tuesday.--Prior to January 1 there were 580 applicants for 68,000ft. of space in tho Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. Applications for 1430ft. have…

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Our London Letter. Mr. D. Buchanan and Fair Trade. the Imperial Institute. Mr. Salomons and the Chief Justiceship. English Theatrical News

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 3

London. November 26. -- Mr. David Buchanan has just called to tell me the result of his interview with the committee of the Fair-Trade League. The point to be…

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The Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

The annual meeting in connection with the Agricultural Society was [?]ield at Tattereall's-buildinge, Hunter-street, yesterday. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. W. Richardson. The attendance was small…

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Agricultural Society C New South Wales. the Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 6

The annual meeting of this society was he at Tattersall's-buildings, Hunter-street, yesterday afternoon. Mr. W.W. Richardson (chairman) presided, and there were about a doze…

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Adelaide Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A meeting of the Victorian commission to the Adelaide Exhibition was held to-day, when the report of the president, which was read, showed that very…

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The Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 5

Sir Herbert Sandford collects 200 excellent English pictures for the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, and will also obtain an equal number of paintings from the Continent…

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Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. an Executive Commission Appointed. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The first real step in connection with promoting the Centennial Exhibition is 1888 was made to-day, when the Executive met and appointed an Executive…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 5

The following have been appointed members of the Executive Royal Commission for the Centennial Exhibition:—Chief Justice Higinbotham, president; Sir James M'Bain, President of the…

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The Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 65

The annual meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at the rooms of the society, Tattersall's-buildings, on Thursday, Mr. W. W. Richardson, chairman of the society, presiding. The following…

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Moruya Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 13

After a portion of this issue had gone to press, we received a letter from the secretary of the Moruya Agricultural and Pastoral Society; notifying that the date of its show had been altered…

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Proposed Fancy Fair at Goulbuen

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 18

AT 11 o'clock Mass on Sunday his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan announced that it was proposed to organize a fancy fair, the funds derived from which would be devoted to paying off…

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Mr. David Buchanan and Fair Trade. Mr. Norton Denounced

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1887 · page 5

London, Saturday.--Mr. David Buchanan, of New South Wales, addressing a fair-trade meeting, warmly advocated a system of protection for the colony…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1887 · page 7

The British art collection for the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition includes 65 large oil paintings, 53 watercolour drawings, and many photographs. The collection will be…

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The Centennial Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1887 · page 3

Sir,—A few weeks ago you published a letter from me on the above subject, and it appears that the suggestion contained therein having "caught the ball at the bound," the matters was brought prominently before Sir Patrick…

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