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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

583 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 30

The Grafton Show Concludes Results Exceed Expectations Total Gate Takings Amount To £1231 Rita Rix Has Fine Trotting Double Livermore Wins Championship Draft On Socks

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 2

The 1937 Grafton Show concluded on Saturday night and, despite the fact it was showery for the second successive night, the attendance was greater than for the corresponding session of the record 1936 show. The total takings for the show were £123118, compared with…

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Coffs Show Additional Classes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 1

Additional classes in the prize list for Coffs Show are advertised in this issue. In the cooking section prizes are offered for collection of biscuits…

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Grafton Show Bacon Pigs Awards

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 7

The following final awards in the bacon pigs classes at the Grafton Show have been announced:--Pen of 3 Bacon. Pigs.--W. T…

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Easily Bluffed? Country People At Show Showman Fined for Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 8

Giving evidence in the Grafton Police Court yesterday against Roy Montgomery (49), showman, who was charged that on April 17 he stole 10, the…

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Lower Clarence Agricultural Society Show Carnival at Maclean 47th Annual Exhibition Remarkable Sugar Cane Junior Farmers' Inter-Club Competition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 2

Remarkable, considering the conditions prevailing in the early summer, was the Verdict of all who saw the display of sugar cane at the Maclean Show yesterday. Twelve months ago one of the outstanding features of the show was provided by the cane and it was declared to be the best that had…

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Coutts' Crossing Exhibition and Sale of Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 4

The annual exhibition and sale of work at Coutts' Crossing takes place in the Public Hall on Wednesday. 28th inst. The various competitive…

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Grafton Show Cow Guessing Competition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 3

The cow exhibited at the top of the ring at the Grafton Show in the cow weight guessing competition was slaughtered yesterday by C. Imeson…

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A Show Without an Opening

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 4

Dungog Jubilee Show which opened on Thursday and continued on Friday and Saturday, is going to make district history by being the first show to…

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Grafton Regatta Next Monday's Carnival Additional Entries Received

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 4

The final meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee was held last night. Additional entries have been…

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Casino Show Next Week's Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 4

Casino's 61st Annual Show will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, next, April 27, 23 and 29. Liberal prize money has been offered…

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Death of Show Girl Rider

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 7

Muriel Daly, mother of Eve Daly, who died following ah accident at the Easter show in 1934, claimed £260 at the Workers' Compensation Commission…

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Grafton Regatta Next Monday's Carnival Hospital Auxiliary to Conduct Refreshment Booth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 4

The Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary has arranged to conduct the refreshment booth at the Grafton regatta next Monday, in conjunction with the…

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Resources of the Lower Clarence Reflected at Maclean Show Large Attendance On People's Day the Official Opening Ceremony Performed By President Of N.C. National Association Tribute to Junior Farmers' Movement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 6

Considerable encouragement was given yesterday to the management of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society by the support which was forthcoming on people's day at their 47th annual show at Maclean. Early in the afternoon, when the official opening ceremony Was held,…

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Poultry at Bowraville Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Benson, of Tyndale, who was the official-poultry judge at the annual Bowraviile Show, returned, home during the week and speaks highly of the…

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Five Attended First Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 11

It is 50 years since the first show was held in Dungog, and at the Jubilee Exhibition, which concluded on Saturday, at least five residents of the district…

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Maclean Show Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

The activities of the Lower Clarence Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary were again prominent at the Maclean show this year, when the ladies conducted the…

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Surf Life Saving Branch Officials Active Big Inter-branch Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

Proposals for a big inter-branch surf carnival next season, embracing the Far North Coast, North Coast and Mid-North Coast…

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Junior Farmers' Club Special Meeting Exhibit to Be Staged at Bellingen Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

A special meeting of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee was held on the 6th inst. Those in attendance were Messrs. C. H. Turner…

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Opossums See Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

Visitors to Narrabri Show pavilion were intrigued to see two opossums perched high overhead on the roof rafters. The animals were evidently…

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Maclean Show Gate Takings

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

The gate takings at the recent Maclean Show amounted to £225 for the two days and the attendance was stated to have been equal to that of last year…

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