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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1898

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

The Nepean Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 6

AT the above Show, on the second day, Mr T R Smith, M P., made special reference in his speech at the opening ceremony to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. He said no one could help but…

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Show Week Fixtures

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 11

THE Hawkesbury D. A. Association's nineteenth annual show opens next week, and there are great prospects ahead of it, always providing that the weather is favourable. A liberal fall of rain in the…

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"Give Us a Show!"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 7

The prospect of the nineteenth annual Show, held under the auspices of the Hawkesbury D. A. Association, being carried to a successful financial issue, did not…

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The Show. Fodder Plants

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 8

There were any number of exhibits of sorghum, planter's friend, and other such fodder plants suitable for the making of ensilage, and the wonder is that more of…

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The Show. The District's Day Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 7

MELONS and figs, Pumpkins and pigs, Barrows and buggies and sulkies and gigs. Corn—saved from the floods—…

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The Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 6

Nature! great parent! whose increasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year, How mighty, how majestic are thy works! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul…

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A Lay of the Last Show. (For the GAZETTE.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 12

EVER since Show time, up and down the street, Or wheresoever we may go, Standing at the corner such a crowd we meet Who didn't get a prize at the Show…

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The Late Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir,—With your kind permis[?] I wish to make a few remarks on a matter in which I am specially interested, and in justice to myself and others concerned I feel sure you will…

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Fair Play

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir, — I think you deserve thanks from the Protectionists of the Hawkesbury Electorate for the fair and impartial reports that appeared in your paper of the meetings held by…

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The Late Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir,—My attention has just been called to a letter under the above heading which appeared in the GAZETTE of the 4th ult., signed "W Mitchell," and I am credibly informed…

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The Carnival. Opening Ceremony

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 7

At about 2 30 on Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of a large and fashionable gathering, the Rev S G Fielding in a brief manner explained the object which had been productive of the carnival,…

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