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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

547 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 28

Pig Entries for the Royal Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

Pig entries for the Royal Easter Show total 412 which is about equal to last year's total. Strongest support has come from the Berkshire breeders, from…

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Coffs Surf Club Fine Performance at Manly Carnival Disqualification at Critical Stage

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

Members of Coffs Harbour Surf Club who, together with members of Nambucca Club, represented the North Coast Branch at the…

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Amusements Labb's Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 6

Mr. Pedro Labb, one of Australia's most enterprising showmen, has brought to Grafton the Luna Park's travelling amusement show, opening on…

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Royal Show Judge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 4

Mr. H. G. Knodler, of Eyrie Bower, Singleton, has been appointed by the R.A.S. to judge the Guernsey section at the forthcoming Easter Show…

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Grafton O.w.a. Handicrafts and Loan Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 4

The Country women's Handicrafts and Loan Exhibition which will be held in the Criterion Hall on March 30, afternoon and evening, will be…

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Maclean Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 4

Schedules for the Maclean Show are now ready and may be obtained from the secretary, Mr. J. H. McFadden, at Maclean…

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Tamworth Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 4

Tamworth's 66th annual show was opened In ideal conditions, after the recent rains. The outstanding exhibits were the sheep, which were…

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Bellingen Show Profit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 4

At the March meeting of the Executive Committee of the Bellinger River Agricultural Association, the last for the financial year, it was revealed that…

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Mystery at Sydney Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 12

The head of a beautiful girl floating in air without a body, yet the head moves, it smiles, it talks. Then slowly the head commences to dissolve into…

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Exhibition Tennis a Good Display Metropolitan Players at Coff's. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Although it had been thought that adverse weather conditions would have seriously affected the Coff's Harbor tennis courts on Monday night last…

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School Swimming Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

At 2 o'clock Elliott House, with 95 points, had a lead of 10 points over Board House in the Coffs Harbour High School's Annual Swimming…

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Woolgoolga Sports Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

Mr. K. Prince, secretary, has the arrangements well in hand for the monster sports carnival to be held at Woolgoolga on Easter Monday. A large…

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Bellingen Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 5

At its last meeting of the financial year the executive committee of the Bellinger River Agricultural Society reported that the finances for the…

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Easter Show Bad Season Defied

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

Despite one of the worst years on record having been experienced by agriculturalists the agricultural section of the Royal Easter Show has…

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Poultry at Tamworth Agricultural Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 9

Some 40 entries were received in the poultry section at the Tamworth Show. The grand champion was a Brown Leghorn cockerel entered by C. Elliott,…

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C.P. AND A. SOCIETY Arranging For Show Mr. Lyons Unable to Attend Col. Bruxner Asked to Officiatte

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

Yesterday's meeting of the council of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society was the last before the Grafton Show, which commences…

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Exhibition of Power

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 4

Some idea of the activity of a metropolitan airport was given to local residents for a brief moment at the South Grafton aerodrome…

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Grafton Regatta Entries Close Tuesday Easter Saturday's Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 3

Nominations for all events for the Grafton regatta, to be held on Easter Saturday, April 8, will close, with the secretary (Mr. F. Egan) at 6 p.m…

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Grafton Show Deputy Premier to Open

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

The Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport (Lt.-Col. Bruxner)' has advised Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., that he will accept the…

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International Harvester's Exhibit at the Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 8

As in past years, the International Harvester Company of Australia Pty. Ltd., whose offices and showrooms are situated at 5-11 pyrmont Bridge road…

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