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Shows & fairs, 1867

14 stories in Illawarra's papers

Shoalhaven Estate Agricultural Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 February 1867 · page 2

The fourth annual Show in connection with the Shoalhaven Estate Agricultural Association took place on last Wednesday, and according to arrangements which were made at the establishment of the…

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The Kiama Agricultural Society. [Communicated.]

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1867 · page 2

The annual Show of the Kiama Agricultural and Horticultural Society is appointed to take place on Wednesday next; and in the prospect of this exhibition of the…

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Illawarra Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 February 1867 · page 2

According to advertisement a meeting was held at the Queen's Hotel on Tuesday last, for the payment of prizes awarded at this year's show in connection with the above institution. R. Howorth, Esq., the…

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Dapto Agricultural Society's Dinner

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1867 · page 2

The annual dinner in connexion with the above Society took place on Friday last, at the Illawarra Hotel. The Chair was occupied by H. H. Osborne, Esq.,…

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Exhibition of the Kiama Agricultural and Horticultural Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1867 · page 2

THE first exhibition of the above-named Society since its recent resuscitation took place yesterday; and was attended with the most complete success, and consequently with the…

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The Agricultural Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1867 · page 2

OUR notice of the above affair having been prepared at a somewhat late hour on the evening preceding our last issue, and our compositors having remained as long as…

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Kiama Sugar at the Melbourne Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1867 · page 4

WE have been favored with the perusal of a letter received by Mr. Colley from his brother-in-law, the Rev. G. Mackie, headed as above. As the letter contains…

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Exhibition of the Ulladulla Agricultural Association

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1867 · page 3

THE first exhibition of this Society came off on Friday. 1st March, and was a complete success. Many persons expressed their surprise at the result, and I should hope that…

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The French Exhibition. Paris, April, 18

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 June 1867 · page 4

One of the effects of the untoward weather which is plaguing our hemisphere so persistently has been the total destruction of the splendid awning of green velvet, studded with golden bees,…

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English Hebes at the Paris Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 July 1867 · page 4

The star of Spiers and Pond is evidently in the ascendant. It is obvious that this cosmopolitan firm has a mission. They are the refreshment room reformers of the age. By their "so potent…

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New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 August 1867 · page 4

Now let us cross into the machinery gallery, and see where New South Wales has established bureolf, self-dependont, and self-reliant, although it must be owned that hor natural history-her…

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Distribution of Prizes at the French Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1867 · page 1

The grand ceremony of the distribution of prizes came off in the building of the Great World's Exhibition on the 1st instant, and was a most imposing affair…

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An American's Description of the English Department of the Parts Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1867 · page 4

THE following sketch is from the correspondent of the Alta California, an American gentlemen:—" The English people and Government have evidently spared neither…

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Sunday at the Paris Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1867 · page 1

AT the opening of the Paris Exhibition the question naturally arose, whether the English department should be kept open on Sundays. There was much to tempt the…

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