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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

547 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 28

"Not Needed" Second Picture Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 3

At Cowra District Court, before Judge Shortland, Ernest Victor Matheson, the proprietor of the Jubilee Hall, lodged an appeal against the…

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Mr. Anthony Opens M'bimby Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 4

At the official opening of the Muffumbimby Show on Thursday, Mr. H. Anthony, M.H.R., who performed the opening ceremony, stated that the…

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Exhibition Game at Lismore. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 2

John Bromwich and Jim Gilchrist, who will contest the final for the Queensland singles tennis championship at Brisbane to-morrow, played an…

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Harwood Island Fancy Fair

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 November 1939 · page 7

On Friday and Saturday, nights next the fancy fair in aid of the funds of the Catholic Church will be held in the Water Brigade Hall. A large band of…

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Surf Life Saving Assn North Coast Branch Championship Carnival to Be, Held. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 3

The North Coast' branch of the Surf Life Saying Association met at Coff's Harbor on Monday night. Representatives from Woolgoolga, Sawtell,…

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Nimbin Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 4

The Nimbin Agricultural and Industrial Society's 19th annual show, which was officially opened on Wednesday, featured a pavilion packed almost to…

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Profits From Bangalow Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 3

At a meeting of the Bangalow Show Society on Wednesday a statement of receipts and expenditure presented by the secretary, Mr. W. H. Reading,…

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Show Pavilion Single Farm and Junior Farmers' Exhibits

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 2

At the meeting of the committee of the Agricultural Assn.. last week. the matter of the exhibits in the single farm and Junior Farmers'…

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Carnival Dance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1939 · page 4

To-night (Tuesday) is the night of the Grand Carnival Dance to be held in St. Luke's Hall, Mary street, when a true carnival spirit will prevail. The…

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Inverell Show Buildings

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 4

Painteres at Inverell nave arranged to paint the buildings at the Showground, free of charge, the Show Society to find the paint, which is…

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Wild West Show Skuthorps in Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 4

The well-known Skuthorp Wild West Show, which visited Grafton during show time, is again in town and will be giving performances on Friday…

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Buck Jumping and Circus Friday and Saturday Friday and Saturday For Short Season, Near Royal Hotel, Grafton Lance and Violet Skuthorp the World's Greatest Horseman and Horsewoman, Direct From Tim McCOY'S Real Wild West Show, U.S.A. Stan and Jack Gill, Noted Riders, are here. Number of Good Circus Turns, Several Very Good Acts. Lance and Violet Skuthorp

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 1

LANCE and VIOLET SKUTHORP only recently returned from U.S.A. and Canada, where they were the leading attraction with the famous Tim McCoy…

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Alstonville Show Profits

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 3

At a meeting of the Alstonville Agricultural Society on Wednesday it was reported that a profit of nearly £54 had been made at the recent annual…

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Skuthorp's Thrills at the Wild West Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1939 · page 3

Excitement ran high at Skuthorp's Wild West Show last night, where about 1000 people witnessed a grand performance…

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BUCKJUMPING Skuthorp's Show a Spirited Performance

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 November 1939 · page 2

A crowded house attended the final performance in Grafton of Skuthorp's Wild West Show and witnessed some of the best roughriding seen in…

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Carnival Social

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 4

To-night (Tuesday) is the night of the carnival social, to be held in St. Luke's Hall, Mary street, Grafton, when a true carnival spirit will…

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Next Royal Show Fodder for Stock. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 6

Commencing with next year's Royal Sydney Show, livestock exhibitors will be given the privilege of purchasing fodder requirements on the competitive…

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£259 CLEARED Maclean Rowing Club Queen Competition Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Maclean Rowing Club, presided over by the president (Mr. J. Kelly), the secretary (Mr. F. W. Essex)…

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Country Tennis Carnival Starts on January 1. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 6

Because the Australian championships are to begin in Sydney on January 16 the country tennis carnival will be played from January 1 to 13,…

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Lady Roughrider the Skuthorpe Wild West Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 4

Wherever horsemen congregate the dame of Skuthorpe is sure to be mentioned. Old horsemen recall the beats of skill and daring performed…

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