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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1915

316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 16

District Exhibts at the Royal Show

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 2

The. Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society writes that there are most encouraging prospects for another splendid competition of…

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Dorrigo Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Agricultural Society committee will be held next Wednesday. A motion, notice of which has been given, will…

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Public Exhibition of Prisoners. Disapproved of by France

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

PARIS, Monday.--M Barres says that Berlin has constantly shown the spectacle of prisoners marching up the streets before gloating crowds. The French Government…

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Agricultural Society

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the local Agricultural Society was held in the School of Arts on Monday, the following…

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Fair Rents for Farms

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 4

The Richmond-Tweed Tenant Farmers' Union wrote to the Minister for Education, suggesting that the provisions of the Fair Rents Bill be applied to the whole of the…

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The Royal Art Society. Spring Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 4

Five stories high in the spacious gallery of the Department of Education's new building, members of the Royal Art Society are holding their exhibition this year. A lofty…

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The War Loos Battlefield. German Forbodings. What Captured Papers Show. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 5

Phillip Gibb, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, describing a visit to the battlefield at Loos, just after the battle had passed over it, says:--…

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Agricultural Society

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes District Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday afternoon in…

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Dorrigo Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 2

At its meeting on Wednesday last the committee of the Agricultural Society decided to hold its annual show in 1916. The schedule will be revised…

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Eight-Hour Carnival. Arrangements Well in Hand

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 2

Our Coramba correspondent writes:—"Our Eight-hour Carnival arrangements are going splendidly. The Grafton City Band has…

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Agricultural Society

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee of the above Society was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon, when the following were present:— Messrs. J. L. Smith…

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1916 Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 2

The committee of the local Agricultural Association have completed the revision of the schedule for the 1916 show, and it is expected that it will…

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Anglican Flower Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 4

The South Grafton Anglican Flower Show was opened in the School of Arts yesterday afternoon by the Ven. Archdeacon Seymour. Owing, no doubt to the prevailing drought…

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Fair Rents Bill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 2

After being rejected several times by the Legislative Council, this measure is at length to become law. Mr. Garland apparently voiced the sentiments of the Members of the…

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Coramba's Carnival. Light Hour Day Sports. A Big Crowd

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

Coramba was on fete on Monday, the occasion of the Eight Hour Carnival and sports meeting. Ever since the project was first mooted,…

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Fair Rents Bill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Master Builders Association expressed the opinion that the Fair Rents Bill will have a disastrous effect on the building industry and cause…

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Ulmarra Agricultural Society

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Thursday evening. Present:--The President (Mr. F. Turnbull, presiding), Messrs. Kelly, C. and J. Napper, Parker, Fitzgerald,…

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The German Pirates. Not Fair Play. to Net German Submarines. Paris, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1915 · page 3

"La Liberte" prints a report which sheds an interesting light on the humorlessness of the German character. A protest is said to have reached the…

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Comment on N.C. COMMISSION. Writer to Show Cause

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 October 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Mr. Watt, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared before the Full Court to-day on behalf of District Court Judge Edmunds, Chairman of the…

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War Equipment Picture Show Benefit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 2

The final meeting of the committee appointed to deal with the above was held last evening. The balance sheet, showing a credit balance of £27 3s 6d, was received and…

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