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Shows & fairs, 1892

1,939 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 97

Wollongong Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 233

Our Bulli correspondent writes on January 25 :—Extensive preparations are being made for the forth coming Wollongong show, including the erection of additional outbuildings and decorating. A great…

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The Mulgoa Fruit Exhibition

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 6

The fact that our Hall will be completed in about a fortnight has had the effect of livening up the local fruitgrowers; and they have decided to hold a Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Exhibition in the…

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Flower Show at Katoomba

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 234

The third annual flower show, in aid of the School of Arts, Katoomba, was opened by the Mayor (Mr. Alfred Smith) on the 22nd instant. The hall was suitably arranged for displaying the…

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The Kiama Agricultural Show. Kiama

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 244

All day yesterday and up to late last evening exhibits in great numbers were being sent up to the showgrounds. The pavilion is overflowing with a fine lot of…

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Ireland Beats the World. the International Tug-of-war. Exciting Scenes at the Melbourne Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 9

THE International Tug of-War at the Melbourne Exhibition during the past fortnight attracted immense crowds of people, the nightly attendance ranging from 10,000 to 20,000. The Irish team,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 9

The show was continued to-day under favourable auspices so far as the weather was concerned, and there was a good attendance, between 1200 and 1400 persons being on the ground. The first event in the…

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Stage, Song and Show. Reopening the Garrick. The Actor from Newcastle. Gossip of the Week

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 3

The week has been marked by the re-opening of the Garrick Theatre, which made another start with prime goods of the variety sort on Tuesday night. The return…

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Chicago Exhibition. an International Naval Review

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday Night. -- The Chicago Exhibition will be opened on October 12 of this year. An international naval review extending…

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Stage. Song and Show

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 3

Melodrama was, after an absence of some weeks, reinstated in its old home at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening, when the American play " Forty-nine" was…

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The World's Fair. Opening Arrangements. International Naval Demonstration. LONDON, January 30

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

The World's Fair at Chicago is to be opened on October 12 of this year. An international naval demonstration, extending over a period of three days, has been…

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The Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 4

With reference to the cablegram published yesterday stating that the Chicago Exhibition would be opened on October 12 next Mr. Alexander Cumming, secretary of the New…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 3

The Alhambra was packed to the utmost limit of its accommodation last night, when the customary change of programme was made. When the curtain was rung up a scene…

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The Tasmanian Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 7

The following awards were made to-day in connection with the Exhibition:—John Fairfax and Sons, Sydney Morning Herald, special first prize for illustrations of stereotypes and engravings…

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London Mining Exhibition. What It Cost. Where the Money Went

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Monday evening the Minister for Mines (Mr. Slattery), in answer to Mr. Wall, said the total cost of the representation of the Department of Mines at the recent…

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Wollongong Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. -- The 11th annual exhibition of the Wollongong A. H. and Industrial Association was opened to-day. The weather was fine and the attendance about 1500. All the sections…

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Horticultural Society's Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 3

The summer fruit and flower show of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales was opened yesterday afternoon in the Centennial-hall, by Lady Charles Scott. The…

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Fruit and Flower Show

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 6

The Horticultural Society of New South Wales opened its summer show of fruits and flowers in the Centennial Hall on Wednesday. The display is amongst the most…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 3

The Christ Church Literary and Debating Society of Enmore last night entertained a very large gathering of friends at a musical evening at the Newtown Town Hall. To a…

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The Horticultural Society's Summer Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 6

The Summer Fruit and Flower Show of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales was opened yesterday afternoon in the Centennial Hall. As a floral display the exhibition is a pronounced success…

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Summer Flower Show. Of the Horticultural Society

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 7

THE annual summer Fruit and Flower Show of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales was opened by Lady Scott yesterday, the attendance at the Centennial Hall…

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