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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1945

210 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 11

Victory Show For Lower Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 2

MACLEAN, Sun.--A meeting of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society decided to call the 1946 show a "Victory Show."…

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Victory Show Dorrigo's Big 1946 Exhibition Decorated Vehicles and Floats Proposed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 November 1945 · page 1

Dorrigo's 1946 agricultural exhibition—appropriately to be called the Victory Show—should be outstanding in the annals of…

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Dorrigo Athletes at Jacaranda School Carnival

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 November 1945 · page 6

A team of school athletes from the Dorrigo Central School attended the Jacaranda school carnival on Thursday last. Lloyd Akers gained most…

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Agricultural Assn. Minister for Agriculture to Be Invited to Open Show Further Judges Appointed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 November 1945 · page 1

The November meeting of the Committee of the above Assn., was held on Tuesday last. The president, Mr. J. H. Davis, was in the chair,…

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[?]Rack Should Be Fair

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The track should be fair for the race meeting at Randwick to-morrow…

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Interstate Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The N.S.W. tennis representatives in the two days' Interstate carnival, which concluded yesterday, retained the…

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St. Luke's Church Fancy Fair

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 4

St. Luke's Church of England Hall, North Grafton, yesterday afternoon was the scene of a fancy fair in aid of church funds, the…

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Fair Rents Application

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 5

Denise Connor applied to Mr. G. L. Berry, Police Magistrate, before the Fair Rents Court at Grafton yesterday for the fixing…

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A Fair Go For Australian Books

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 2

Before the war Australian books were regarded as second-class matter in this country, and local publishers were engaged in a hard uphill struggle to compete with British and American firms whose products flooded the market. During the war, when…

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England's Youngest Show Jumping Competitor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 4

Horse lovers watching the British Show Jumping Association's Championship Competition, at the White City, London, had a…

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Fair Rents Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 6

Before Mr. G. L. Berry, Police Magistrate, at the Fair Rents Court yesterday, the hearing was concluded of an application by…

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Art Exhibition For Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 2

The art exhibition which opens next Monday at the Technical College, Grafton, is one of a series of seven travelling art…

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Art Exhibition For Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 2

Art has been behind the glass far too long. In well-lit but inaccessible buildings the community's pictures have been…

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Art Exhibition at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 3

The travelling art exhibition of the National Art Gallery of N.S.W was officially opened by the Mayor of Grafton, Ald. J…

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St. Mary's Carnival And Bazaar

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 5

St. Mary's carnival and bazaar which ended on Saturday night attracted large crowds. Beautiful art and crafts work…

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School Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 2

An exhibition of school work will be held at a fete at Grafton Primary School at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow…

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The Moderns At The Art Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 2

When is a train not a train? There may be other answers to the riddle, but one response which is undeniably true is:--"When it…

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Grafton Public School Fete and Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 3

Despite intermittent light showers which made conditions rather damp underfoot, there was a large attendance of adults and children at the Grafton Public School open air fete, exhibition of work and prize giving, held last night. The Grafton…

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Hospital Auxiliary Holds Carnival

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 2

During last week the Hospital Women's Auxiliary held a carnival for funds for the maternity ward furnishing fund of the…

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Lawrence Red Cross Carnival

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 2

Lawrence branch of the Red Cross held a successful carnival recently. The president, Mrs. N. Ward…

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