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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs
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THE entries received up to the present number 400, embracing 100 horses, 60 head of cattle, 30 pigs and poultry, and 120 farm and garden produce, the balance being spread over the other sections…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS is what the Warneton correspondent of the Macleay Chronicle says. He must have just woke up like some Rip van Winkle. Were that not so, he would have known that the single-judge system…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As will be noticed, Tuesday next is the final date for receiving entries for the four-days Show to be held during the first week of May. Several hundred are already in, and though the flood must…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The attendance on Saturday[?] was very good. The Hunter's Plate and Water Jump were the events of the afternoon, and proved attractive. The blue ribbons was awarded[?] to H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE total number of entries received for the forth-coming Exhibition is 1190, compared with 1504 last year. But in the latter were included 202 entries in school exhibits, which are this year eliminated,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. EDITOR—I gather from one of your contemporaries that objection has been raised to the association of the Agricultural Society with the citizens in the title of the projected banquet to the Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOME wonder has been expressed in certain quarters —as to the outcome of what was visible at the late Metropolitan Show—why it is that the agricultural and horticultural products of the country are so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE improvements carried out on the Show Ground, in anticipation of the forthcoming exhibition, are of an extensive character. The most prominent is the grandstand, which is a conspicuous structure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO-DAY the Clarence Agricultural Socioty (established iu 1866) commeuces the celebration of its twenty-lifth Auuual Show. More than ordiuary interest is invested in the occasion by reason of its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE late arrival of the Vice-Regal party on the Show Grounds on Friday necessitated the order of parades, as set down in the catalogue, being abandoned; and the most interesting exhibits in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SPLENDID weather favored the opening of the annual show of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association. The country for miles around is in spendid condition, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. EDITOR.—The 25th annual Exhibition of the C. P. and A. Association has been held, and yet no dissatisfied exhibitor. Are thore no judges, no stewards, or committee men to abuse[?] Whatever…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the Executive Committee was held on Saturday afternoon. Present—Messrs A. H. Garvent (president), M. H. Samson, W. Lazaar, Dr. Young, Roderick. J. H. Garven, D. Millar, D. Shearer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →REFERRING to the recent exhibition the special reactor of the Sydney Mail writes:—The Agricultural Society is, as it should be a powerful factor in the district's progress. It is not an easy matter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CASINO, TUESDAY.âThe Show to-day was attended by about 850. The day was fine, except a few showers in the afternoon. The judging was not nearly completed to-day, owing to the absence of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. EDITOR.—As the owner of the "old worker" referred to in Mr. C. F. Tindal's letter in the Examiner of 21st instant, I differ from him in some respects. I consider the committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. EDITOR.—Mr. Neal seems to me to fall into the mistake of confusing nett value with gross value. An eight-year-old fat bullock might fetch half as much again as a four-year-old fat bullock,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As Speranza crossed from the Lido the sun was setting in splendour behind the Isola di S. Giorgio Maggiore, and succeeded in painting the lily—adorning adorable Venice. She…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CERTAIN rumbling sound of preparation for the great event of the Chicago world's Fair is already reaching Europe from America, remarks the Daily News. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. EDITOR.—I beg, in the Society's interest, to direct members' attention, through your columns, to a peculiarity in the form marked "Ballot Paper," just distributed amongst…
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