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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1886

38 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

The Colonial and Indian Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 2

THE following is extracted from the S. M. Herald's cablegrams. London, May 4. The Indian and Colonial Exhibition was…

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Ode on the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 2
Also in Illawarra Mercury

"Welcome, welcome I With one voice, In your welfare we rejoice; Sons and daughters that have sent, From isle and cape and continent,…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of this Society was held on Tuesday evening. Present—Messrs. A. Campbell (presiding), M'Kenzie, Beatson, Poulter, Kirton, Gibson, O'Donnell, D. M…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1886 · page 2

At the monthly Committee meeting, on Tuesday, there were present Messrs Woodward, Ahern, Cochrane, O'Donnell, Griffin, M'Kenzie, Parsons, Wiseman, Gibson, Poulter, D. M. Campbell…

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MRS. E. M. E. Browne in a New Character. "May heaven smile upon this fair conjunction." Shakespeare

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1886 · page 2

The numerous friends of Mr. Thomas Ferguson, the genial and indefatigable secretary of the Melbourne Total Abstinence Society, (says the Victorian Alliance Record,) were agreeably…

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The London Press on the Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 4

THE Times is of opinion that no more impressive or significant ceremony has marked the long and prosperous reign of her Majesty, The moral aspect of…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 2

A meeting of the committee was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening, when there were present—Messrs. F. Woodward (in the chair), W. J. Poulter, W. M'Kenzie, E…

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Dapto Agricultural Society Annual Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 2

The annual meeting of the members of the Dapto Agricultural Society was hold at the Literary Hall, Brownsville, on Wednesday evening last. There was a good attendance, and the…

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Dapto A. and H. Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1886 · page 2

THE annual meeting was held at the Literary Hall, Brownsville, on Wednesday last, there being a good attendance, and considerable interest was manifested in the…

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Dapto A. and H. Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1886 · page 2

FOLLOWING is the annual report of the committee for the year ending 30th June, 1886:— The committee being elected to office at…

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Bulli Police Court. Wednesday, July 28Th. (Before A. A. Turner, P.M., and Messrs. A. Rose and H.S. Fry, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1886 · page 2

George M'Donald, ramanded from Clifton, was charged with assaulting george Vitchey, jeweller, at Clifton. Complainant stated: On the 20th inst., I went…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Managing Committee was held on Tuesday evening, there being present—Messrs. Hosking, Kirton, M'Kenzie, O'Donnell, Gibson, Wiseman, D…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Gerringong and the Kiama A. and H. Association. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1886 · page 2

SIR.—A challenge to prove what has been solemnly described as schoolboy twaddle," by so many matured sages whose prodigious experience and natural sagacity enable…

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Dapto A. and H. Society

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

The adjourned general meeting was held on Friday last, when the prize list, bye-laws, and date of the next show were finally arranged. There was only a small attendance, composed…

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New South Wales Agricultural Society's Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 2

THE Daily Telegraph reports:—The annual exhibition of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was opened on Wednesday, when the judging took place. There…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2

A SUB COMMITTEE of the above has recommended the construction of a new butter room, built in the most approved style, also that the secretary's office be re-built in…

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Opening of the Wild-flower Show in aid of the Kiama Cottage Hospital

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 2

A LOVE of flowers has rightly been regarded as an evidence of refined taste and elevated feeling. Some have even gone so far as to alliem that the absence of such a taste…

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