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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1915

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R.A.S. Show Champions, 1915. CATTLE. Illawarra Cattle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 1

Bull, 4 yrs. old and over: Alexander Bros., Fairfield. Cow, 4 yrs. old an dover, in milk: Bailey Brothers' Princess of…

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Forbes P., A. and H. Association More About That Loan

Forbes Times · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

A meeting of the Forbes Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held at the Shire Chambers on Saturday afternoon…

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Orange Show Races

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

Attention is drawn in another column to the advertisement of the Orange Show races, which will eventuate on Saturday, April 24, the day…

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The Royal Agricultural Show a Great Exhibition— Splendid in many Departments, but partly spoilt by wet weather

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 1

ANOTHER great show has to be placed to the credit of the Royal Agricultural society of New South Wales. A…

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A Wet Show Week

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 8

It rained steadily nearly the whole of the show week up to closing day. Needless to say, the attendance for the concluding days…

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Getting Ready for Next Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 5

Representatives from the southern districts evidently felt the absence of their part of the State t in the districts' competition this…

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The Governor-general at the Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 7

This was the first Sydney Show attended by the Governor-General, and he manifested considerable interest in it. In…

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The High Quality of Exhibits in this Section one of the Strong Features of the Show. Trotters or Pacers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

Judge: Mr. A. R. Tewkesbury. The exhibits in these classes were again meagre, and evidenced a marked falling off compared…

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A.N.A Sewing Machines. Again the great centre of interest at Sydney Royal Show, 1915. Adds new laurels to its crown

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 7

At the 1915 Show just concluded, the exhibit of A.N.A. models excited more than oven the usual quota of admiration and approval. The price of success is eternal advancement and continuous improvement, and the story of tlie prize A.N.A. Sewing Machine is one long record of success and achievement. which not only excludes the dust, but contains a piece of wadding for lubricating the machine, so that it is only necessary to oil the A.N.A, say, about once in twelve months. Synchronising with the movement of the treadle the needle bar causes the oil to flow over the working parts and every bearing of the machine…

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For Exhibition Only

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 3

The Government loaned the Red Cross Society a splendid collection of mineral ores for display. The specimens were gathered in the Bathurst…

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Show Business

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 3

Hundreds of Sydney casual workers and dealers follow the R.A.S. Show up with the hope of making money. Outside money they have no interest…

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Flower Show Social

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

We beg to call the attention of the public of the town and district to an advertisement in this issue announcing a social dunce to be held in the…

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Show on

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 4

Saturday is always an off day at the Show. The races attract crowds, and the attendance there is reflected in diminished numbers at the Show…

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The Show Summarised

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 5

The poultry entries at the Royal are regarded as an index to the esteem in which the various breeds and varieties are held. Thus the onee-time popular…

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The Show Summarised

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 4

The situation in Europe brings the food-producing countries that he outside the war zone into an importance that must increase. progressively with…

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Voices at the Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 6

"He was proud, as the representative of New South Wales, to know that His Excellency the Governor-General was of the opinion that, the Sydney…

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Snapshots of the Show

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 10

The greatest event of the Australian year, with the exception of Cup Day, is the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show. The wild burst of hilarity that…

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Motors at the Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 6

Rather unusual interest was centred in the exhibit, by Messrs. Bowens, Ltd., of the well-known Maxwell car, and it is explained not so much in its…

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First Show at Moore Park

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 4

It is now, 35 years since the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. was established at Moore Park; the first show there having taken place in 1881…

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Clutterbuck Bros. Ltd. Fine Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 4

One of the most comprehensive exhibits in the machinery section this year was that supplied by Clutterbuck Bros. Ltd., Machinery Merchants and…

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