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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1868

2 stories in Illawarra's papers

Strange Exhibition in Newark.—a Buried German Resurrects Himself

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1868 · page 4

A GERMAN gentleman, advanced in years, named Franz Vester, at present a resident in Newark, recently obtained a patent for a safety-coffin, designed so as to…

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Original Correspondence. a Fair Price for Butter. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1868 · page 3

SIR—As I was one who attended at the Courthouse on Tuesday, 15th instant, to hear what was to be done with our butter. I feel that anything too severe cannot be said against…

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