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Shows & fairs, 1888

2,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 101

Gunnedah Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

GUNNENDAM, This Day.--At a public meeting on Thursday night it was resolved that an invitation he issued to Sir Henry Parkes and the Ministry to visit…

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The Charity Fair at West Maitland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 15

WE are very pleased to leave that the well-directed efforts of the ladies who got up the fancy fair at West Maitland in aid of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, conducted by the Dominican…

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The Murrurundi Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

MURRURUNDI, This Day.--A meeting of the local P. and A. Association was held on Thursday night, when it was decided to proceed with the railway gates and…

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Drinking Fountain Presented to the Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1393

We have much pleasure in putting before our readers an illustration of the drinking fountain that has been presented to the colony of Victoria, on the occasion of the Centennial Celebration. The inscription, in raised polished granite…

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The Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Show

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

"There's nothing succeeds like success is the truest of truisms, and, of course, the opening of the first annual exhibition of this society forms no exception. Great…

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The West Maitland Show Ground. See Illustration, Page 1394

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1376

The Hunter River Agricultural Association, which was established 30 years ago is one of the soundest and most useful institutions of its kind in Australia. Its show-ground, a portion of which is illustrated on another page, is 12 acres…

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The Closing of the Pope's Jubilee Exhibition. Where the Gifts Are to Go To

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 17

MONSIGNOR Macchi, Majordomo of his Holiness, sent yesterday (writes the Roman correspondent of the Liverpool Catholic Times, May 18) an official letter to Commendatore Tolli, President of…

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The Exhibition

The Australian Star · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day. —M. Jules Joubert of the New South Wales Court of the Exhibition left Melbourne last evening for Albury, where he will attend a…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 6

Visitors to Melbourne [?]n have the Sydney Morning Herald went to them. for any number of days or weeks required, by sending orders to the publishing office, Hunter-street, Sydney…

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Paris Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Cabinet have decided that the colony hall he represented at the Paris International Exhibition, to ba held next year…

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Mort's Stud Sheep Fair

Evening News · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 3

The annual Sydney stud sheep carnival is close at hand once more; the sales being advertised to "begin on Wednesday, July 11. This annual ram fair has now become suck a…

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Victoria at the Paris Exhibition

The Australian Star · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.—It has been decided by the Cabinet that Victoria shall be represented at the Paris Exhibition…

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Hungary and the Paris Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 5

M. Goblet, questioned in the French Chamber on May 31 on the subject of M. Tisza's speech, made an important statement. He said that the Government, in fixing…

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The Women's Industrial Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 8

Sir,—I should like to draw the attention of these interested in the Women's Industrial Exhibition, to what appears to me a fatal mistake on the part of the organisers of the floricultural branch. Great pains are being taken to…

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Commissioners to the Melbourne Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 8

Sir,—I was glad to see the letter signed " Pro Bono Publico " in your [?]uo of this morning re Commissioners for the Melbourne Exhibition, and thoroughly do I endorse all the remarks contained therein. lt will, by the official…

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Melbourne Exhibition. Progress Op the Mew South Wales Court. Agricultural Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1888 · page 6

In former exhibitions of this kind the agricultural interest has always appeared to considerable disadvantage. At Melbourne an attempt will be made at all events to place what…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 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, Hunter-street, Sydney…

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The New Exhibition Building

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.—The Exhibition authorities have decided to advertise in the Brisbane and Sydney papers offering three premiums of £10, £25 and £15 for…

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Meetings. Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 5

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition was held at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday afternoon. The Chief Justice presided, and there was a large attendance of…

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Balmain Pigeon and Canary Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 5

A CORRESPONDENT who signs himself "Fatherland" writes:--" I desire a small space in your valuable journal to make a few remarks on the Ea[?] Pigeon,…

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