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Shows & fairs, 1888

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Centennial Religious Services. United Service in the Exhibition Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 6

There have been few, if any, larger congregations at a religious service in this colony than that which met yesterday at the old Exhibition Building, to celebrate the Centenary of Australia with the united voice of the…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 6

There was no special feature at the Agricultural Society's Exhibition yesterday except the final beat of the Handicap Trotting Match, which was won easily by viking. The stock…

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Centennial Intercolonial Agricultural Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 6

Notwithstanding the fact that to some extent the show had lost its attractiveness to many persons owing to the departure of a number of the stock, the attendance of visitors yesterday was satisfactory, about 5000 being…

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The Wool Section at the Agricultural Show. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 7

Sir,—As an exhibitor of wool at the Centennial Show, who has gone to a great deal of trouble to exhibit, and sent wool a distance of 300 miles to compete, I beg that you will give me space to call attention to what I consider a great…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 5

Yesterday was the closing day of the Agricultural Society's Exhibition at Moore Park. Most of the visitors during the day were school-childern, to whom the council had extended a…

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A Chinese Donnybrook Fair

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 8

Three yellow-tinted Mongols, named You Fray, Ah Toy, and Ah Hing, were charged to-day at the Central with assaulting one Hing Foo, a fellow-countryman…

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Alburt Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society to-day, the report which was submitted showed that £898 had been expended in prizes, and £695 in improvements, the latter sum bringing the total expenditure on the…

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Centennial Intercolonial Agricultural Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 7

In point of attendance the final day of the exhibition was about the most unsatisfactory since the opening. Only a few hundred adults were present, and had it not been for the fact that a large number of school children were…

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The Centennial Intercolonial Agricultural Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 3

THE Centennial Intercolonial Agricultural Show, held in Sydney last week, was very largely attended, and it was the centre of attraction to the thousands of visitors from the…

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The Newtown Election. the Show of Hands in Favour of Protection

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 6

THE nominations having closed, Mr. Smith rose to address the electors, and was received very enthusiastically. He said they had been brought together in a very…

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The Judging of Dogs at the Agricultural Show. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 6

Sir,—I am an exhibitor in the Dog section, and I wish to enter my protest against the gross carelessness and want of interest shown by the judges when judging. I was present at the judging on Monday, 23rd instant,…

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The Agricultural Society. to the Editor of "The Australian Star."

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 2

Sir,--In glancing through the second edition of the NEWS of Tuesday, I noticed a letter signed by one "James Woodford." wherein he sets forth his…

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An Exhibition Cantata

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Two hundred and forty-seven poems have been sent in by candidates for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition cantata prize…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

The work of carting away machinery and other exhibits from the grounds at Moore Park was the order of the day yesterday, and by the time night closed In the greater part of the…

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The Centennial Intercolonial Agricultural Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

The exhibiters whose exhibits remained until the close of the show removed them yesterday, and by evening the ground' was clear with the exception of some trucks and agricultural machinery which will probably be taken away…

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The Wollongong Show

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

WOLLONOONG,This Day.--The Agricultural Society's Show, which was begun yesterday, was very largely attended. In all sections a gratifying improvement is…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. Row Over the Executive Commissionership. J. C. Neild "Butterised."

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 6

"TH[?] are likely to be wigs on the green," when Parliament meets, over the Executive Commissionership of the Melbourne international Exhibition. It…

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The Wollongong Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 9

The annual show of the Wollongong Agricultural Society commenced to-day, under the most favourable conditions. The number of exhibits in all sections was large, and, as rule, of excellent quality. Blood horses were…

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The Judging of Dogs at the Show. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

Sir,—Your correspondent, "A Member of the Society," but voices the widespread dissatisfaction of exhibitors in the dog class' of the mode of judging. I happened to approach the dog-house whilst the judging of terriors was…

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The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. London

The Australian Star · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 5

A circular which has been issued by the Royal Commission for the Melbourne International Centennial Exhibition requests owners of English pictures and…

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