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Shows & fairs, 1887

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Australian Wines at Tee Adelaide Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 7

Mr. Bray, Treasurer of South Australia, who is on a visit to Victoria, has arranged that wines sent from the other colonies for sale at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, shall not be liable to Customs duties. This…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. (Bt Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The first meeting of the Executive Commission of the Centennial Exhibition was held to- day, Mr. Chief Justice Higinbotham presiding. It was decided that…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 7

Sir Herbert Sandford, the British Commissioner to the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, is urging the exhibitors from England to decorate the British court…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 7

Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Victoria, has requested Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chancellor, to use his influence in urging the European nations to send exhibits to the Melbourne…

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Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 5

London Tuesday.--The British exhibitors have accepted the proposed allotment of space in the Adelaide Exhibition…

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Melbourne Centennial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 5

London, Tuesday.--The Marquis of Salisbury has promised to notify the European Powers that an Exhibition will be held in Melbourne in 1888…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 7

The British exhibitors at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition are satisfied with the allotment of space made to them. The Argentine Republic will, be officially represented at the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 7

The London committee of the Centennial Exhibition will be at once appointed. The Agent-General has been requested to write to the gentlemen selected requesting them to accept the position. At an interview between…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 5

The attendance on the second day at the Dapto Show was considerably lessened by the showery weather, there being not more than 500 on the ground. The judging was proceeded with satisfactorily, and lasted all day. The…

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Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A meeting of the Royal Commission for South Australia to arrange for the representation of the colony's products and manufactures at the Adelaide…

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Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 3

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the above Exhibition was held yesterday afternoon at the Colonial Secretary's Office, there being present Dr. Renwick,…

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Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 5

The second weekly meeting in connection with the New South Wales Commission for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition was held at the Colonial Secretary's office yesterday afternoon. The Hon. A. Renwick,…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Premier has cabled the Agent-General, stating that the following gentlemen have been nominated as the London Commission for the Melbourne…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 7

Invitations have been sent by cable to the following gentlemen requesting them to accept positions on the London committee of the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition:—Sir Graham Berry, Mr. Childers, Sir Henry…

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The Agricultural Society's Next Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 249

The council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales have decided to hold their next show on the 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, and 25th of May next. The annual show of the Bombala Exhibition Society has…

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A "Fair" Exchange

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 9

A funny story is being told, in which two Russian noblemen and a favorite Parisian actress played the principal parts. Both of the Bayards were suitors for the lady's smiles; and both seemed to be equally…

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Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 11

LONDON, January 20.—Some of the most famous of the British artists and sculptors have intimated their intention of sending specimens of their genius to the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 222

Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Victoria, has requested Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chancellor, to use his influence in urging the European nations to send exhibits to the Melbourne…

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Dapto Agricultural Show. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 228

The annual show of the Dapto Agricultural Society was opened this morning, with fair weather, but the afternoon brought heavy showers, which completely stopped the judging. The attendance numbered about 500. The…

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The Australian Wines at the Adelaide Exhibition. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 232

Mr. Bray, Treasurer of South Australia, who is on a visit to Victoria, has arranged that wines sent from the other colonies for sale at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, shall not be liable to Customs duties. This…

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