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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1892

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The Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 6

ENTRIES for the Castle Hill annual show closed on Saturday last with the satisfactory total of 979. Considering the great amount of wet weather, the entries in the fruit section are…

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Coonabarabran Show. Coonabarabran

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 6

The annual show was held yesterday, the weather being delightfully fine for the occasion. There was a very large gathering, a great many visitors being present, amongst…

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France at the Chicago Exhibition. London, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 9

The French Chamber of Deputies has voted 3,250,000 f. for the representation of France at the Chicago Exhibition…

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General Cable News. France and the Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- The French Government have voted the sum of £130,000 for the representation of France at the Chicago Exhibition…

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The Royal Anglo-australian Society's Art Exhibition in Melbourne

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 9

THAT the second exhibition of the Royal Anglo-Australian Society has met with the appreciation and support of the Melbourne public is proved by the fact that in a little…

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Central Cumberland Show. Saturday, April 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 836

The sports portion of the programme in connection with the above show was carried out on Saturday, and it must be said that the association has been singularly unfortunate. In the first instance the…

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Nepean Agricultural Show. Meeting at Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 7

About forty representative gentlemen assembled at the Council Chambers, on Tuesday afternoon, to further discuss preliminaries with regard to the formation of a…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 10

The show, which was held yesterday, was a pronounced success There were several visitors from Sydney, Mudgee, and Coolah, including the Postmaster-General, Mr Kidd, Messrs. Collins, Sheldon,…

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Stage, Song and Show. "Master and Man." "Bailed Up " Again. The Opera Season--"Falka"--The Benefit Boom--Sundry Scraps

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 2

Four weeks of "A Sailor's Knot," which, successful as it has happily been, would have brought many more dollars to the till had the weather been less unkind…

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The Agricultural Show

The Australian Star · Monday 11 April 1892 · page 6

Mr. F. WEBSTER, secretary to the Royal Agricultural Society, notifies that the vast number and importance of the exhibits to be displayed in the grand pavilion renders it…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Monday 11 April 1892 · page 3

As may very readily be imagined, the revival of " Lucia" at the Garrick on Saturday night drew a tremendous audience to that house, the opportunity of seeing…

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Bathurst Show. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Monday 11 April 1892 · page 5

In connection with the show which was held during the week here there were not so many entries for the district national prizes as might be expected, when it is considered…

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Royal Agricultural Society. the Annual Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales' 1892 show will open to-morrow on the society's showground, Moore Park, though the formal opening by his Excellency…

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Royal Agricultural Society

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 6

The annnal exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, which opens in Moore Park on Wednesday, promises to be very successful. A large force of men is at work on the…

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The Chicago Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, April 11.-The grant for the representation of Great Britain at the Chicago Exhibition has been increased to £60,000…

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Chicago World's Fair. London, April 11

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 5

The British Government has granted a sum of £60,000 for the representation of Great Britain at the Chicago World's Fair next year…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 7

A dramatic club has been formed at Neutral Day, under the energetic and experienced stage-managership of Mr. Chas. Hood. The club intend giving performances…

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Grafton Show Ground. Grafton

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 5

From levels taken at the show ground it is estimated that about 15 inches could be let off the sheet of water that lies across its centre. Steps will be taken to get the…

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General Cable News. England and the Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A sum of £60,000 will be expended in the representation of Great Britain at the Chicago Exhibition…

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The Chicago Exhibition. Representation of Great Britain. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 5

The Parliamentary grant for the representation of Great Britain at the Chicago Exhibition has been increased to £60,000…

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