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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1925

499 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 25

Motor Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 2

The International Motor Show has opened in Melbourne. The value of the exhibits is more than one million pounds…

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Ulmarra Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

All the Ulmarra Show Committee requires to make this 1925 Show a record in all departments is fine weather. The entries so far are excellent, the…

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Wagga Gold Cup. Won by Fair Solaleen. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

The Wagga Gold Cup, 1¼ miles, was won by Fair Rosaleen, with Dukedom second and Warwickshire third. Won by four lengths. Time, 2.6…

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Grafton Show. Third Day. Another Large Attendance Trotting and Hunting Contests

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 4

With continued fine weather, the Grafton Show attracted another large attendance yesterday afternoon and night, and in the morning also the gate receipts…

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Metropolitan Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 4

The Sydney show, with its accompanying surfeit of attractions, has one more been added to the pages of history. It is claimed to be a record, and deserves the…

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Ulmarra Show

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

The Ulmarra Show secretary's office at the Council Chambers Was a scene of activity on Saturday. A continual flow of exhibitors kept the staff busily…

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Grafton Show. Record Treasury Returns. Conclusion of Great Week Military Display and Fireworks

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

When on Saturday night the curtain was rung down on the Grafton Show and the treasury returns were made up, it was announced that the receipts for the…

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Show Awards

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4

The following were not included in the previously published list:- Best light cavalry horse. Austin Carlton 1, N. A. McDonald 2. Best turnout, horse, sulky…

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Ulmarra Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4

In the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday morning, Mr. D. Reed, P.M., granted an application by Hannah J. Daniels, of Laird's Hotel, Grafton, for a booth…

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Ulmarra Show Opens To-day

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4

The annual exhibition, controlled by the committee of the Ulmarra P. and A. Society, will commence on the Ulmarra Show ground to-day. Judgiug will begin in…

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Show Competitions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

The results of the guessing competitions at the Grafton Show were made available yesterday, when Mr. W. A. Zuill, Grafton, was declared the winner of the bullock…

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Local and General. Cattle Drafting at Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. A. McMaster won first and second prize for cattle drafting at the Grafton Show last week…

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Ulmarra Show. Second Day. Official Opening Mr. R. S. Vincent on Dairymen

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 1

The show at Ulmarra was concluded yesterday, and although there was a prospect of fine weather early in the morning the conditions throughout the day…

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Coramba Orara River Agricultural Society

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 7

The first meeting of the new committee of the above society was held on the 6th inst., when there was a good attendance. Business to elect office-bearers…

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Masquerade Carnival

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

The energetic ladies' committee of the Agricultural Association, as will be seen from our advertising columns, have decided to hold a grand…

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Orara Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

The Orara River Agricultural Society have broken away from their old show dates viz. February in each year, and selected November 25 and 26, 1925, for…

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Maclean Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

In connection with the Maclean Show next Thursday and Friday, in section 1, class 20 is restored as follows:--Pony stallion, 12 hands and under; prize 15…

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Royal National Jubilee Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

This year's National Show, Brisbane, promises to excel all previous efforts. Exclusive of one farm exhibits, four A and six B grade districts have made…

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Grafton. a Fair City the Beautiful Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 4

In the case of Grafton, one leaves Central Station by the North Coast mail at 7.32 p.m., and, after a journey of over 430 miles, lands at his destination on the…

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Maclean Show. L. C. Agricultural Society Meeting of Committee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Friday night last. The…

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