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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Cattle Ages. Jersey Society's Show Prizes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

When the New South Wales branch of the Australian Jersey Hera Society in future subsidises country shows, by donating special prizes, it will insist on…

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Coming by Plane Cycling Champions Antoine (Belgium) and Rogers for South Grafton Carnival

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

Sporting history for the Clarence River will be made on Monday, January 30, Anniversary Day, when Edmonde Antoine, Belgian champion…

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Surf Life Saving North Coast Branch .Championship Carnival North Steyne Club to Be in Attendance. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

At the monthly, meeting of the North Coast branch of the Surf Life Saving Association, held in Coff's Harbor last night, it was decided to…

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Stumped for Words H. G. Wells at Surf Carnival Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 5

Mr. H. G. Wells arrived at the North Steyne surf carnival to-day just in time to see one of the most spectacular boat capsizes seen on Sydney…

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Central Northern Show Society Formed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

A meeting of representatives of Show Associations on the tablelands was held at Inverell on Saturday, and it was decided to form the…

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Surf Carnival Visitors To Coff's Harbor North Steyne Members Coming. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

The secretary of the North Coast branch of the Surf Live Saving Association, Mr. J. Walters, has been advised that the North Steyne Club has…

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Surf Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

Nambucca Surf Club's Annual Carnival at Nambucca Heads, to be held on Monday next (Anniversary Day Holiday), is to commence at 11.30…

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12½ Millions at Empire Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

The attendance for the complete run of the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow, which closed at the end of October,…

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Grafton Show Schedules

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

It is announced by advertisement in another column that schedules for this year's Grafton Show may be obtained from the business Premises of Gerard…

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Casino Show Booth Offer Rejected. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

Casino Show Society to-day rejected an, offer by .Mr. C. N. Reynolds, a Sydney hotekeeper, to buy the booth right at the show for three or five…

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Wool Display at Next Royal Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

To make Australia wool conscious and to dissipate any ideas that might exist as to the virtues of synthetic wool, the New South Wales Sheep…

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Women's Cricket Minor Carnival in Sydney? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 6

If arrangements can be made, a minor women's Interstate cricket carnival may be held in Sydney between March 11 and 18…

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Woman As Show Secretary

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 4

Miss Marion McArthur has been appointed to succeed her late father as secretary of the Armidale and New England P., A. nad H. Society. Mr…

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Surf Carnival Nambucca Club's Success

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

A good contingent from Coffs Harbour, including a full team from the Surl Club, visited Nambucca Heads yesterday for Nambucca Surf Club's…

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Yamba Surf Club Team for Byron Bay Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

The following members have been selected to represent the Yamba Surf Life Saving Club at the Byron Bay carnival on Sunday next, February 5…

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Rough Seas Spoil Surf Carnival Beltman in Trouble. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 5

A heavy sea running at Crescent Head yesterday resulted in the abandonment of the surf events in the Kempsey-Crescent Head Surf Club…

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Feminine Endeavor At Easter Show R.A.S. INNOVATION

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 7

Sydney's Royal Easter Show will give the fair sex more opportunities than in the past to demonstrate their talents in an ever-widening sphere of…

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Night Trotting Permission For Betting Request by Lismore Show Society. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

The council of the North Coast National A. and I. Society at Lismore today resolved that in the event of the Government legalising night trotting…

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Show Men Appreciated

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 2

At a special meeting of Coffs Harbour Show Committee last Wednesday night, the President (Mr. C. Sharp) referred feelingly to the deaths…

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Surf Carnival Nambucca's Big Day

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 1

The full results of Nambucca Surf Club's carnival last Monday, taken from the Nambucca "News." are as follow:—…

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