MR. JOHN HARRIS, the present popular occupant of the civic chair, is by no means unknown to Sydney mayoral fame. On the contrary, this is the fourth time he has presided over the deliberations of our natres conscrnti: ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 267 wordsOUR National Regatta, held on the 27th ultimo, was not a new thing. The Anniversary Regatta has, for many years past, been a feature in the history of our harbour sports; and this year's display was only a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 565 wordsONE of the most pleasing features in connection with the Centennial Celebrations was the Band Contest at the Carrington Grounds, which commenced at eleven o'clock on the morning of Friday, the 27th January, ...
Article : 353 wordsTHE Agricultural Exhibition, which opened on the 25th January, and terminated after a week's existence, was, although largely subsidised by Government, hardly the success its projectors expected. It was well ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 137 wordsTHURSDAY, the 26th January, 1888, is not likely to be forgotten, for all time, by that large section of our metropolitan population who inhabit the eastern portion of Sydney, and the suburbs thereto belonging. For, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 637 wordsTHE Sailors' Festival, held at the Exhibition Building on the 31st January, has accentuated, so far as the blue jackets are concerned, the Centennial week. To Mr. Shearston, whose labours in the cause of the sailors are ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 142 wordsLABOUR had its dignified "day out" on 28th January, when the Foundation Stone of the New Trades Hall was laid by the Governor. Never did a more successful demonstration of the "sons of toil" occur in the colonies. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 311 wordsTHE Centennial Illuminations were very successful. The parks were radiant with many coloured lamps; the chief city buildings, and private houses were agleam with luminous devices; street arches were floral and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsTHE State Banquet, which was held on the evening of the 26th January, at the Exhibition Building, was, certainly, the most remarkable event of the kind ever witnessed in the Australasian colonies. The guests ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 221 wordsTHE last important State item in connection with the Centennial Celebrations took place on the 30th January On that day—on a beautiful site in Macquarie Street— the Foundation Stone of the New Houses of Parliament ...
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Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1881 - 1894), Wed 22 Feb 1888, Page 13
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