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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1894

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Dapto A. and H. Society

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Dapto A. and H. Association was held in the pavilion on the showground on Saturday afternoon. There was a large…

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Opening of the Public Swimming Baths. a Successful Carnival

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

ON Monday (Now Year's Day), the Public Swimming Baths were officially opened by the Member for the District (Mr. G. W Fuller) in the presence of…

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Dapto A. and H. Society. the Annual Show

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

The thirty-seventh annual exhibition of the Dapto, A. and H. Society was held on the Society's grounds, Storen's Point, Dapto, on Tuesday and yesterday. On…

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Albion Park A. and H. Association

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

It is expected that the annual exhibition under the auspices of the above association, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday next, will be fully equal from…

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Dapto Annual Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

The 37th annual exhibition of the Dapto Agricultural Society was opened on Tuesday. The weather was fine, but cloudy, and the attendance was fair. The horse…

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Albion Park A. and H. Society. Seventh Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 3

The seventh annual show of the Albion Park A. and H. Society was opened on the showgrounds, Albion Park, on Wednesday, under very favorable auspices. The…

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Albion Park Show. the Opening Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 2

Yesterday morning the seventh annual exhibition of the Albion Park A & II. Association was opened amidst much [?] on the part of residents of the locality…

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The A., H., and I. Association's Show. a Public Holiday Declared

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 2

In Tuesday's Gazette there appears a proclamation appointing Thursday, the 1st proximo, a public holiday in the electoral districts of Illawarra and…

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Albion Park Show. a Successful Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 2

The seventh annual exhibition of the Albion Park A. and H. Society was held on the showgrounds on Wednesday and Thursday, and proved a great success. The…

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Albion Park Exhibition

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 2

THE Seventh Annual Exhibition in Connection with the Albion Park A. & H. Society was opened under most favourable auspices on Thursday with…

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Wollongong A. H. and I. Association. the Annual Exhibition. Special Trains. Excursion Rates Each Day

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 2

We would remind likely competitor for the many prizes offered by the Wollongong A. H. and I. Association that entries close with the secretary…

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Wollongong Show and Public Holidays

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 3

The secretary of the Wollongong Agricultural Society received a letter from the Education Department yesterday granting Thursday, next week (the…

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The Wollongong Show. Special Trains and Reduced Fares

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Roatson, the indefatigable secretary of the Wollongong A., H., and I. Association, has received the following communication from the Railway…

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Kiama Exhibition

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 2

THE Annual Exhibition of the Kiama Agricultural Association opened on Thursday last and closed yesterday. On the opening day the…

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In the Exhibition Building

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 2

In the main building the exhibits were not quite so numerous as last year, and this, of course, left all the more space for the display of the various exhibits, which…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society. the Annual Show. on Wednesday and

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 3

This event, which is eagerly looked forward to by many thousands of people and which may truly be described as the chief event of the season, bids fair this…

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Fancy Fair at Wollongong. a Show Week Bazaar

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 2

A fancy fair in connection with St. Francis Xavier's R.O. Church, Wollongong, and to run during the current show week, was opened in the Town…

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The Ulladulla Show and Its Subsidy

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 2

AT a special Committee meeting of the Ulladulla Agricultural Society on Thursday (says the Ulladulla and Milton Times) a communication was received from the…

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Dapto A. and H. Society

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above society was held in the Literary Hall, Brownsville, on Monday night. In the absence of the president (Mr. C. J. Cullen)…

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The Fancy Fair

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 3

The Fancy Fair, which was opened in the Town Hall on Monday evening, promises well to have an excellent financial result, although, of course, it is not…

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