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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1923

446 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 23

Royal Show District Exhibit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

The Central North Coast district will again be represented at the Royal Show in 1924 in the Commonwealth District Exhibit competition. The decision was…

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Country Men on Sydney Show Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, who represented the Dungog Agricultural Society at the meeting of delegates from agricultural societies in the Central North Coast,…

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Ulmarra P. and A. Society the Recent Show. Good Result in Adverse Conditions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 3

A meeting of the above society was held on Monday, 21st inst. There were present:--Mr. G. Kelly (president), who occupied the chair, Messrs. Wynn,…

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Publican and Show Committee

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

At Dungog Court last week Richard Thame, publican, proceeded against 22 members of the Dungog A. and H. Association for damages arising out of…

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Kindergarten School. Carnival at Maclean. Queen Competition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 5

It is now some time since the Pa[?] and Citizens' Association decided that they would raise the sum of £200 towards the cost of the erection of a su[?]…

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Harvest Festival Fair

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

The annual harvest festival fair and dance under the auspices of the local Church of England eventuated in the Empire Hall on Monday evening…

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Cotton at the Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 4

The secretary of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society (Mr. L. Lawson) has received a letter from the assistant manager of the New South Wales…

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Young Australia League. Visit to Empire Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 2

Mr. W. A. Zuill, president of the Grafton Parents and Citizens’ Association, received a letter a few days ago from Mr. R. S. Perdrian, M.L.A., announcing that…

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Grafton Show High Jumping

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 4

At the last Grafton Show the special record high jumping contest on the fourth day resulted in a tie between Mr. Radium and Vice-Regal. These two horses both cleared…

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N.c Agricultural Societies Meeting at Grafton. District Display for the Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 4

The question of sending a district exhibit from the North Coast and Northern Tablelands to the next Royal Show in Sydney was the principal business…

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"Fair Done." Prince of Wales in Yorkshire. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 3

The Prince of Wales' Yorkshire tour was closed at Leeds to-day amid crowds of flower-throwing lasses and cheering lads. The flowers were all gathered up and…

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Football. Souths Defeat Westerns. Close and Exciting Game. Tocher's Fine Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 3

The attendance at the showground, Grafton, on Saturday, afternoon last, while not being large, was nevertheless highly satisfactory. The games provided…

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SPORTING. July Racing Carnival. Ramorine and Cup. Dates of Meetings and Entries

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 4

On July 14, six weeks hence, the Clarence River racing carnival will be ushered in on the South Grafton racecourse by the Orara Jockey Club meeting, which…

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The Kempsey Carnival. Horth Beats South

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 2

The Northern Lsagues, in which were seven men from the Coffs Harbor division, beat the Southern Leagues at Kempsey on Monday by 8 to 5 after a stirring game…

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Empire Exhibition. an Appointment Questioned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 5

A dramatic turn of events in the controversy between the Empire Exhibition Commission and Returned Soldiers' League regarding the appointment of…

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Telegrams. "No Justice or Fair Play." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 5

Bishop Gallagher, speaking at St Patrick's College, Goulburn, declared: "You, as Cathohcs, must not expect any encouragement, any helping hand, any…

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Tennis Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 2

The Jetty courts were kindly loaned by the committee to the Presbyterian Church members to run off a tennis carnival on the 2nd and 4th of Juss. Entries were received…

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Sports Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 2

We have been asked to draw attention to the announcement in our advertising columns regarding the Upper Clarence Sports Carnival which has been arranged…

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Cotton and Cows. Bonalbo Show Crop. Returns £50 Per Acre

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 3

In further particulars of his trial crop of cotton, Mr. A. A. Byrnes, of Old Bonalbo, informs the British-Australian Cotton. Association that it is a fine crop…

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Coff's Agricultural Society

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of this society was held on 12th inst., when there was a good attendance, of members with the vice-president (Mr. W. J. Smith) in…

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