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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

583 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 30

Orara Valley News Coff's Show Arrangements Completed a Record Show Expected. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 6

The committee of the coff's Harbor. Agricultural Society have finalised arrangements for their annual show on Tuesday and Wednesday next, May 4…

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Mr. Spooner To Visit North Coast Coff's Harbor and Woolgoolga Will Open Kycgle Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner, leaves Sydney on Wednesday night for Kyogle. where he will open the local show…

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Annual Show Grafton District Poultry Club

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 4

On Friday and Saturday next the poultry fanciers annual show will be held at Grafton, and everything is in order for a good show, although some…

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Show Sideshow

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

A very interesting and instructive sideshow at the Show is one arranged by the Show Committee. In it arc a bullock's head with a chain right…

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Annual May Fair St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 6

The annual May Fair in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, South Grafton, will be held in the School of Arts, Hall, on Thursday next…

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Prisoners' Aid Grafton Branch Meets Figures Show Fine Work Tributes to Miss E. WYNDHAM

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 6

In the 36 years of it's existence, the Prisoners Aid Association of New South Wales has assisted 33,346 persons, saving 19,928 from the loss of…

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Record Entries Coff's Harbor Show Cattle Section Improves Official Opening To-day Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 4

Under the happiest of auspices, the twenty-fifth annual show of the Coff's Harbor and District Agricultural Society was commenced to-day…

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Rapid Development Coff's Harbor And District 23rd Annual Agricultural Show Value Of The Banana Industry Social and Industrial Activity

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

The activity founded upon the establishment of the banana industry had been directly responsible for much rapid development and had led to greater economic enterprise, in Coff's Harbor and the surrounding district. This opinion was expressed by the Minister for Mines and Forests, Mr…

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Coffs Harbour Show a Splendid Exhibition a Record Achieved

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 1

A record Show was the objective of Coffs Harbour Show Committee this year, and they achieved it. It was evident for some…

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Objectionable Show Exhibitors

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 2

At the show meeting on Tuesday, the President (Mr. J. H. Davis) related that he had witnessed extremely objectionable conduct on the part…

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"Decked Out Like Show Turkey."

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 4

The Moree Council decided at its May meeting to purchase a set of Mayoral robes to be used on ceremonial occasions. The subject was treated with…

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May Fair South Presbyterians Officially Opened by Mayor Well Stocked Stalls--concert Items

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 6

The Stirring skirl of the bagpipes floated from the South Grafton School of Arts yesterday afternoon and last night, it was the Occasion of the…

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Coff's Harbor Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 6

In the list of awards for the poultry sections at the Coff's Harbor Show, the following were inadvertently omitted: STANDARD CLASS…

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Feathered Tribe Valuable Birds Grafton Poultry Club Show Champions and Grand Champions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 3

Estimated roughly at a total value of £5000, over 400 birds, aristocrats of their type, were on view at the annual exhibition of the Grafton…

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Poultry Industry Its Importance To District Annual Show at Grafton Opened by the Mayor

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 6

Stressing the importance of the poultry industry as a potential source of considerable wealth for circulation in the district, the Mayor of…

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Scotland's Empire Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 13

From May to October, the summer of 1938, Glasgow is to be the scone of an Empire Exhibition, the biggest held anywhere since the Wembley…

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L.C.A. SOCIETY Success Of Show Improved Financial Position Meeting of Committee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 13

The committee of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society met on Friday night, there being present Messrs. J. Skinner (president), L. E. Chaseling, R…

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Grafton Regatta Statement And Balance Sheet No Surplus, But Carnival to Continue Public Meeting to Be Called

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee's meeting, held last night to consider the balance sheet of the…

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Kyogle Show Successful

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 1

Favored by fine weather on both days, Kyogle's Silver Jubilee Show, held last week, was regarded by many as the most successful ever staged by the…

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Travellers' Carnival

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 2

It will be seen from the report elsewhere of the meeting held on Monday night to consider the question of proceeding or not with the…

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