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Shows & fairs, 1893

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Entries for the Metropolitan Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 538

The entries received for the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, to take place at Easter, indicate more than usual interest in this annual agricultural and industrial carnival. All the live stock…

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Stage, Song and Show. "Faust Up to Date." The Lyceum's Programme. Miss Blande's Benefit. Mr. Jude's Recitals--The Railway Smash at Her Majesty's--New Artiste for the Opera House--The Tivoll Company

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 2

"Joan of Are" was presented finally at the Lyceum last night, and this evening "Faust up to Date"--our early love--will be revived. Six nights only of the burlesque…

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Tumberumba Show

Evening News · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 5

TUMBERUMBA, Monday.—The Tumberumba and Upper Murray P. and A. Society's show came off successfully on Friday. There were a great many visitors in town, which added to the success…

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Sheep for the Chicago Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 3

We understand from the secretary of the New South Wales Commission for the Chicago Exhibition that arrangements for the representation of sheep from this colony at Chicago are now…

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Australian Fruit for the Chicago Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 3

The sub-committee appointed by the horticultural committee of the Chicago Exhibition Commission to make arrangements with respect to experimental shipments of fresh fruits from…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 3

"Faust up to Date," the burlesque with which the present Gaiety season was started, had a successful revival at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night, when a very…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Grounds

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

The Attorney-General (Mr. Barton) has the matter in hand with regard to the tenure of the Royal Agricultural Society to the grounds at Moore Park. At…

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The Agricultural Exhibition

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 6

The entries received for the Royal Agricultural Society's Show to open at Moore Park next week are very numerous, and in some of the more important sections are far…

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The Chicago Exhibition

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 6

Another small consignment of exhibits for the Chicago Exhibition was despatched this afternoon by the San Francisco mailboat Mariposa…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 8

An audience of moderate dimensions assembled at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night to extend welcome to Mr. W. H. Jude, the well-known composer and monologue…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Murphy asked the Government whether they intended to introduce a measure to enable the Royal Agricultural Society to…

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The Royal Agricultural Society. Splendid Prospects of a Successful [?]

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

The annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society will commence on Wednesday the 29th instant, and it bids fair to turn out one of the most popular and successful…

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Exhibition in Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

Workmen are now engaged night and day at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, completing arrangements for the wine, fruit, grain and natural products exhibition,…

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The Agricultural Exhibition

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 6

The entries received for the Royal Agricultural Society's Show to open at Moore Park next week are very numerous, and in some of the more important sections are far…

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Hunter River Show

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural Association held yesterday afternoon, it was resolved, in view of the recent calamitous flood in the Hunter. River…

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The Show Ground

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon Sir George Dibbs, in reply to Mr. Murphy, said that the Government intended to introduce within a day or two a bill…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

What promises to be a brilliant pyrotechnic fate will be given on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Thursday night in aid of the New South Wales Flood Relief…

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The Picton Show. Picton

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 5

The eighth annual show of the Picton Agricultural Society opened here yesterday. The weather was very warm and the attendance numbered nearly 1000 persons. The horse…

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The Agricultural Show. a Promising Outlook

Referee · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 3

It is significant of the buoyancy and enterprise of the great producing classes in the colony that the Royal Agricultural Society's show next week promises to eclipse all…

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Newcastle Swimming Carnival In Aid of the Flood Keller Fund

Referee · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 6

The swimming carnival to be held in the Corporation Baths, Newcastle, on Friday night next, in aid of the Flood Relief Fund, promises to be a great success, Generous…

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