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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1894

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The Fancy Fair

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3

The attendance at the fair on Thursday evening was very large, and business was brisker than on any of the prerlous evenings. Songs were contributed by Mrs…

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Wollongong Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 2
Also in The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser

On Thursday the attendance was large, but the threatening aspect of the sky, as on the previous day, kept very many people away from the ground. The…

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Correspondence. the Late Kiama Show. to the Editor

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3

SIR,—I notice by Wendesday's issue that "A Visitor" to our local show has left some suggestions for improving it. There is no doubt that as a dairying and…

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The Fancy Fair

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

The fancy fair in connection with St. Francis Xavier's Church attracted a very large crowd on Saturday night, when the business done was of a highly…

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Wollongong Show Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

The Shoalhaven News of Saturday last has the following—"There could be no better managed agricultural society, no could any society have a better managed…

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Berry Show. a Successful Exhibition

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 2

THE Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the Berry Agricultural Association opened yesterday under most favourable circumstances and will be…

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Albion Park A. and H. Association

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held on the 6th inst, Present—The President (J. Fraser, Esq., J.P., in the chair), Messrs, A., Fraser, Mathie, W. O…

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The Berry Show

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 3

The eleventh annual exhibition of the Berry Agricultural Society was opened on Tuesday, when the weather being most favorable, there was a very good…

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Albion Park A. and H. Association

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4
Also in Reporter and Illawarra Journal

A meeting of the committee of the above association was held on the 6th inst. when there were present—The President (J. Fraser, Esq., J.P. in the…

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Berry Show. Second Day

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 2

THE sceoud day of the above Show was attended by some thrce thousand poople the weather proving agreeable though threatoning The takings at the…

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Wollongong Show. the Committee Hear Evidence Touching Some Grand Stand Tickets

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 2

At tho monthly meeting of the Committee of the Wollongong A., H., and I. Association, held in the Council Chamber, Wollongong, on Thursday night, Mr. F…

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The R.c. Fancy Fair. a Handsome Result

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 3

The accounts in connection with the recent Fancy Fair in aid of St. Francis Xavier's Church have all been settled, and we have much pleasure in announcing that…

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The Governor at the Nowra Show

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

His Excellency Sir Robert Duff, will attend the Shoalhaven Agricultural Show at Nowra to-morrow, as also will Sir J. P. Abbott, the Speaker of the…

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The Nowra Show

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 3

The attendance at the opening of the Nowra show on Thursday numbered 1500, and everything passed off aa satisfactorily. There was a large collodion of farm…

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Albion Park A. and H. Association. Annual Meeting of Member

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 2

The seventh annual meeting of subscribers to the Albion Park A., and H. Association was held in the association's spacious produce pavilion at Albion…

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Albion Park A. and H. Association. Annual Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 2

The members of the above Association hold their seventh annual meeting last Friday evening, in the Agricultural pavilion, Albion Park. There was an…

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Fixing Show Dates

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

AT a committee meeting of the Shoalhaven Agricultural Association Tuesday, a letter from Mr. T. Armstrong, Secretary, intimated that the 16th and 17th…

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The North Coast National Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 4

The North Coast National Agricultural Show was opened at Lismore on Wednesday under unfavourable circumstances as regards the weather, which was…

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