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Shows & fairs, 1891

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Bathurst Show

The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 6

BATHURST, Friday.--The entries for the Bathurst Show are as follows: --Horses, 186; horned cattle, 65; sheep, 298; pigs, 54; poultry, 333; pigeons, 83;…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 7

The second concert of tho Albu series will take place at the Y.M.C.A. Hall to-night, when there is certain to be a very large attendance. There is again a most excellent…

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Technical College Cookery. Dinner at the Juvenile Exhibition

The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 3

THE heavy downpour of rain yesterday prevented anything like a large attendance of the public at Prince Alfred Park, but the heavens would have to fall to prevent the…

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The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 742

If proofs were required, that it is possible to hold successful agricultural exhibitions in this city, they were furnished on the Moore Park showground during the last week. Never was there a…

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Lismore Agricultural Society [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Lismore Agricultural Society was held yesterday. A very favourable report and balance-sheet was presented. The sum of £223 has been expended in permanent improvements since…

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Oriental Fancy Fair

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 748

A grand Oriental Fancy Fair in aid of the Roman Catholic Church fund, was opened on Monday morning in the Masonic Hall, Perkin-street, Newcastle, by the Right Rev. Dr. Murray (Bishop of…

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Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 45

A brilliant gathering assembled at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, on March 28, to witness the opening of the National Juvenile Industrial Exhibition and Fancy Fair…

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The Gosford and Brisbane Water District Agricultural Society. (By Our Own Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 10

The third annual show of this society opened yesterday with fine weather. The showground at present used is leased, and is rather small for the purpose. There is available for future shows a grant of 10 acres…

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The Metropolitan Agricultural Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 744

This year's exhibition held on the Moore Park Show Ground by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales closed on Tuesday. It was all throughout one of the most successful meetings of its kind ever…

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The Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 6

The competitions at the National Juvenile Industrial Exhibition are increasing in attractiveness, and last night the exhibition of talent in the young competitors was excellent. Signor…

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Luddenham Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 4

The first annual show of the Luddenham Agricultural Society will take place on the show grounds at that place on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21st and 22nd next, entries for which close not later…

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The Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

The exhibition of fruit, vegetables, etc., in the main shed was admitted to be the feature of the Show as a whole, and the produce shown in most if not all the classes was…

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General News. Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 748

The National Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, in the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, was formally opened last Saturday by his Excellency the Earl of Jersey, in the presence of a large number of visitors. A…

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Imperial Institute. the Mining Exhibition Abandoned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--The proposed Colonial Mining Exhibition, in connection with the opening of the new building of the Imperial Institute, is to be abandoned, in…

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Sketches at the Royal Agricultural Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 1

1. The Opening Ceremony. 2. Farm Produce Trophy 3. In the Dog Section. 4. Bouffier's Wine Trophy. 5. Hordern's Furniture Factory. 6. Turner at Work. 7. Sheep-shearing by Machinery…

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The Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 4

THE best show we have soon in the district was hold at Castle Hill on Easter Monday, under the auspices of the Castle Hill Agricultural and…

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The Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 3

THE Castle Hill Show, of 1891—the first held on the Association's "own ground" was not merely a decided success. It was beyond all question…

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National Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. Official AWARDS.—No. IV

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 7

Class XIX.—Fine Arts: Painting, Sculpture, Modelling, Engraving, Etching. Illuminating, Photography. Jury's Report.—This is the largest and most representative class in the Exhibition, and one which shows in the most remarkable…

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Sketches at the Exhibition. [See Illustrations, Pages 761-62-63.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 742

The trophy of farm produce shown by the Bodalla Company in the main pavilion of the Metropolitan Agricultural Exhibition, although in the second place on the prize list, was undoubtedly…

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A Feature of the Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

No name is bettor known in this district than that of the enterprising fruitgrowers and nurserymen, of Dural and Galston, Pagan sen., and Fagan…

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