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Shows & fairs, 1889

46 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

A Novel Display. Baby Show at the Exhibition. [From the Melbourne Age of October 4

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 23 October 1889 · page 4

The uncommon sight of 700 babies placed on view yesterday afternoon, in the Exhibition building, was well calculated to cause a nursery…

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Sketcher. London’s Carnival

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 26 October 1889 · page 3

The flat racers of England are, almost of them descended from three great sires; the Byerly Turk who was ridden as a charger by Captain Byerly in Ireland in 1589 or there…

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St. John’s Flower-Show

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1889 · page 2

THE annual flower show, or “fair” it might more aptly be termed, in connection with St. John’s Church, commenced in the [?] Hall, on Wednesday and…

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Village Fair and Bruce Auction

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

On to-morrow, (Thursday) at 2 p.m., the grand "Village Fair" in aid of the Presbyterian Church, will be opened in the Centennial Hall; and the following day a Bruce…

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The Village Fair

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

On Thursday last, the Village Pair in aid of the Presbyterian Church was formally opened by Mr. B. Anderson, J.P. The general arrangement of the stalls was certainly very…

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To See Fair Play

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 3

It was a touching story which the late Lord Shaftesbury told of some of the greatest roughs in the East End of London. A young clergyman in one of the most wretched…

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