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Shows & fairs, 1888

2,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 101

Cobar A. and P. Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 7

COBAR, Wednesday.--The third annual exhibition of the Cobar Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held to day. The weather was fine but cold, and the attendance was…

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More Exhibition Commissioners!

The Australian Star · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 4

IT is related that a traveller in the United States once illustrated the fondness of Americans for titles by calling aloud "Good-bye, colonel!" as his train…

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Australian. Victoria. Melbourne Exhibition

The Australian Star · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The directors of the Madame Berry Compsoy, at Creswick, intend sending to the Centennial Exhibition for similes of all the ingets of…

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The New Exhibition Building

The Australian Star · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day--A meeting of the National Association has been convened for next Wednesday, to consider the question of the erection of a new and…

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Melbourne Exhibition. High School Work

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 5

The exhibits of work to be forwarded from the Sydney High School to the Melbourne Exhibition will be on view to-day at the High School, Castlereagh-street, where yesterday…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. Mk. Neild and His Accounts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 6

Upon the motion for the adjournment of the Assembly last night, Mr. HAYNES rose and asked why it was that up to the present, after a lapse of several…

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Walgett A. and P. Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 7

WALGETT, Thursday.--The second show of the Walgett Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened yesterday. The weather was favorable and the attendance large. In the…

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Meetings. Exhibition of Women's Industries and Centenary Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 8

A meeting of ladies in connection with the above Exhibition was held in the Council-chambers, Darlington, on Tuesday, the 19th instant, and was well attended. Mrs. George Harris, the Mayoress of Sydney, a member of the…

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The Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1323

Next Thursday the members of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales will have an opportunity which should not be neglected—that of electing two vice-presidents and 27 members of council…

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Women's Centennial Industrial Exhibition

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 5

A meeting was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Present the Mayoress Mrs. Buchanan (President) in the chair, Mesdames Broomfield V.P., Parkes Pole…

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Opening of Melbourne Exhibition

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Ministers have sat net decided what adjournment will be made in connection with the opening day of the Exhibition. The opening day is…

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Prizes for Annual Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1347

The annual meeting: for election of committee, amendment of rules, &c., will be held during the first week of July, but the exhibition has been postponed till the end of July, the dote of which will be advertised…

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Poultry Pigeon & Canary Show

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Balmain Centennial Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society was held in Cohen's Exchange Hotel, on Monday evening. The…

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The Cobar Show Cobar

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1334

The third annual show of the Cobar Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held to-day on the society's ground near the town. The weather was fine, but cold, and the attendance, all…

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Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith and the Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1331

Sir Thomas M'llwraith was formally declared duly elected as member for North Brisbane on Tuesday. In the course of his speech, thanking the electors, the Premier, in referring to the dale of the meeting of…

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Melbourne Exhibition. a Stroll Through the Vacant Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 6

Thirty-three acres of flooring boards!--33 acres of roofing!--and rather more than 33 days to make an International Exhibition of it! That is how the matter stands at present…

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Charity Fair at Maitland. Aid for the Deaf and Dumb

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 14

UNDER auspices of an exceptionally favourable character the bazaar and fancy fair in aid of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Waratah (conducted by the Dominican Nuns), was opened in the…

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Late Agriculture. The Bourke Show. Bourke

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1334

The Dourke show, which opened this morning, is very successful. There is a large attendance. The main interest is centered in Wolseley's shearing machine. Thomas Dillon, one of the best shearers in the district, tried his…

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The Poultry Show. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 5

SIR,—On g[?]ing at [?] of the exhibits in the Poultry Show to-day, I notice the [?] 139 and 2[?] on the [?]…

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New South Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition. a Puff for "Our Beautiful Harbour."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 8

THE first of the shipments of exhibits have been received in the New South Wales Court, that by the Victoria consisting of 1010 cases, and the shipment by the Konoowarra comprising 123…

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