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South Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

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I. O. G. T. Flower Show

Moruya Examiner · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 2

THE Flower Show on Tuesday last (New Year’s Day) in the Centennial Hall was an unqualified success. There was a very large attendance and everything passed off as…

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Good Templars Flower Show and Fancy Fair

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 2

The Flower Show and Fancy Bazaar held in the Centennial Hall on New Year's Day under auspices of the I.O.C.T., was certainly one of the most pronounced successes…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting of the above named Association was held in the School of Arts Reading Room on Saturday last, Mr. P. H. Morton, vice-president, in the chair. There…

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Fixtures. Date of Exhibition

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 1

Wollongong A. H. and I. Association—Wednesday and Thursday, January 30th and 31st. Kiama A. and H. Associations—Thursday and Friday, 7th and 8th February…

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Athletic Carnival

Moruya Examiner · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 2

THE Athletic Sports held on Saturday last, under the auspices of the registered Club, passed off in a manner far beyond the most sanguine expectations of the promoters,…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 2

THE Committee of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association met on Saturday last in the Reading Room of the Nowra Public Hall, Mr. John Monaghan, J.P. (President) in the chair…

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The Moruya Athletic Club Carnival

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 2

On Saturday, the 20th ultimo, the sports advertised to take place on the Agricultural paddock (which was kindly lent for the occasion by the [?] Mr. M. Keating), came off…

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Fruit, Flower and Fancy Show

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 3

On Friday, The 25th ultimo, a Flower Show was held in the Gentennial Hall in aid of the Wesleyan Parsonage Fund, and it was a pronounced success in every way, when it…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 2

THE committee of the abovenamed society met on Monday last in the Reading Room of the Nowra Public Hall, the President, Mr. John Monaghan, J.P., in the chair. There were also…

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N. S. Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 2

In every section at the Melbourne Exhibition New South Wales has carried off a large amount of awards…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 2

THE committee of the above-named Association met in the Nowra Public Hall on Saturday last, the President (Mr. John Monaghan, J.P.), in the chair. There were also present Messrs…

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Berry Show Doings

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 2

THE late show of the Berry Agricultural Association brought together as fine a collection of exhibits as we have seen in either show ground or pavilion on the Southern Coast, and the…

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The Late Show

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 1

THE following prizes were omitted from the list published last issue being the result of the third days judging:— ‘Hunter to carry not less than to stone, and…

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Candelo A., P., H., and D.F. Association. Fifth Annual Show

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 2

THE [?] annual show of the Ca[?] Agricultural Pat[?] Horticultural and [?] Farmers Association commenced on Wednesday and was continued [?]…

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Moruya A. & P. Society's Show

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 2

IN our last issue we presented our readers with the Society's Prize Schedule for the Show of 1889. In the preparation of this schedule the committee have exercised a…

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The Show

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 2

THE show of 1889 has come and gone, and at the outset we might say it was the most successful in point of attendance and exhibits— as to quantity and quality…

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WHOSE! (To a pair of slippers in the Egyptian Exhibition.)

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 2

Tiny slippers of gold and green, Tied with a mouldering golden cord! What pretty feet they must have been When C[?] Augustus was Egypt’s lord!…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above will be held on Thursday 4th proximo, when the election of officers for the ensuing twelve months takes place. All the old members of committee have…

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Cobargo Show

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 2

[?]President Mr. W. D. [?] Vice -president ; Messrs [?] and It [?]Hon Treasured; [?]Secretary ; Mr…

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The Show of 1889

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 1

TO-DAY(Wednesday) is the opening day of the Moruya A. and P. Society's Show for 1889. Unforseen accidents excepted there is noth-ing to prevent the present Show from being…

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