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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1890

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The American Exhibition

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 1

IT is still uncertain, says a New York correspondent, whether New York or Chicago will be the site of the World's Fair, but it is certainly becoming…

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Camden Agricultural Society

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 3

CAMDEN, Monday.—The Camden A. and H. Society are making great improvements to the show ground, the principal one being a splendid grandstand. A large number of…

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Kiama Agricultural Association's Annual Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 2

THE annual show of the Kiama Agricultural Association was held last week, with fine weather on both days. The show of cattle was the largest ever seen on the…

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Berrima District Hospital Fair

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 2

THE Ladies' Working Association is an extensive caterer for public entertainment duriny the present week. Its programme is elaborate: the initial item, the opening of…

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The Hospital Fair

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 February 1890 · page 2

The united Fair in aid of the Berrima District Cottage Hospital remained open every afternoon and evening, from Monday until yesterday, when it was to have closed…

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Rose Show at Goulburn

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 February 1890 · page 1

OUR townsman, Mr. Cope, of the Bowral Nursery, a noncompetitive exhibitor at the Rose Show held in Goulburn on Thursday and Friday, took up several magnificent…

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Autumn Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 12 February 1890 · page 3

The Bowral Horticultural and Indusdustrial Society's Autumn Show will be held on the 26th and 27th instants. An interesting and attractive schedule of prizes has been…

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The Hospital Fair

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 2

SIR,—The ladies of the Working Association having met yesterday to transact the necessary business of paying the accounts connected with the hospital fair, I am now…

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Presbyterian Church Fair

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 3

NOTWITHSTANDING the inciement weather of the past week, the arrangements for holding a sale of work in connection with the Presbyterian Church at Mittagong were persevered with by the ladies, and…

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Goulburn Agricultural SHow

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 3

AT a fully amended meeting of the committee of the Goulburn A., P., and H. Society held on Wednesday afternoon special prize for factory butter at the forthcoming show; to have…

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Bowral H. and I. Society's Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 3

In consequence of the inclement weather the committee decided on Monday last to postpone the Horticultural and Industrial Society's show which was to have been held…

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The Metropolitan Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 2

THE Metropolitan Agricultural Show opened at noon on Wednesday. It was a great success, there being a splendid show of cattle, horses, and other live stock. Agricultural machinery of all descriptions…

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The Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 3

THE annual show of the Berrima District Agricultural, Horticultural, and lndustrial Society will be held on the three last days of the present week—Thursday, Friday, and…

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Marulan Agricultural Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 3

THE fifth show of the Maralan P. A. and I. Society was held bn Tuesday and Wednesday last. The attendance on Tuesday numbered about 600, including over 150…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, APRIL 12, 1890. the Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 2

THE seventh annual show of the Berrima District Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society would have been one of the best the Society bas had for the past…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Wednesday, April 16, 1890. the Show

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 2

IN previous issues we have given the number of entries received at the show, whether it may be seen at a glance by which the society is progressing. By this table, again,…

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Exhibition of the Phonograph

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 3

AN exhibition of Edison's photograph was given last Thursday afternoon at "the Athenseum, Melbourn, in the presence of the Governor and the Countees of Hopetoun"…

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Skating Carnival

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 2

THE following characters were sustained at the Skating Carnival on Monday evening last:—Miss R. Farrow, Highland Lassie; Miss Craig, Winter; Miss McCarthy; Summer;…

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The Mining Exhibition

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 2

THE opening of the Mining Exhibition at the Crystal, Palace, Sydenham, has been postponed till the 28th instant. The Duke of Fife will be tumble to perform the ceremony…

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Kangaroo Valley Agricultural Society

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 2

THE tender of the Free Press Magazine and Book Printing Works, Bowral, has been accepted by the committee for printing in connection with the 1891 show of the…

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