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Shows & fairs, 1888

2,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 101

Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 10

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, Hunterstreet, Sydney…

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Carrington Pavilion at the Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 1284

The reporters for the metropolitan Press were afforded an opportunity the other day of inspecting the exhibit which Messrs. Wallach Brothers, of York-street, have in preparation for the Melbourne…

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Burning of the Exhibition Building, Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 1273

The Exhibition Building in Bowen Park Brisbane was totally destroyed by fire on the 13th. The fire was first noticed in the front wing of the building by a constable on duty in Brunswick-street. The alarm was given as…

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Catholic. St. Vincent's Ball. a Brilliant Gathering at the Exhibition Building

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 15

WEDNESDAY evening saw the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, the gay scene of a bright and dance-loving assemblage. The occasion was the annual ball in aid of St. Vincent's Hospital,…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 June 1888 · page 6

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, Hunterstreet, Sydney…

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Brisbane Annual Exhibition

The Australian Star · Monday 18 June 1888 · page 4

BRISBANE, This Day.--The authorities have decided to hold the annual exhibition in spite of the recent fire at the Exhibition building…

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The Juvenile Exhibition

The Australian Star · Monday 18 June 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Juvenile Exhibition was visited on Saturday by 1700 persons, mostly children who were brought to the city by four special trains…

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Melbourne Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 June 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Mr. H. Courtenay Luck, secretary to the Queensland commissioners at the Melbourne Exhibition, leaves to-morrow- night with Mr. John Fenwick,…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission to the Melbourne Exhibition was held at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday afternoon, Sir Frederick Darley (president) in the…

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A Fair Enchange

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 6

Old superstitions dis hard. Nothing apparently will convinc[?] curtai[?] British husbands that a wife is not a good and marketable chattel. Mr. Hardy, not very…

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A New Exhibition Building

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 4

BRISBANE, This Day.--The exhibition authorities yesterday decided to build a temporary structure to cost £500…

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Preparations for the Melbourne Exhibition. (By Our Special Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 3

The announcement that it was probable that the opening of the Exhibition would have to be postponed from August 1 for a fortnight, or possibly a month, was received with a good deal of dissatisfaction, more particularly,on the part…

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Queensland at the Melbourne Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 7

Mr. John Fenwick, one of the Queensland Executive Commissioners at the Melbourne Exhibition, and Mr. Courtenay Luck, secretary to the commission, left to-night for Melbourne. At a meeting of the…

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Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. City Railway Extension. the Melbourne Exhibition. Church of England Temperance Society. Our Melbourne Letter. the Market Value of Money. the Chinese Question Reviewed. Collision on the Railway. Suicide in a Boarding-house. Stabbing Affray on Board Ship. Removal of the Quarantine Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 6

LEADERS: THE CITY RAILWAY MOVEMENT. THE NEW EMPEROR AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE…

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The Centennial Exhibition

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The German Court at the Exhibition presents a most attractive appearance…

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Sir Thomas M'ilwraith and the Melbourne Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 10

Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith was formally declared duly elected as member for North Brisbane to-day. In the course of his speech, thanking the electors, the Premier, in referring to the date of the meeting of…

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Melbourne Exhibition. Technical College Exhibits

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 6

The completion of the collection of the Technical College exhibits to be forwarded to Melbourne, suggested to the board the propriety of admitting the Sydney public to view the…

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The Walgett Show

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 6

WALGET, This Day.--The Walgett Show op[?]rs to-day, and a good attendance is expected, as in the main classes the entries are more than in the previous year…

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The Bourke Show. Bourke, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

The show yesterday was most successful. There was a fair attendance and a good number of entries. The following are the largest winners:--Grass- fed sheep, S…

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