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Shows & fairs, 1894

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Chicago Exhibition. Cost to the Colony

The Australian Star · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 3

The total cost of the representation of this colony at the Chicago Exhibition, it is estimated, will be under £33,000. It had been estimated previously that the figure…

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The Cost of the Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 4

Mr. J. F. Burns, executive vice-president of the New South Wales Commission, at the request of the administrative committee, had an interview with Sir George Dibbs on…

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The Royal Agricultural Show

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March. 8.— Mr. Robert Reid has suggested to his Government that Victorian producers should exhibit butter and other dairy and farm produce at the Royal…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 3

Last night a large gathering of Sydney playgoers was at the Lyceum Theatre to take farewell of Mr. Robert Courtneidge, who for about two years has been a popular…

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Agricultural Shows. Picton Agricultural Show. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 5

The ninth annual show of the Picton Agricultural Society opened yesterday with weather which was rather unfavourable to intending exhibitors. Recent rains had swollen the creeks and injured the roads to…

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To Show Cause. a Barrister and the Full Court

The Australian Star · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 5

A matter of more than ordinary, importance, in which a well-known barrister of the Supreme Court was concerned, was brought before the Full Court this…

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Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 7

Subjoined are the entries received for the jumping contests in connection with the annual exhibition which commences on the 21st instant:— TATTERSALL'S HUNTER'S PLATE.—Rocket, Brazil, Viking,…

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The Chicago Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 3

A meeting of the Chicago Exhibition Commission was held at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday. Mr. W. M'Millan, M.P., occupied the chair. A request from Mr. G…

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The Easter Exhibition

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 11

The Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition will be the event of tho Easter week, and everything has been arranged to make the show as attractive us possible. The…

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A Fairy Love Fair

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 8

Forty little Fairies Held a Fairy fair; Every thing that rare is Sold those Fairies there…

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Meetings. Chicago Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 10

A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, was held at the Colonial Secretary's Office, yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr. M'Millan,…

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The Forthcoming Metropolitan Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 483

According to recent reports from the Moore Park Showground, it would appear that the Royal Agricultural Society is determined this year to woo public patronage successfully. The exhibition will…

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Horticultural Show

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 16

THE show in connection with the National Horti-cultural and Pomological Society was continued in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon and evening. The attractive trophics in the…

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Fancy Fair at Moss Vale

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 18

A BAZAAR and fancy fair in aid the church and presbytery fond was held last week at the Centennial Hall, Moss Vale. Amongst those present were— Rev. Father Grace, Mesdames Rose,…

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Tasmanian International Exhibition, 1894-95

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 493

One of the events of the present year will be the Tasmanian International Exhibition, which is to be opened in the Queen's Domain, Hobart, on the 15th November next. The exhibition will be under the…

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Victorian Produce. Suggested Exhibition in England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Mr. Robert Reid, Victorian Minister for Defence, has suggested to his Government that the colony should exhibit butter and other…

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Publications Received. "The Book of the Fair."

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 10

Three new parts of the "Book of the Fair" (Bancroft, Chicago) are to hand. Part 10, which deals with various products throughout the world, says :--"A feature in…

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Vanity Fair Girls Caged in New Britain

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 10

The inhabitants, it is said by Wallace,. have a popular custom of confining their girls in cage until they tire old enough to be married. This custom is said to be beculiar…

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A Visitor's Impression of the Penrith Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 6

On Friday I had the pleasure of visiting the Penrith Agricultural Show, in company with two friends. I did not attend, I may say, by invitation, but as my birthplace is…

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An Important Show. The N.H. and P. Society

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 7

As having peculiar interest for Central Cumberland, an exhibition of fruits, flowers, honey, and so forth, which took place in Sydney last week, is worthy of more than passing notice…

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