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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1903

67 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 4

At the Amateur show

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 1

"She looks better corked up, doesn't she?" "Much better." "And her voice?"…

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The Scotch Carnival Caledoninan Sports

The Moree News · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

New Year's Day was celebrated on Moree Show Ground with a [?] abandon which must have made it very hard for a arranger to realise…

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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Prince Geraint and Fair Enid

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

One fine spring morning, when the Court was at Caerleon-upon-Uak, there was a great. stag-hunt. The Queen, with only one attendant, set out so much later than the others…

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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Prince Geraint and Fair Enid

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 1

One fine spring morning, when the Court was at Caerleon-upon-Usk, there was a great stag-hunt. The Queen, with only one attendant, ret out so much later than the…

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The Sketchser. Curiosities of Impe[?]cuniosity. Stories of Fortune's Changes. The Fair Gunnings

The Moree News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 5

In 17[?] there resided in the Wilds of Co[?]gs a lady named Gunning, of whom little is known but that before her marriage she waas the Hon Bridget…

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Cycle Carnival

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 3

Owing to the wet weather the cycling earnival was again postponed…

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The Swimming Carnival

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 3

The Swimming Carnival was held last night at the Moree Baths. The thanks of the town are due to the action of Mr. Thomsen, the manager of the Bore farm,…

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The Invere[?]l Show. Moree Scores Well

The Moree News · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

The above show took place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last and proved a success but [?]anding the droughty season and love[?]ell as…

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Tamworth Show. Opening Day. Good Prospects for To-day. Tamworth, Tuesday, 6 p.m

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 2

The Show opened to-day. The weather was dull, but there was a good attendance of the public…

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Tamworth Show

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

THE Tamworth show is never of a standard equivalent to the resources and richness of the district, and while the question of a new and up-to-date…

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The World's Fair

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 5

The Daily Express says that King Edward has entered a horse for the Ten Thousand stake at St. Louis World's Fair…

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Royal Agricultural Show

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

There were nearly sixty thousand people present at Royal Agricultural Show yesterday, being a record attendance for Good Friday. The gate…

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Royal Argricultural Show

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

The annual Easter show was officially opened by the Governor at noon to-day. The show is fully equal to its predecessors, and the number and quality of…

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R.a. Show

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 2

Notwithstanding the showery state of weather, it is estimated that 10,000 people visited the Show yesterday…

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The Royal Agricultural Society

The Moree News · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

In a letter in the "Daily Telegraph" on Wednesday Mr. Arthur Macarthur [?]its the mark in criticising the Royal Agricultural Society and its Sho[?]s…

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Carnival Meeting

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 3

A meeting of the delegates from the various societies In Moree was held at the Criterion Hotel on Thursday night, when forty members attended. There were five…

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Carnival Sports Committee Meeting

The Moree News · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the Sports and Carnival Committee was held at Evening [?]'s Imperial Hotel on Tuesday night last. Mr. A. A. Glennie (President)…

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Carnival Sports Committee

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 3

A meeting of the Carnival Sports Committee was held in the Imperial Hotel last Tuesday night. The chair was occupied by Mr. A. A. Glennie (president), and there…

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Sports Carnival

The Moree News · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the Sports Carnival Committee was held on Friday night last at the Royal H[?], When there were 31 members pro[?]t:- Mr. A. A…

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Carnival Sports Committee Meeting

The Moree News · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 2

The general committee met at the Hotel Guydir on Friday evening, there being present; Messrs A. A. Glennie (in the obair), Muaro, Lillyman,…

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