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Shows & fairs, 1860

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

Has the Forster Ministry Had a Fair Trial? [Communicated.]

Examiner · Wednesday 4 January 1860 · page 2

This is a question that may now be reasonably put to the country. So far as we ourselves are concerned, we have not the least hesitation in giving it as our opinion, that the present Ministry has not…

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Illawarra Agricultural Society. the Fourteenth Annual Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1860 · page 2

On Tuesday last, the fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Horticultural and Agricultural produce, was held in in the Market, Square and Shed, Wollongong. The day was fine, though rather warm, and the attendance was…

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Illawarra Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1860 · page 2

A meeting of this society took place yesterday afternoon, at the Sportsman's Arms, C. T. Smith, Esq., occupying the chair. The Worshipful the Mayor, as Treasurer to the…

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The Agricultural Society's Meeting (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 October 1860 · page 3

SIR,—In Wednesday's issue of your contemporary, the Express, there appears a letter signed. "A Subscriber, denying that any understanding was come to at the meeting of the Illawarra Agricultural…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, DEC. 3, 1860. (Before Messrs. Garrett, Fair. and Hale, J.P's.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1860 · page 2

Henry Jarvis, a youth of about 16 yours of age, was brought up on warrant, charged with committing a rape on the person of Dinah Hill, a child of 8 years of age, at Bulli…

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