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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1892

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The Chicago Exhibition. Lecture by Mr. Roseby

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 2

Mr John Roseby (Who represented Shoalhaven in two Parliaments not long since) lectured in the Town Hall, Wollongong on Wednesday evening, his subject…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

A meeting of this Association was held on Monday evening, there being present— Messrs. A. Campbell, M.P. (presiding), J. A. Beatson, W. J…

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Wollongong Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 3

The Wollongong Flower Show Committee met on Tuesday afternoon, and made several important arrangements in connection with the intended flower show…

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London County Council and Fair Wages

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1892 · page 2

In "The Progress of the World" in the Review of Reviews, Mr. Stead says: —"Lord Rosebery is retiring from the chairmanship of the London County…

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Ferns and Plants for the World's Fair

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 3

Tho first shipment of New South Wales exhibits for the Chicago Exhibition was despatched by the steamer Monowai, which left for San Francisco yesterday afternoon…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1892 · page 2

The regular committee meeting of the above association was held in the Committeeroom, Town Hall, on Monday evening. There were present—Messrs,…

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Ferns and Plants for the World's Fair

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1892 · page 4

The first shipment of New South Wales exhibits for the Chicago Exhibition was despatched by the steamer Monowai, which left for San…

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Temperance Work at the Norfolk Agricultural Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1892 · page 14

A correspondent wrote to one of the English papers as follows on the above subject:—Having been at King's Lynn on June 29th and 30th, and finding the town…

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The Chicago Exhibition Dispute

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 4

London, Thursday Night.—The New York correspondent of Dalziel's Agency forward particulars of a violent quarrel which occurred in New York between…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, August 16. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. A. A. Turner and H. O. MacCabe, Js.P)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 2

William Dickson applied for a renewal of the license of Dickson's Family Hotel, Bulli. There were no objections, and the…

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Wollongong Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

At a meeting of the Ladies' Committee of the Agricultural Society yesterday, it was decided to hold the flower show on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 6th,…

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Shellharbor Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

The fifth annual exhibition of the above society will be held in the Temperance Hall, Shellharbour, on Thursday and Friday next. The total entries received…

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Shellharbour Poultry Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 2

The annual show in connection with the Shellharbour Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society took place in the Temperance Hall, in that township, on Thursday and…

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Acquatic Carnival

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon Messrs. Blackman, Beach and Myers, the appointed handicappers, issued the starts for the big race. The task was…

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Shellharbour P[?]ltry Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

As briefly announced last issue, the annual exhibition of the Shellharbour Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society took place on Thursday and Friday last, both…

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N. S. W. Exhibits at the World's Fair

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 4

In the unavoidable absence of the Success, redolent, as it would have been, of primitive life in Australia, the suggestion of the hut for Chicago (says…

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Special Grant for Albion Park A. and H. Society

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, on Thursday, conferred with Mr. Fuller, M.P., and Mr. John Fraser, president of the Albion Park Agricultural Association, Mr. T. Armstrong,…

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A Fair Beautiful Skin

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 2

Sulpholtne Soap gives the natural tint and peach-like Bloom of a perfect Complexion; make she Skin smooth, supple, healthy, comfortable…

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Photographs of Heavenly Bodies for the World's Fair

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 2

At the request of the New South Wales Commission for the Chicago Exhibition a few of the photographs which have been taken at Sydney Observatory have been…

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The Flower Show

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1892 · page 2

The spring flower show, which opens to-day, should prove very attractive. The display of flowers will be good, although the date chosen is early fur Maine of "the…

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