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Shows & fairs, 1890

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The Mining Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Government have given instructions to the Inspector of Mines and the Government Geologist to communicate with the malingers of the principal mines in the…

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The Forthcoming Metropolitan Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 8

The council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales met yesterday to make arrangements for the forthcoming annual exhibition on Moore Park. Mr. G. S. Yeo was in the chair, and there were 24…

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The Graphic Arts Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 4

At the general meeting of the Society of Graphic Arts held in the Foresters-hall Castlereagh-street, last night, Mr. Otto Fischer presiding, the recommendation of the…

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The New Zealand Exhibition. Dunedin

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 524

The following additional awards have been made At the New Zealand Exhibition:—Maize: First New South Wales Commissioners. Maize meal: First, New South Wales Commissioners…

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Fruit and Flower Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 3

GOULBURN, Friday. -- A fruit and flower show in connection with the Primitive Methodist Wesleyan Church was opened yesterday afternoon, in the absence of the Mayor…

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The Inverell Show. Inverell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 546

The Inverell show was open to-day, and was an immense success. There were 2000 people on the ground. Every section was splendidly represented, especially in horticulture and farm produce. There were 20 entries…

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Messrs. David Jones's Autumn and Winter Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 534

Messrs. David Jones and Co. made their first display of autumn and winter fashions in costumes, mantles, and millinery on Thursday, 6th instant. The costumes show that in silks there is a general revival of…

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The New Zealand Exhibition [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Dunedin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 12

The second largest attendance at the Exhibition was reached yesterday, the gala day of the New Zealand Friendly Societies, 15,010 persons being present. The various attractions were crowded,…

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The Camden Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 12

Preparations for holding the fifth annual agricultural show on Wednesday and Thursday next are well forward, notwithstanding the wet weather. Owing to the large number of exhibits in stock, increased accommodation…

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Adelaide Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 11

The autumn show of the Royal Agricultural Society yesterday was a great success as regards the exhibits, though the attendance was reduced owing to the wet weather. The wheat shown was…

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The New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition. (By Our Special Representative.) Dunedin, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 15

There has been a simmering excitement lately, of course principally amongst the exhibitors, due to the jurors having been at work going through the multifarious productions—animal, vegetable, and…

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Stage, Song, and Show. All the Doings. An Actors' Fund. "The Pointsman" -- "Caste" and Its Successor -- "My Jack" -- Local and London Talent -- A Critic in the Dark -- American Novelties -- Raising the D.C. Tariff

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 2

There now, just as everything was going on nicely, and we seemed in a fair way to have in Sydney a branch of the Actors' Benevolent Society, or whatever the…

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Pigeon Show

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 3

THE third monthly meeting and show in connection with the Petersham and Leichhard Fancy and Homing Pigeon Society was held at the society's rooms, Arcade…

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Camden Show Postponed

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 6

CAMDEN, Monday.--The Camden Show has been postponed to March 19 and 20, owing to the inclement state of the weather. The river is up, and the roads are in an…

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Kempsey Agricultural Show

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Monday.--In consequence of the continued inclement state of the weather a committee meeting of the Macleay Agricultural Association was held on Saturday…

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International Mineral Exhibition. London, March 8

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 5

The proposed International Mineral Exhibition is to be opened at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on July 7…

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Uralla Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 2

URALLA, Friday.—The Uralla Pastoral and Agricultural Show on Wednesday and Thursday was in every respect a great success. The exhibits in horse stock were very good, and in cattle exceptionally so…

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General Cable News. the Crystal Palace Mineral Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The proposed International Mineral Exhibition is to be opened at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham on July 7…

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The Agricultural Show. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 3

Sir, -- Many of your readers must have noticed tho unusual length of time the committee of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales hare decided to keep the forthcoming…

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Stage, Song, and Show. "The Pointsman" at the Royal. The Latest Productions

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 2

"The Pointsman, the joint work of Messrs. R. C. Carton and Cecil Raleigh, was presented at the Royal on Saturday night for the first time in this city. The…

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