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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1890

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

Ladies Column. Fair Dispensers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 10

[Five ladies—Misses Britain, Moore, Cooli, and Bowen—have recently qualified and been appointed dispensers at various hospitals.] Here are ladies as dispensers, each a…

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N. S. W. Agricultural Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 4

The following local prizes have been awarded; Trotting-stallion, 2yrs and under 2, W. H. Dean's Era, [?]; Coaching-stallion, imp, 4yrs and over, G. S. Yeo's Perfection, [?]; Colonial-bred, 3 years,…

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Castle Hill Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 3

A large number of residents of this district visited the Castle Hill Show on Monday last, and as a natural consequence, Windsor was well-high deserted. The Show was a very good one. The…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Saturday, May 10, 1890. The Farmer's Day Out. H.D.A Association's Exhibition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 4

There is one day, or at any rate one particular period of the year to which every farmer and every producer in any given district looks forward with no…

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Nicholas Nubbles at the Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 3

My glowing heart beats high At the sight of shining gold; But it is not that which the miser's eye Delighteth to behold…

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The Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 4

The following letter appeared in last week's " Nepean Times ":—Sir,—I wish to bring under your notice what I consider unfair and unjust with regard to the decisions of the judges of the last…

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Tale. Honours Divided. (From Vanity Fair.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 9

It [?] eight o'clock [?] a July evening, [?] the C[?]de la Grandee Armee was [?]ing [?] g[?] [?]ess. All the [?]ble tables w[?] crowded, and the rattle of the dominoes w[?]…

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Flower Show at Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 3

The Flower Show got up by the enterprising Committee of the School of Arts came off on Friday and Saturday, and was in evety way a splendid success. The most of the week was spent in…

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Ladies' Column. Keep the Face Fair

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 December 1890 · page 20

Ladies are well aware that by wearing veils when out in the summer's sun they do much to protect themselves from tan and freckles. Probaly they do not all most…

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