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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1914

274 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 14

Lawrence Flower Show. a Fine Display Inclement Weather

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 8

The rain simply poured down on Wednesday, the opening day of the Lawrence Flower Show and industrial Exhibition, which was held in…

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Lawrence Flower Show. a Fine Exhibition. Marred by Rain

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 14

As briefly mentioned in last issue, this Show was opened in the spacious hall of the Lawrence School of Arts on Wednesday. The committee of management have been…

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Kempsey Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 13

KEMPSEY, Friday.—The annual exhibition of the Macleay Agricultural Society was opened by Mr. J. Thomson, M.H.R. The weather was showery on the second…

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Lawrence Flower Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 16

The show was continued on Thursday afternoon and also the same night. The attendance showed a marked increase over that of the previous day. The following is…

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The Royal Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 2

THE Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales desires to state that through an error on his part the opening…

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District News. Lawrence. Lawrence Flower Show

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 4

On Thursday night there a large attendance at the Flower Show and the competitions decided were: -- Best-made bed -- Mr. H. Dansie 1…

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Drugged in Picture Show. New Methods of Securing Victims

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 8

A new phase of the New York White Slave methods has been made public as a result of the arrest of Armand Megaro, a young South American, who…

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Wireless at Country Show

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 2

Something of a record for a country show wan made at Narribri, last week, where the annual show was being held. Wireless transmitting…

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Swimming. the Olympic Carnival. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

An Olympic Swimming Carnival, in aid of the Australasian Olympic Fund, was held at Parramatta this afternoon. Over six thousand…

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Sydney Show on Good Friday Archbishop Wright's Protest. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

In a sermon at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Archbishop Wright referred to the holding of the Royal Show on Good Friday. He said it was public…

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Fair Rents. Bill Next Session

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 6

A deputation representative of a committee appointed by the annual comerence of the political Labour League, waited upon the Premier on Monday night to urge the…

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Good Friday and the Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 4

The "Church Record" (Anglican) makes the following reference to Good Friday and the Show:—"With the State as the guardian of civic morality, and as righteousness alone…

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Late Wires Sydney Show. Opened Yesterday. Inverell Wins District Exhibit. Grafton Scores Salted Butter Prize. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 3

The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society was opened yesterday at the Agricultural Ground, in beautiful weather. The attendance…

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The Royal Show. Good Friday and the Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 8

"If I am rightly informed, there were large commercial influences at work in the election of the council that perpetuated this glaring offence against the religious…

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How the Show Is Organised

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

This article ought to be called "How I [?]elp to Run the Royal Show," because so many people have a hand in the matter that I can only write as one of those…

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(By Telegram.) the Press and the Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

The morning papers devote considerable space to the Royal Show. The "Henald" says it is really the nearest approach we have to a National…

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The Clarence & Richmond Examiner. Established 1859. Grafton: Thursday, 9th APRIL, 1914. the Royal Show

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 4

The Royal Show, which is Sydney's great event of the year, and which the country people look forward to with eagerness, was opened on Tuesday (judging day)…

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The Royal Show. Increasing in Utility and Influence. The Farming Craft Now a Profession. Entries More Than Doubled in Eight Years. Standard of Horses and Cattle Steadily Increasing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

Years ago the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales set itself a standard, which it has ever since diligently endeavoured to improve upon,…

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Flower Show. a Great at Success

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 4

The third annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition, in connection with the Methodist Church, was hold in the local School of Arts,…

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Fatality at the Show a Groom Killed. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

William White, a groom, was riding the champion brood mare Toadstool at the showground this afternoon, when the mare reared up and rolled…

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