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Shows & fairs, 1871

9 stories in Illawarra's papers

Public School Examination and Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1871 · page 2

A public examination of the scholars attending the Model Public School, in Wollongong, took place at that building last Wednesday afternoon. The day was beautifully fine and attendance of visitors on…

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Dapto Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1871 · page 2

The annual Show, which was postponed from the Previous Wednesday, in consequence of the wet weather, was held last Saturday. The day kept dry, and was very sultry throughout, but from the effects…

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Local News. Court of Requests. Monday March 20. (Before Messrs. W. Robson. A. A. Turner, and H. J. Marr, J P.'s Thomas Allan v Charles Weaver

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1871 · page 2

To recover £6. Mr R Waring appeared For the defendant. It appeared from the evidence adduced that defendant had rentd the Para Meadow flour mill from…

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The Agricultural Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1871 · page 2

OUR readers will be interested to learn the following particulars of prizes taken by Kiama men at the Sydney Agricultural Exhibition, which opened on Monday last:—…

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The Forthcoming Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1871 · page 4

THE opening day of the Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition, at Prince Alfred Park, is now close upon us. The committees and stewards in the various…

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Opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 August 1871 · page 2

The Metropolitan Exhibition of 1871 was opened at noon on Monday, by his Excellency the Earl of Belmore, President of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, under circumstances…

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Mrs Laura D.Fair Her Husbands, Divorces, and Crimes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1871 · page 4

Never was time better spent than by the twelve men who, in San Francisco, decided the guilt of the woman who calls herself Laura Fair. For careers less loathsome, Borgia and Brinvilliers are…

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Meeting of the Agricultural Society, Dapto

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1871 · page 2

There was a meeting of the members of the above Society, persuant to advertisement, at the Council Chamber, Dapto, at 7.30 p.m., on Saturday. The President(F. A. Thompson, Esq., J.P.)…

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Local News. Examination and Exhibition at the Model Public School

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1871 · page 2

The annual examination of the three departments of the Model Public School, in this town, and an exhibition of the work of several of the scholars attending that institution, took place last…

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