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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

429 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 22

Spraying Show Horses

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

At a meeting of the Casino Show Society a letter was received from the Board of Tick Control, stating that clean-legged horses competing at the…

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Loss on Flower Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

Tenterfield Horticultural society showed a loss of £10 on its autumn show, due to poor public support, although the show was well up to…

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Tex Morton at the Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

Tex Morton, the famous star radio, stage and records, will be at the Grafton Show. He will appear in conjunction with Lance and Violet…

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Show Attractions Long Odds Come Home

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

Scientists estimate that the odds about midget twins being born from normal parents are over 10,000,000 to one, so showgoers will have the…

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Junior Farmers Grafton Show Activities Exhibits and Camp

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 11

Junior farmers will play a prominent part in this year's C.P. and A. Society's Show. Four clubs, viz., Southgate, Ulmarra, Maclean and Grafton, will stage…

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Show Attractions a Glass Dress

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 7

What could be more astounding more than to see a lady's' evening dress made entirely of glass? It sounds like a fairy garment, but such is not the…

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World's Fair Personality Anna John Budd, the Man Woman

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 7

Anna John Budd, the man-woman, reached Sydney a few weeks ago after a record-breaking appearance at the San Francisco World's Fair, and…

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Grafton Show 72nd Annual Display First Day's Programme

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 4

This morning at 9 o'clock the gates will be opened for the first day of the 72nd annual Grafton Show and the programme of ring events will start at…

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Show Exhibit By Technical Classes Meeting of Advisory Committee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Grafton District Technical Education Advisory Committee was held in the Grafton Town Hall on Monday night last…

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Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 9

'Tis showtime again in this city, This beautiful City of Trees, Where the song of the birds in the branches…

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The Exhibition and Gane Milking Machines

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 12

A display of particular interest to Clarence River dairy farmers at the exhibition this week will be a display of Gane milking machines and dairy…

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Pig Section Excellent Exhibition Better Bacon Types

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 6

Since a few years ago, the pig officials of the C.P. and A. Society decided to revise the prize list and encourage the showing of pigs more…

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Show Amusements Hitler and His Girl Friend

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 3

An unusual attraction at Grafton Show will be the sensational waxworks, featuring Europe's greatest notabilities, including Chamberlain, Daladier,…

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Trade Exhibits At Grafton Show E. E. SCHAFER

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 8

One of the most interesting and outstanding displays at the show is the range of new season's Fisk Radiolas, on view at the stand of E. E. Schafer,…

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Trade Exhibits At Grafton Show Moffat-virtue, Ltd

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 3

No visitor to the Grafton Show will fail to be impressed by the attractive display of the Moffat-Virtue milking machine, Burnoil steam sterilisers and…

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Cavalcade of Progress Romance Of Communications P.M.G. Department's Excellent Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 7

The romance of communications, from the days when flickering lights pierced the darkness around the shores of England calling the nation…

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Trade Exhibits At Grafton Show McKITTRICKS and Gerards

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 12

An attractive trade display at the show is made by McKittricks Pty,, Ltd., South Grafton, and Gerard and Co.r Pty. Ltd., Grafton. These two…

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The Pavilion Fine Display of District Products Magnificent Exhibit of Flowers Exhibition of Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 6

The display in the pavilion this year surpasses anything seen at a Grafton Show for many years. Mr. T. J. Ford, who has been associated with the society for fifty years, said he had never seen a better pavilion display. Outstanding were the flowers clustered on a wide table the full length|…

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The Maclean Show History of the Society records Created ARTICLE No. 6

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 13

1910 is conspicuous inasmuch as the show for this year was a dry one, the hotel booth having been purchased by the Rev. J. S. Garden on behalf of…

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A.I.S. CATTLE In Magnificent Form Fit for Sydney Royal Show Experts' Enthusiastic Praise

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 6

Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cattle exhibited at Grafton Show yesterday from the Clarence district were stated without hesitation to be…

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