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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1925

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Fair Rents Act. Amending Bill Promised. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

A Bill to amend the Fair Peats Act, will be introduced by the fuller Government in the next Parliament should it be returned to power…

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Show Accidents Society's Liability Legal Opinion

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the Glen Innes P. and A. Society it was resolved to obtain legal opinion on the society's liability in connection with accidents at show time…

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Telegrams. Saw England's Royal Show Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

Sir Sam Hordern, who was a passenger on the Aorangi, which arrived to-day, said he paid a visit to the "Royal Show in England, and our own show could…

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Novel Show Exhibit Real Live Bushranger Thunderbolt's Mate

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

Perhaps the most novel showground exhibit ever seen in the north was visible at Uralla show last week. The general public was apparently not awake to the…

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WEMBLEY Corruption Alleged the Exhibition Report Question of Sunday Opening. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

The working conditions, the prices of admission and the Sunday opening of the Exhibition are among the minor criticisms of the Wembley Exhibition report, which…

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SWIMMING. The Night Carnival Sydney Champions Present Thrilling Finish in Boys Race

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

The opening session of the swimming carnival conducted by the Grafton Amateur Swimming Club has held at the local baths last night, when some excellent…

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Swimming Carnival

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The Grafton Amateur Swimming Club carnival, which was to have been held last night, was postponed indefinitely owing to the unsettled weather…

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Carnival Programme

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

The district carnival will be held in the Grafton baths on a date to be fixed at the annual meeting of the Grafton Branch of the Teachers Federation, to be held at the…

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Grafton Ambulance Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

The Ambulance Carnival, which was to have been held at the Market Square last night, was postponed owing to the threatening weather. The delegates of…

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Show Societies Association

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

A meeting of the North Coast Show Societies Association will be held at Grafton to-day at 2 o'clock…

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Ambulance Carnival

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 4

Owing to the continuation of wet weather the promoters of the Grafton Ambulance Carnival decided last night to postpone their fair until Thursday,…

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Sale of Work and Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 4

The final meeting held on Thursday in connection with the Brushgrove sale of work and exhibition was largely attended. The various stallholders reported that…

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Show Luncheon Social

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 2

The dance and card social organised by members of the Ladies' Agricultural Committee to help defray the cost of catering at the Show was not…

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Special Show Train

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 2

Owing to the heavy guarantee and looses entailed at the Taree show, the committee has not engaged special trains for the past few years. The…

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Parish Exhibit Arrangements for Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 2

At the committee meeting of the Agricultural Society on Wednesday Mr. S. T. Walker wanted to know what arrangements were being made to…

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District Exhibit for Sidney Royal Show Difficulty of Collecting Produce

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

At the Grafton Town Hall yesterday the members of the North Coast Show Societies' Association met to finalise the arrangements for the North Coast and…

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Swimming Mei Bourne Carnival. Melbourne, Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 2

At the Australian championship swimming carnival yesterday the 100 yards backstroke race was won by Miss Mealing (N.S.W.) from Miss Thompson and…

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Sydney Cycling Carnival. 100 Kilometres Team Race. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 2

The 100 kilometres team race at the Sydney cycling carnival last night was won by Ross and Smith, 105 points, with Dempsey and Critendon, 94 points,…

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Bazaar and Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 4

The Methodist bazaar and exhibition at Brushgrove which opens to-day at 3 p.m. and is to be continued in the evening and to-morrow, bids fair to be one of the most…

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Special Trains for the Sydney Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

Messrs. Nesbitt and Missingham, M's.L.A., have been notified by the Railway Commissioners that they have given consideration to their personal…

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