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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1922

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Lismore Carnival

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 3

An advertisement in this issue gives particulars of the above carnival, which will be held this week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It is expected…

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Our Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

In the ordinary course of a local farmer's business, it comes in his way from time to time, to estimate the weight of a fat pig for the…

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Show Opens To-Day

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

The local show is set down for to-day (Wednesday) and Thursday All arrangements are Well forward, and given fine weather, attendance…

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Local and General. Coffs Harbor Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

The above show will commence to-day and be continued to-morrow. It is the first of the coastal shows this year, and as the entries have been right up to the…

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Carnival Tents on Fire. Four Men Burnt. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

In an attempt to subdue the flames, from a fire which had broken out in the . canvas ballroom of the Centennial Park carnival, four men were burned…

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Coff's Harbor Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

The weather has fine and the attendance fair on the opening day, yesterday, of the Coff's Harbor show. There was a particularly good exhibit, of Illawarra…

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Tennis. an Exhibition Match. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

In an exhibition tennis match played by J. O. Andersen and R. Y. Thomas against O'Hara Wood and N. Poach the former pair won by three sets to one…

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Coffs Harbor Show. Officially Opened Yesterday,SOME Good Cattle Exhibits. Successful Function in Fine Weather. Officials

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

Patrons: Messrs. W. H. Sharp, M. McLean, W. T. Perry. President: Mr. H. M. Henderson. Vice-Presidents : Messrs. Jno. Burling and J. P. Hammond…

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Exhibition at Australia House

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 5

Sir Joseph Cook, in opening the exhibition at Australia House to-day, thanked those who attested "for giving up the morning to greet us on our…

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Fair Rents Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

Henry Graham was fined £5 at the Fair Rents Court for making the buying of furniture a condition of letting premises…

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Cablegrams. Sir Joseph Cook Opens an Exhibition. Advertising Australia London. Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

Sir Joseph Cook, in opening the Empire Exhibition, said that the object of the exhibition was to induce British manufacturers to go to…

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Opening of the Show on Good Friday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 5

Five hundred and ten members of the congregation of St. James' Church, King…

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American Disaster. Picture Show Building Collapses. 5 DEAD, 75 Seriously Injured. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 3

A heavy load of snow caused the collapse of a roof and a wall of a picture show, catching five hundred, persons under the debris…

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Buying the Furniture. More Fair Rents Cases Suspicious But Not Convincing. Sydney. Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 3

In the Fair Rents Court to-day a number of agents were charged with breaches of the Fair Rents Amendment Act. It was alleged that they had…

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The Show. 1922 A Record Year. Big Crowds and Bright Sunshine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

The committee couldn't have had better weather if it bad been specially ordered." It is safe to say that fifty per…

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Agricultural Association. Preparing for Coming Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

At the periodical meeting of the Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Agricultural Association on Wednesday morning, Mr. A. Menzies, President, occupied…

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"Buy the Furniture." More Fair Rents Court Fines Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 2

More fines were inflicted in the Fair Rents Court to-day for breaches of the Fair Rents Act, the defendants being charged with refusing to let premises…

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Lismore Races. Dead Heat in Carnival Handicap. Some Small Fields. Lismore, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

The Lismore Tattersall's Race Club meeting commenced to-day, in showery weather. There was a fair attendance, but heavy scratchings were…

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Tennis. Country Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

The Lismore Tennis Club, in affiliation with the New South Wales Lawn. Tennis Association, is running a Northern Rivers, Open Championship Carnival during…

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State Politics. Parliamentarians at a Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Dooley, replying to the toast of Parliament at the Wollongong agricultural show luncheon, said he did not believe the country was on…

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