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Shows & fairs, 1887

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The Melbourne Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 5

London, Friday.--- A meeting of the London committee of the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, who have control of all questions concerning the exhibitors of the…

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Miscellaneous. A Fair Florentine

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 2

She bath eyes that shame the night, Deep and mystic, dark with doom, Rich in thought, alive with light When the passion flowers bloom…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 1328

The ceremonial connected with the opening of the Jubilee Exhibition took place to-day, and was a great success Early in the morning light showers fell and the day broke gloomily, but about noon the sun pierced…

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Notes of the Week. The Adelaide Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 1315

South Australia is the one colony in the Empire whose jubilee coincides with that of the monarch, and on the fiftieth anniversary of the day on which the Queen was proclaimed her representative in…

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Lismore Agricultural Show. Lismore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 1345

The third annual show of the Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society was opened to-day. The ground was in fair order, about 1000 perrons being present. The show of horses and dairy stock was full and good, but all the prizes…

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Central Australian Pastoral Association Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 3

BOURKE Friday.-- The Central Australian Pastoral Show's dinner was a great success. Among the guests were the t[?]n. George Les and Thomas Cumming, M.L.C., Messrs…

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Coonamble Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Coonamble

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 1345

The Pastoral and Agricultural show was held to-day, and was largely attended, there being about 500 persons on the ground. The show of stock was by far the best ever held at Coonamble. Some fine draught horses were…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 12

The British collection of exhibits is very extensive, and attracts much attention. A portion is shown in the main building, and the remainder in the western annexe, the whole occupying a ground space equal to…

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Telegrams. the Adelaide Exhibition. "Thought can wing its way swifter than lightning [?]ashes." —PERCIVAL

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — The opening of the Jubilee Exhibition here took place shortly after noon to-day, and a brilliant concourse of persons was present. During the morning the main…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Adelaide Exhibition. London, June 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 12

H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, president of the British Commission for the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, has cabled to Sir Herbert Sandford, the British Executive Commissioner,…

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Ministerial Visit to Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Sunday.--The Parliamentary truth contesting the Ministers of the Crown and the members of Parliament, will leave Spencer street station tomorrow night at 19…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. London, June 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 7

Mr. Vincent Barrington starts for the Continent on Tuesday next, with the view of inducing European manufacturers to send exhibits to the Melbourne Centennial…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 7

The cantata, "The Song of Australia," and the other music which was performed at the opening of the Exhibition, was repeated yesterday afternoon, in the presence of the Governor, Chief Justice Way, and a…

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Our Centennial Celebration. Creation of a "Queen's Park." a National Memorial. an Exhibition of Colonial Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 4

As has already been intimated the Premier will announce in the Legislative Assembly tonight the proposals of the Government in regard to the celebration of the centenary of New…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 9

Large numbers of visitors, principally from Melbourne, attracted by the Exhibition, arrive daily. A special train to-day brought the Hon. D. Gillies, Premier, and many other members of Parliament from…

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C.C.A. and H. Association

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 6

A well attended meeting of the Central Cumberland Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held at the Parramatta School of Arts on Wednesday evening to determine whether the…

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The Exhibition Commission

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 5

This morning there were two meetings of committees of the Melbourne International: Exhibition Commission—one being the wool and the other the executive committee…

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Annual Stud Sheep Fair

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 5

The annual stud sheep sales will commence on Tuesday next, and to-day the sheep are all comfortably penned, and are thrown open to the inspection of the public. Besides some 2000…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 5
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London. Friday.--Sir Graham Berry is urging Sir Henry Holland to hasten the completion of the Royal Commission for the Melbourne Exhibition…

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