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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1892

1,939 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 97

C. A. and H. Association. Meeting of Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 3

A MEETING of the Council of the C C.A. and H. Association was held at the School of Arts, Parramatta, on Thursday evening. Present— Mr. G. McGredie (president), and Messrs. E…

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Chicago Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

The Chicago Exhibition Commission met yesterday in the Colonial Secretary's Office. Present— Mr. W. P. Manning (Mayor) in the chair, Dr. Renwick (Executive Commissioner), Mr. F. Ab[?]gail, Mr…

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The Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 9

A meeting of the Chicago Exhibition Commission was held at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday afternoon. The Mayor (Alderman W. P. Manning),…

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The Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

The executive commissioner for New South Wales associated with the Chicago Exhibition has, it is stated, finally decided to leave Sydney at the end of June for the scene of…

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Chrysanthemum Show

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal, The Australian Star

A chrysanthemum show in aid of the North Shore Cottage Hospital was opened yesterday by Lady Scott, at the North Sydney School of Arts. There was only a moderate…

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Tamworth Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 921

The cattle shown were nothing extraordinary, but there were good useful beasts amongst them. T. Dowe and the Peel River Company shared the honours in Durhams: J. B. Kelman, R. Gillaud, and…

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Metropolitan Agricultural Exhibition. Second Day

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 920

The weather on the 14th interfered sadly with the Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition at Moore Park, the judging day reports of which appeared last week. Early in the morning the sky was dark with…

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Ireland and the Chicago Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

On Friday afternoon, March 11, a public meeting of merchants and others was bold in the City Hell, Dublin, for the precnpce the allocation steps to preceure the allocation of space for on…

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Orange Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 921

The annual exhibition of the Orange Agricultural and Pastoral Association held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12 and 13, was, so far as the number of exhibits went, a complete success, but the weather…

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The Tenterfield Intercolonial Exhibition, March, 1892

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 939

1. View of the Town [?] the Showground, showing Port and Telegraph Office. 2. Portrait of Mr. K[?] rider of Mingoola 3. The Champion Hun[?]er Mingoola 4. Judging the Steeple[?] 4. [?] at Night—the Concert under the Electric Light. 6. View from the M[?]nery Section. 7. Juggy Pairs and view of Church's and private [?]…

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Horticultural Society's Chrysanthemum Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 932

The chrysanthemum show of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales was opened on Wednesday in the Centennial Hall. The display of flowers, especially chrysanthemums, as cut blooms and…

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Agricultural Show. Williams River

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 3

DUNGOG, Friday. -- The attendance at the show to-day was considerably interfered with by the threatening weather. A fine collection of painting was…

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Castle Hill Annual Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 921

Splendid weather favoured this agricultural society on Monday, when the annual show was opened in the presence of a large number of visitors. The four members for Central Cumberland, Messrs. F…

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Penrith Autumn Flower Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

The above show opened in the Temperance Hall on Friday afternoon and gives promise of being quite as successful if not more so than its progenitors. The show of chrystant' emums is much in…

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Chrysanthemum Show. Penrith

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

The Chrysanthemum show opens in the Temperance Hall to-day. The flowers are very numerous and beautiful, but want of accommodation causes great inconvenience…

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This New Church at Manly. a "Village Fair.'

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 17

THE Catholics of Manly will very coon rejoice in the possession of their handsome new church. Knowing that the contractor would be clamour­ing for his money in a few weeks' time it was…

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Chrysanthemum Show at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 11

The first chrysanthemum show held in North Sydney was opened in the School of Arts, Mount-street, yesterday afternoon, by Lady Charles Scott, and it was a pronounced success. The northern…

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