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Shows & fairs, 1876

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Milton Ulladulla. Agricultural Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1876 · page 2

LAST Wednesday was as favourable a day as could be wished for our annual show, being cool cloudy, and comfortable, and also comforting, as the atmosphere seemed charged with…

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Kiama Annual Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 2

AS it has been reported from other districts of the colony, so it has happened in Kiama:—the yearly exhibition in which the inhabitants of an agricultural…

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Kiama Annual Show. the Dinner

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 2

Which was served in the large room of Mrs. Jackson's boarding establishment, was a very successful and satisfactory wind up of the day's proceedings excepting that very…

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Opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1876 · page 2

The formal opening of the Exhibition took place yesterday at noon, The building had been well filled at an early hour, and large numbers continued to arrive with…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1876 · page 2

WE collate the following further particulars of the Sydney Exhibition from the Sydney papers:— The attendance on Wednesday, the…

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International Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 2
Also in The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser

The exhibits from Now South Wales, South Australia, and Now Zealand, which were sent from Sydney and Auckland on the 14th of January last, arrived in Now York by the Pacific Mail…

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Original Correspondence. One Annual Exhibition of Stock for the Southern Coast District. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 2

SIR.—The well known aphorism that "Unity is strength" is not only fashionable in the present age, but co-operative societies of all kinds rule with power, and have…

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One Annual Exhibition of Stock for the Southern Coast Districts. (To the Editor of the "Illwarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 May 1876 · page 2

SIR,—The well-known aphorism that "Unity is strength" is not only fashionable in the present age, but Co-operative Societies of all kinds rule with power, and have carried conviction to the…

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Proposed Central Exhibition of Stock for the South Coast Districts. (To the Editor of the "Illuwarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 May 1876 · page 2

SIR,—I think Mr. Dymock's proposition that the stock-breeders of the Coast Districts should unite or co-operate in an endeavour to establish an annual Exhibition of Stock worthy of the large…

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Proposed Central Exhibition of Stock for the South Coast Districts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1876 · page 2

W. R. Jenkins, Esq., under date May 15, writing to the Illawarra Mercury on the above subject says:— I think Mr. Dymock's proposition that…

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One Grand Show for the South Coast

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1876 · page 4

SPARKING on the above subject on Saturday last, the Sydney Mail says:— Mr. Dymock, a well-known auctioneer on the South Coast, has of late advocated…

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One Grand Show for the South Coast

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1876 · page 2

Mr. Dymock, a well-known auctioneer on the South Coast, has of late advocated through the columns of our southern contemporaries united action on the part of the agricultural societies…

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Centennial Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1876 · page 3

A telegram to the Herald dated Philadelphia May 22 says:—A dinner was given by the Commissioners of all the British colonies and dependencies exhibiting at…

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Opening of the Centennial Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 June 1876 · page 3

Mr. George Alfred Townsend thus writes in the 'New York Graphic':— The space between Memorial Hall and the Main Hall, where the exercises were held, is not less…

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New South Wales at the Great Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1876 · page 4

The special correspondent of The Colonies writing to that journal from Philadelphia, says:—The exhibition hero is certainly a success, and the English are very proud of…

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New South Wales at the Philadelphia Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 4

NEW South Wales comes next; and as I presume the arrangement of her court will have more interest to your readers than that of any other, I may go more into…

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The Women's Pavilion at the Centennial Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 August 1876 · page 4

Of all the wonderful structures in the Centennial Grounds probably not one attracts more general attention or proves of more absorbing interest to all classes than…

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The Queensland Exhibition. Brisbane

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 August 1876 · page 3

The Queensland National Exhibition was opened at noon to-day, by his Excellency Governor Cairns, and in in every way a splendid success. It was not without many doubts as to the issue of…

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The Queensland Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1876 · page 4

GLANCING from a moderate elevation at the New South Wales annexe (writes the Brisbane Telegraph), the display is seen to be very satisfactory. On the front of the…

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