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Mid North Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

397 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 20

Wauchope Show

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The Wauchope Show, which is set down for May 9th and 10th next, promises to be a successful effort. The ring programme has been well catered…

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M.R.A.&H. Association Spring Show to Be Held. Week After Nabiac Carnival

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 4

The commmitteemen of the M.R.A. and H. Association met at the showgrounds on Wednesday. Mr. S. E. Everingham (vice-president) presided…

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Show Smoke Social a Jolly Evening

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

The attendance at the Show smoke social on Wednesday night at the Masonic Hall was a record one, the seating capacity being taxed to the…

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Kempsey Show. a Brief Review of a Successful Fixture

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

That Kempsey Show gained, rather than lost, support through postponement was abundantly demonstrated by the widespread character of the support…

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The Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

The forty-ninth annual Show of the Macleay A.H. & I. Association was held last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Delightful weather favoured…

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The Show Luncheon

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

In the room underneath the grandstand, the Show Luncheon Committee, headed by Mrs. G. S. Stokes, provided the Committee and the public with an…

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Kempsey Show a Big Success

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

The most gratifying feature of this 49th annual exhibition of the Macleay A.H. and I. Association was the manner in which the public of the district,…

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Stroud Show. Successful Exhibition Despite Unpleasant Weather

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

The mention of the words "Stroud Show" brings up visions of rain and mud. Almost every show that has been held has been wet. Last year…

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Stroud Show Exhibits Stolen

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

"Dungog Chronicle": When some of the committee-men of the Stroud A. and H. Association went to the showground on Sunday they found the doors…

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Bowraville Show. Great Success in Beautiful Weather

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

The good fairy that prompted the Bowraville. Agricultural Association Committee to hold their Show last Tuesday and Wednesday is deserving…

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The Last Patrol of the Buck Police. a Story True in Every Particular, As Old Records Would Show. Part Two

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

Many readers may doubt my statements with regards to the massacres of the natives, by the black police. Well, I can't help that, if some do,…

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Guernsey Fair & Show at Casino

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 7

The attendance at the Casino show on Wednesday eclipsed all records. Considerable improvements have been effected to the ground and buildings…

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Wauchope Show

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 4

The annual exhibition of the Wauchope P. A. & H. Society, which was postponed earlier in the year owing to unfavourable weather and flood…

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Dungog Show. Unsettled Weather—large Attendance. an Excellent Exhibition

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 1

Dungog A. and H. Association's 42nd annual exhibition opened on Wednesday in fine weather. The attendance that day was the same as…

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U.m.a. and H. Association Committee Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held in Wingham School of Arts on Friday night, 2nd. May, 1929. Mir. J. H. Cameron (President)…

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Dungog Show the Third Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

Friday, the third day of Dungog Show was a perfect day, and as a consequence a big crowd attended. The takings were £113, which…

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Proposed Australian Fair

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

Efforts are to be made by the Town Planning Association of New South Wales to hold an Australian Fair in Sydney in 1938, to synchronise with the…

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Wauchope Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 5

In the Pig Section at the Wauckope Show yesterday (Thursday), Mr. Vic. Bird, of The Bight, Wingham, won 8 firsts, 2 seconds, 6 specials, 3…

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Annual Flower Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The Church of England Women's Guild propose holding a Flower Show in conjunction with their Sale of Work on October 24 and 25. It is…

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Butter at the Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 3

Mr. H. McVeigh, Manager of the Bega Butter Factory, writes in "The Primary Producers' News":— With reference to the continuous…

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