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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

562 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 29

Park Beach Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 3

Coffs Harbour Surf Club has decided to apply for Boxing Day for a full surf carnival at Park Beach. It is their recognised day. Some…

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Musical Entertainment. Excellent Show for Friday Night

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 3

The programme issued for the Gee Bung Club's entertainment in the School of Arts on Friday night in aid of the Church of England organ…

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London Butter Show Complaints About Judging Cable to Sir S. Hordern. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, reference was made to press reports regarding dissatisfaction with the judging of…

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Clashing Show Dates Casino Committee Discussion "Treated As Savages."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 October 1929 · page 3

The question of classing show dates-- Casino and Maclean--came up at the Casino Show Society on Thursday. Mr J. G. Dockrill wrote:--"I wish to…

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'Kempy' at Maclean an Excellent Show Enjoyed by Appreciative Audience

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 October 1929 · page 1

Amateur productions--excellent as they have been at Grafton--are severely handicapped when staged at outside centres. When playing in their own town the…

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Lismore Show Arrangements

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 4

Lismore show will be held on November 13, 14 and 15, and the installation of electric light for the night exhibitions is about complete. When the necessary…

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Australian-made Goods Exhibition in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 5

The Chamber of Manufactures exhibition was opened in Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, to-day. It is the most comprehensive of its kind ever held in this city…

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Exhibition Suggested to Synchronise with Bridge Opening. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 5

Speaking at the official luncheon to mark the opening of Australian Industries, Mr. Farrar, Minister for Labor and Industry, expressed the hope that…

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Coff's Harbor Show Week Attractions Meeting of Public Bodies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 1

There was a representative gathering of delegates of various public bodies at the meeting called by the Agricultural Association with the object of enlisting…

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Show Socetiies' Match. C.P. AND A. v. Lower Clarence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 7

The secretary of the C.P. and A. Society has received a letter from the secretary, of the Lower Clarence Show Society, at Maclean, accepting the challange…

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Nana Glen £725 for Show Society Queen of Day Competitions Crowning Ceremony

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 3

A record crowd of about 600 people assembled at the Pioneer Hall, Nana Glen, on Friday night last, for the crowning ceremony in connection with…

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Controlling Show Dates

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Mungindi P. and A. Society, a letter was read from the Wee Waa Society suggesting that a conference of all North-West show…

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Nana Glen. Crowning of Show Queen

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 2

A record crowd witnessed the crowning of the Show Queen in the Pioneer Hall, Nana Glen, last Friday night. The greatest enthusiasm…

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Show Woodchop. Healthy Revival of Interest

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

When the delegates from various local bodies met at the School of Arts on Tuesday night to discuss ways of making Coffs show week in…

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Gala Show Week. Many Attractions for Visitors

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

Town decorations, special shopping attractions, surfing events on the beaches, special picture entertainments, rifle matches, tennis, golf,…

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Grafton Show Pavilion Remodelling and Enlargement Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

The pavilion at the Grafton Show is always regarded as a shop window for the display of the agricultural products of the district, and preparations are in…

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P.d.s. Column London Dairy Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 10

Two New South Wales factories secured awards in the Colonial Butter Classes, at the London Dairy Show last week. In unsalted Candelo Co-operative Dairy…

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On the Air Derby and Cup Descriptions V.r.c. Racing Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

The Australian Broadcasting Co. intends to cover the Melbourne Cup racing carnival with an even more comprehensive programme than has been hitherto…

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Billiards Lindrums 3000 Lead Brilliant Exhibition. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 5

Lindrum took an unfinished break of 659 in the afternoon to 1000, failing on an easy red winner. Smith was among the first to congratulate him. Both were…

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Bonnie Mariorie 'A Shocking Exhibition Jockey D. Munro Censured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 1

Bonnie Marjorie, who had not been out of a place in her previous four starts, gave a shocking exhibition in the Flying Handicap, at Canterbury-Park yesterday,…

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