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This week, 100 years ago

21 – 27 October 1926From the papers of New South Wales

Shows & fairs · Riverina

Junee Flower Show. Successful Annual Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the Lyceum Hall, Junee, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. W. J. Hiscock, the well known horticulturist, opened the Thir[?]…

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Farming & the land · Northern Rivers

Great Butter Yield

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A Jersey cow named Hero's Laura, eight years, old, owned by Mr. A. Booker, of Alstonville, has gained,departmental honors…

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Fires & bushfires · Hunter Valley

Alarm of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1926 · page 4

At 10.10 o'clock on Saturday night the West Maitland fire brigade received a call to a fire which had broken out in an outhouse situated…

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Railways, roads & transport · Central Coast

Bridge to Woy Woy Bay. Connection with Great Northern Road

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 15

Cr. Staples made another momentous move for the betterment of Woy Woy at the Council meeting on October 11—he proposed that the Engineer report…

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