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Mid North Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1913

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The Special Train Taree Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 3

The following was the number of passengers earned toy the special train from the different stations on the second day of the show:…

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The Show Opening

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

THIS year the show opening seemed somewhat lees brilliant than on previous occasions, but the lack cannot be attributed to the president,…

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The Show Concerts

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

THREE entertainments, bright and somewhat brief, must certainly be written down as successful, and though not one of the artists pretended to…

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Oxley island Flower Show

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

Oxley Island is fortunate in possessing a lady of Mrs. W. Waller's energy and organising ability. The Oxley Island Flower Show, in aid or the School of Arts, owes a…

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The Macleay Show. Some Brief Comments

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

ONCE again has tireless time taken the Show within its sweeping stride and the event, which had brought many an anticipatory throb to the hearts of…

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The Nacleay Show. List of Awards. Horses. Bloods. Judge—Mr. F. Braddick

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 3

Stallion, 8 years and over, Bert Dunn's Hautboy 1, William Plummer's Sheffield 2, 3 entries. Stallion, 2 years and under 3, W. Maher…

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Bowraville Agricultural Society. a Successful Show

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 6

A meeting of the Bowraville Agricultural Association was held on Saturday, Mr. Attwood (President) fin the chair…

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Show Concerts

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 11

To be candid and not to put a fine point on it, as Mrs. Snagsby would say, the Show concerts were not a brilliant success. The Sydney…

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The Sydney Show

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 14

Newham and Co., J. G. Hutton and Co. and C. Barnes, Ltd. scored well with hams and bacon and lard, Kempsey bacon taking a high place…

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The Recent Show. Full List of Awards and Some Notes and Comments

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 11

THERE is an ebb and a flow in the tides, and the same rule evidently applies to the Macleay Show. This year's exhibition was hardly up to…

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Oxley Island Flower Show a Fine Exhibition

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 3

The third annual flower show, in aid of the Oxley Island School of Arts, was held in that institution on Friday and Saturday last. Whilst…

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Hannam Vale Flower Show

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 5
Also in The Northern Champion

Friday and Saturday in last week were redletter days, for the little settlement of Hannam Vale. Nestling quietly amongst the hills that rise on either side…

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The Royal Show. Officially Opened on

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 8

The Royal Show was officially opened by the State Governor. In seven years it was stated, the membership of the society has grown from 1200…

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Gloucester Agricultural Society

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 4

A meeting of the Committee of the above Association was held on Saturday last. There were present:—Messrs. J…

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The Royal Easter Show

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 5

What has been said, and what is, being said, about the Immense Exhibition, will be some extent guaged by the following, which have been…

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Nambucca River Eisteddfod and Exhibition. At Bowraville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 3

The effort made to establish an Eisteddfod on the Nambucca River has been fairly successful. It being a new venture the attention attracted…

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Correspondence. Our First Agricultural Show. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 10

Sir,--I notice a glaring error has been made by speakers at the Show opening and other recent Kempsey public functions as to the first Agricultural Show…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Thursday. Close of the Sydney Show

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 13

The Royal Show closed yesterday. The attendance for the eight days aggregated 293,400, a decrease of 39,200 on the previous Show dates…

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Wauchope Agricultural Society

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

THE committee of the Wauchope Agricultural Society met in the Temperance Hall last Saturday. There were present—Messrs. W. J. Andrews (in the chair), E. Calov, H., A., and G. Trotter, L…

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