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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

10 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

The Hawkesbury Agricultural Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 4

We are indebted to Mr.C. S. Guest, the secretary, for the information with regard to the entries for the forthcoming show. Mr. Guest has himself received 1224 entries, and it is certain that the…

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Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association. Tenth Annual Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 3

"The glory of the farmer is that in the division of labours it is his part to create. This hard work will always be done by one kind of man; not by scheming speculators, nor by soldiers, nor by professors, nor readers of Tennyson; but…

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At the Skating Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 2

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Skating Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 3

The first Skating Carnival of the season was held at Mr. O'Brien's Union Hall Rink on Wednesday evening, when there was a large attendance. The hall, which is always well and tastefully…

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The Carrington Skating Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 3

One of the most pleasant gatherings which have been held in Windsor for some time took place on Tuesday evening last, when the Carrington Skating Club gave its first carnival and dance in…

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A Fair Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 10

We were sitting in front of Taylor's gr[?][?]ry store on a summer day, when a big black bog came nosing along the gutter and started a new train of thought. In the [?]…

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Windsor Skating Club's Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 3

Following very closely on the heels of the Car rington Skating Club's Carnival came that organised by the Windsor Club. This second carnival of theirs, the Windsor Club arranged to…

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Carrington Skating Club's Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 3

Skating is a pleasant pastime—to those who can whirl round the rink at a break-neck pace without fear of being brought full length on the floor now and then; above all, skating is an amusement in…

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Sketcher. London's Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 October 1889 · page 12

The flat racers of England are, almost all of them, descended from three great sires; the Byerly Turk, who was ridden as a charger by Captain Byerly in Ireland in 1589 or…

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To See Fair Play

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 12

It was a touching story which the late Lord Shaftesbury tolf of some of the greatest roughsin the East End of London. A young clergyman in one of the most wretched…

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