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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1915

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Kiama Agricultural Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

At a meeting held in the Kiama School of Arts on Tuesday afternoon Mr. E. Cole, president, was in the chair, also present were Messrs…

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Kiama Agricultural Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

The committee met last Tuesday, as it is customary when the show is approaching she business was chiefly in the nature of show details…

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Wollongong Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

Everything points to the 1915 Show to open on Thursday, the 28th inst., being the best for years. The season that the South Coast has experienced…

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Wollongong Annual Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 11

The Wollongong Annual Show, states the secretary, which opens on the 28th, and will be conti[?] on the 29th and 30th of this month…

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Show Amalgamation

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

The "Shoalhaven News" suggests that the best way out of the difficulty created in the ranks of Agricultural Societies owing to the withdrawal of…

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Nowra Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 15

The Shoalhaven A. and H. Association announce in this issue the holding of their forty-first annual show at Nowra on Wednesday and…

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Albion Park Show. Splendid Cattle Exhibit

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

" This show is being conducted under three exceptional conditions: The first is that you are holding it in one of the best seasons over experienced…

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Nowra Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

In our advertising columns appears an announcement in regard to the annual and H. Association to be held on the Nowra Showground on Wednesday and…

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Nowra Show

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

In our advertising columns will be found an announcement in reggrd to the list annual exhibition of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association, to…

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Kiama Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The Kiama Show was opened auspiciously yesterday, the formal ceremony taking place in the afternoon by the Hon. Ashton, Minister for…

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Surf Carnival. North Wollongong Club Successful

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

The first carnival of the North Wollongong Life Saving and Surf Club was held on the local surf beach on Tuesday, and attracted a large…

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Kiama Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

The annual exhibition of the Kiama Agricultural Society was brought to a successful conclusion on Wednesday with a very large attendance which…

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Show Amusements

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

Wollongong was favoured with a visit from Philip Lytton's Dramatic Company during show week, and the large tent was packed with an…

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Wollongong Show

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The Wollongong A.H. and I. Association [?]ys the destin[?]tion of being the lineal descendant of the Society that hold the first show in New South…

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Show Snapshots

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

One of Bismark's (the performing monkey at the show) "stunts" to attraction was to climb the tall Norfolk Island pine near his stall. Liking the…

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Nowra Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 8

The Shoalhaven Association's annual show, which during the past two or three years, has advanced to the first rank, will be held on…

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Dogs at Wollongong Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 6

Owing to Mr. A. Houghton having to make an unforseen trip north, and Mr. T. S. Prescott (who was the reserve judge for this show) having…

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Open Column. to the Editor. Ayrshire Judging at Kiama Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

[For the discussion of matters of public of position interest. We do not necessarily held the same views or endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents. The editor reserve the right to suppress any…

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Wollongong Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above Association was held at the Society's Office on Thursday evening, the 11th instant. Present: Messrs J. B…

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The Royal Show. Great Exhibition Promised

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 5

Entries for the Royal Show Lave been coming in very well, but the principal ones do not close until the end of this month…

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