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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

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Illawarra at the Metropolitan Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 2

At the Metropolitan Agricultural Show, Mr, John Lindsay, of Unanderra, took the following prizes :—Vyrshire bull, 1 year, Teviot Junior, 1st prize; Ayrshire bull calf, under 12 months…

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Wollongong Flower Show. to Be a Grand Affair

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 2

The matter of the ensuing flower show of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of October, in co[?]ion with the Wollongong Agricultural Society, occupied the committee of that institution [?] a…

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Wollongong Spring Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 2

A full attendance of committeemen were present at the Town Hall on Saturday evening last, to make final arrangements for holding the flower show. A plan of the decorations prepared by…

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The Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 2

This floral event, which has been looked forward to for some time, was opened in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, at 3 p.m. by Messrs. Woodward and Mitchell, the members for the…

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The Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 2

This absorbing exhibition, that opened on Wednesday last for a season of four days, has now run with evident success the greater half of the term. While the evening affords the most animated and…

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The Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 2

The floral fete seemed to improve, upon acquaitance, or rather was more patronized as its age increased. Saturday, the last day of its not-very-ephemeral existence, considering it extended…

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Correspondence. the Agricultural Show of 1890. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 2

SIR,—Looking forward, with many other Sydney Visitors, to your Coming agricultural Show, I have taken the liberty of making a suggestion which, if the…

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Kiama Agricultural Society

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 23 October 1889 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee, of the above was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening last. Present—Messrs. J. T. Cole (in the chair), J…

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Kiama Agricultural Society

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 2

A MEETING of the above took place in the Council Chamber on Friday night last. Present—Messrs. M. N. Hindmarsh (in the chair), Honey, Curtis, Colley, James…

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