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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 21

Lower Clarence Show Committee

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 2

MACLEAN: The scrutineers for the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society ballot, Messrs. L. J. Wingfield and F. Robson, report the…

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Attempt On Track Record At Speedway Carnival

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 2

Alwyn Gray, holder of the Jap record for the track, will attempt to better his time at the motor cycle speedway carnival on the Grafton Showground or…

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Tenterfield Show Dates

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 2

TENTERFIELD, Thurs.—The Tenter field Pastoral Agricultural and Mining Society has decided to hold the 1948 Tenterfield…

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Interest Lag Deplored by Show Society

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 10

In his review of the past year's activities of the show society, on Wednesday night, the secretary (Mr. H. I. Lovett) commented that two…

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Show in 1848 Probably in March

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 1

Coffs Harbour Agricultural Association on Wednesday night decided to hold the first post-war annual show at Coffs early in 1848—…

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Chatsworth C.W.A. Flower Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 7

Six sections were included in the C.W.A. Spring Flower Show, held at the Temperance Hall, Chatsworth, recently. All exhibits were up to standard, but…

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Tin Hares Show Committee to Seek License

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 3

The newly-appointed-committee of the Coffs Agricultural Association has decided to apply for a license for mechanical hare racing on the…

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Your Garden To-Day Preparing Blooms For Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1947 · page 4

IN view of the great interest in getting blooms ready for flower shows, exhibition standards as outlined by the Horticultural Council of N.S.W. are of value, They were sent to Mr. P. C…

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Fair Allocation Of Building Materials

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—More equitable allocation of raw materials for the manufacture of essent building materials is sought in a resolution to be presented to the annual conference of the Association of Co-operative Building Societies in Sydney on…

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Coff's Harbour Will Hold Show In 1948

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1947 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR.—The Coffs Harbour Agricultural Society will conduct its first post-war show in 1948. No definite date has been selected, but discussion at the annual meeting of the Association indicated that members favored early March…

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Mr. J. Ryan Again President Of L.C. Agricultural Society

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 2

MACLEAN: At the first meeting of the new committee of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society, Mr. John Ryan was…

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Watercolour Exhibition at Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 2

BELLINGEN. — The exhibition of Australian watercolours which recently was on show at Grafton, will be presented at…

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Fair And Equitable Decision On Hours

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said to-day he considered the Arbitration Court's decision to grant a 40-hour week fair and equitable. He said the decision had been reached after a hearing in which there had been full…

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Show Rodeo Suggested

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 4

The president of the Clarence P and A. Association (Mr. T. J Ford), at the conclusion of yesterday's special meeting of the…

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Bellinger Show Date Fixed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 2

BELLINGEN. — The committee of the Bellinger River Agricultural Association has fixed the date of the Bellinger River…

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£155 From Deervale Fair

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 1

Despite the damp weather on Saturday last, Deervale folk carried on with their Spring Fair and the day's takings reached over £50, which…

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Flower Show At Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 7

LAWRENCE.—At the inaugural meeting of the Lawrence and district flower show, Mr. D. Archer was elected president; Mr…

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Wins at Brisbane Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 2

At the Brisbane Royal Show. Mrs. D. V. Brown, of Southgate Road, Grafton, was successful with her harness horse,…

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Spring Carnival Ball At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 2

One hundred couples graced the floor at the School of Arts, South Grafton, for the spring carnival ball conducted by the ladies…

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Fair Sailing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 4

The same gale that blew away my fowlhouse dumped somebody's garage in my back yard. That wasn't a gale. It was a…

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