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

Shows & fairs, 1925

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Photos for Empire Exhibition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. Frank Simpson, photographer, of West Wyalong, is engaged upon an extensive tour taking a series of agricultural photos of Wyalong…

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Holiday Sporting Favored with Delightful Weather. C.J.C. AND P.A. AND H.A. Building Fund Meeting a Great Success

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

The second annual meeting for the purpose of defraying the cost of the erection of the caretaker’s cottage [?]ook place on Boxing Day and the…

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Putting on the Acid a Fair Warning of 50 Years Ago

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

Mr. Toler was a hotel proprietor at Forbes in the 70's. Pincher was evidently of the bull-dog breed. And as the following advertisement only…

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The Wyalong Advocate Tuesday, January 6th, 1925 Empire Exhibition Catering Contract Refused (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Reuter, London, 4th.—Lyons has refused to undertake the catering contract for the Empire Exhibition…

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Forbes P.a. and H. Association

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

The committee of the Forbes P.A. and H. Association meets at 2.30 tomorrow afternoon. The meeting is called for the purpose of finalising…

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Fires on Show Ground

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

Some individual with less than the average amount of intelligence has been lighting fires on the Forbes Showground. One fire was put out…

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Forbes Cricket Association Big Carnival, January 26

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 6

A meeting of the Forbes Cricket Association was held at Kelly's Post Office Hotel on Wednesday night. Present were: Messrs. J. Law (in the…

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Forbes School of Arts Swimming Carnival Arrangements

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 11

The School of Arts committee held a special meeting on Wednesday night to further discuss arrangements for the swimming carnival to…

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Trade and Commerce a Weekly Letter From London (From a Special Correspondent). Empire Exhibition. London, November 6, 1924

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 1

In the pouring rain last Saturday the Prince of Wales officially closed the First British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. It has been, apart from…

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Cricket Ground Carnival

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

There is no keener body in Forbes than the Cricket Association, who are at present determined to make their ground the best in the West…

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The Cricket Carnival

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

The committee of the Forbes Cricket Association are all working very hard for the success of the carnival on the cricket ground on…

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Photos for Empire Exhibition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. Frank Simpson, photographer, of West Wyalong, is engaged upon an extensive tour taking a series of agricultural photos of Wyalong…

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Meeting of Show Committee

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

An important meeting of the Show Committee will be held on Saturday afternoon next, when the proposal to establish a racecourse on the show…

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Swimming Carnival in Aid of School of Arts

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

The programme for the big swimming carnival at Salisbury's on Monday, 26th inst., has now been drawn up. A start will be made at noon with…

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Swimming Carnival

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 1

A swimming carnival will be held at Mr. H. R. Helyar's dam on Tuesday, 10th February, at 8 p.m. in aid of the Scout Funds…

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The Swimming Carnival

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 10

A goodly sum has been collected for the prize-money for the swimming carnival on Anniversary Day at Salisburys. Generally speaking the…

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Open-air Carnival

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 10

The Forbes Cricket Association is working hard for the success of their carnival, which is to be hold on the cricket ground on Anniversary night…

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All Australian Exhibition What Our Young Country Can Manufacture. Big Object Lesson in February

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

All Cowraites will be pleased to learn that the much talked of “Australian Preference Exhibition” is coming to Cowra. Mr. W. J. P. Judd, who…

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Swimming Carnival Some Splashes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

The committee looking after things is certainly doing excellent work. They're a bunch of regular live wipes. Corky reckons he's got the long…

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A Breezy Show

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

Drew and Romaine's vaudeville' en entertainment at Forbes on Thursday night was well patronised, a good programme being submitted to a…

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