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Shows & fairs, 1888

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 11
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

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

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A Fair Exchange

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 2

“I’d like to bay thy heart, Miss,” Said he, audaciously; “I’d like to buy thy heart, Miss, To buy thy heart o! thee.”…

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Exhibition of Women's Industries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 8

During the present century the time-honoured occupations of women in the dairy and in the laundry, with their needles and with the spinning wheel, have undergone such vast changes that an exhibition of women's industries…

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Gunnedah Show

Evening News · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 6

GUNNEDH, Friday.—Some of the famous Glengallan, Darling Downs, sheep will be exhibited at the show on August 8 and 9. Sheep entries will be received up to August 3…

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Wagga Pastoral Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, This Day.--A meeting is to be held in the Town Hall on Monday to consider the question of inviting Lord and Lady Carrington to visit the Wagga…

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Notes of the Week. The Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 171

The great fete of the centennial year is undoubtedly the Melbourne Exhibition; and the opening ceremony is fixed for next Wednesday. Liberal invitations have been sent to all the members of the colonial…

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Preparations for the Melbourne Exhibition. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 189

The arrangements connected with the opening of the Exhibition have been settled en far as the procession is concerned. About 800 firemen will form in the procession, with three or four bands and about 40 fire-extinguishing…

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The Deniliquin Show. Deniliquin, July 19

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 168

The weather and the attendance, together with the entries, combined to make the show a success. In the sheep section (a full account of which appeared in last week's Mail), Mr. Falkiner was disqualified for six rams on the…

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Newcastle Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The fourth annual show of the Newcastle Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society was opened by the Mayor of Newcastle to-day. The exhibits were numerous…

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The "Year-Book of Australia Court" at the Melbourne Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 3

THE principal objective feature of this Court is a mammoth map of Australia, 18ft. square, accurately drawn to scale…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Murrurundi Agricultural Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 7

MURRURUNDI, Friday.--The show here bids fair to be most successful. All the ground arrangements are pretty well completed. There are large entries in the…

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Melbourne Exhibition. Will It Be Ready on the Opening Day ? (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The exhibition is still in a chaotic state, and in spite of the fact that in many of the courts work is proceeding night and day and that even Sunday will not…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 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, Hunterstreet, Sydney…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The day is magnificent, the weather having quite taken up. The city is rapidly filling, the trains and boats from other colonies being crowded with visitors…

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Melbourne Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The work of arranging the exhibits is progressing now with a speed which ought to have signalised the efforts of those in charge of many of the courts…

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No Show

The Australian Star · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Hundreds of people had to suffer disappointment on Saturday night, through the nonappearance of Mr. Maccabe, the renowned mimic…

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The Women's Industrial Centenary Fair

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 6

The general committee of the Horticultural and Floral Department of the forthcoming Exhibition of Women's Industries met, under the presidency of Lady Carrington, on Friday…

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Meetings. Exhibition of Women's Industries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 4

At a meeting of the general committee of the horticultural and floral department of the Exhibition of Women's Industries, held on Friday last, at the Colonial Secretary's Office, Lady Carrington in the chair, the dates…

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Wagga Pastoral Show

The Australian Star · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 6

WAGGA WAGGA, This Day.--A meeting is to be held in the Town Hall on Monday to consider the question of inviting Lord and Lady Carrington to visit the Wagga…

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