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Shows & fairs, 1888

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 4

Visitors to Melbourne can have the Sydney Morning Herald sent to them for any number of days or weeks required, by sending orders to the publishing office, Hunter-street, Sydney…

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The German Fair

The Australian Star · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

The German fair now being held in the Exhibition building, Prince Alfred Park, in aid of the German church and school, was very largely patronised not only by…

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The Firemen's Carnival

The Australian Star · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 8

It was about a quarter to 12 when the first event on the programme, of which particulars follow, was commenced. The attendance was very fair indeed,…

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Volunteer Fire Brigade Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 3

Not the least amongst the many holiday attractions of yesterday was the New South Wales Volunteer Fire Brigades' International Centennial Carnival and Exhibition, which was held in the Agricultural Society's Show…

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Mudgeo Agricultural Show

The Australian Star · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 4

MUDO[?], This Day.--The agricultural show closed yesterday evening, with a large attendance…

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A Sunday Bird-fair at the East End

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 6

It is a bitterly cold morning; the sky [?] leaden, and the piercing East wind sweeps the dreary streets, driving before it a cloud of refuse left by Saturday night's tide of human[?]…

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Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. Queen's Birthday Review. Sydney Ture Club Races. Volunteer Fire Brigade Carnival. Leichhardt Bay Regatta. the German Fair. in the House. Leaders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 4

MR. SERVICE ON INTERCOLONIAL FREE TRADE. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE:…

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Picton Agricultural Society. Picton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1138

The annual show of the Picton Agricultural Society opened this morning with fine weather, but there was only Email attendance. There was no special morning train from Sydney, and therefore the judges and visitors who came…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 11

Visitors to Melbourne can have the Sydney Morning Herald sent to them for any number of days or weeks required, by sending orders to the publishing office, Hunter-street, Sydney…

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The German Fair

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1109
Also in The Daily Telegraph

This event, which has for so long a time occupied the attention of the German ladies and their friends in Sydney, was opened to the public on Saturday last. The Centenary Universal Exhibition closed on the Tuesday previous, and…

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Costumes at the German Fair

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1123

Although we are constantly hearing of the revival of old fashions, it is certain that modem costumes, however suggestive of old fashions, are far removed from them; and of this the quaint toilettes now to be seen at the German Fair…

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Volunteer Fire Brigades Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 8

The New South Wales Volunteer Fire Brigades' luter[?] national Centennial Carnival was continued on the Agricultural Society's Grounds, Moore Park, yesterday. The attendance of the general public was small, but the firemen…

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Firemen's Carnival in Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 14

The first portion of the Volunteer Firo Brigades Demonstration, which is to close by inaugurating a Hospital, or rather a Charity, Sunday in Sydney, came off on Wednesday evening last, when the…

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The Hawkesbury Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 6

The following were the prize-takers from Central Cumberland at the recent show of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Society :— HORSES…

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Fire Brigades Carnival. Second Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 8

THE demonstration was continued as the Agricultural Society's Ground to-day. The attendance of the public at the commencement was meagre, though the…

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Irish Manufactures at the Melbourne Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 11

A CABLE message informed us last week that Mr. Michael Davitt is endeavouring to obtain exhibits of Irish woollen manufactures for the Centennial International Exhibition in Melbourne. Mr…

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The Gulgong Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1104

The first show of the Gulgong Agricultural Association opened on the 17th instant auspiciously with beautiful weather. Its appearance had been scanned most anxiously for several days previously. The show was held in the…

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