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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 21

The Royal Show of the North

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

SHOWS are always popular, and it is one of the first-fruits of peace that our own famous show is to be held again. An agricultural show is perhaps the main focal point of country life, for it reflects each rural activity and gathers together both local…

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Motor Cycles To Race At Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

A feature of the programme for the first evening session of the Grafton Show next Thursday night, will be a special…

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Palmer's Channel Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 7

PALMER'S: CHANNEL: The school grounds were the scene of a successful carnival recently in aid of P. and C. Despite the…

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Air Service Display For Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuesday.— When the Butler Air Service Douglas arrives at Coff's Harbour to-morrow it will bring personnel…

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Rush To Pay Show Membership Fees

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

One of the features of the Grafton Show has been the rush to pay membership fees. As the show has been in recess during the war…

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Extra Police For Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

Twenty policemen, including plainclothes men, will be on special duty for the Grafton Show this week, said Police Inspector…

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Attractive Show Ring Programme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

An attractive ring programme be staged for the opening of the Grafton Show to-day. In the bloodstock classes entries…

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Wild Australia Show In Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

Thorpe McConville is again on tour with his Wild Australia Show and will show at Grafton to-morrow and on Saturday…

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Clarence Show Opens To-Day With Good Prospects

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

After a lapse of six years, the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's 74th Annual Show opens to-day with bright prospects of record crowds and gay entertainment. Most of the judging of stock, poultry, produce and other…

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Fine Display in Show Pavilion Soybeans And By-Products On Display

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

Soybeans are one of the world's most versatile and important crops and at present they are particularly interesting to…

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Show Personalities

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

Some well-known figures were missed from the cattle ring at the Grafton show yesterday. For many years a familiar figure at…

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Youthful Show Rider

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

[?] Badgery son of C.P. and A. Society committeeman, D. H. Badgery, wa[?] the youngest rider in the ring…

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Twenty-five Years Show Experience

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

Veteran officials of the Grafton show ring are Mr. C. R. Shannon and Mr. W. P. Noud, both of whom claim about 25 years'…

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Fine Arts Show Numerical Quality Decline

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 5

The fine arts section was judged by Mr. Ian Malcolm, of Grafton. Mr. R. Green, of Maclean, dealt with the photography…

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Show Auxiliary In Big-hearted Catering Effort

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 5

For the first time since its inception, a Women's Auxiliary attempted the big task of catering for the C.P. and A…

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Jollings Around the Jacaranda Show Odd Bits

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

"I'm not buying you anything more to-day. Daddy might buy you something to-morrow." A good place for a gossip. Two…

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Record Crowds Attend First Day of the Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

Record crowds attended the opening of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's 74th Annual Exhibition at the Grafton Showground yesterday. Gate receipts trebled previous best figures…

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Grafton's Record Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 4

Some executive members of the Society. Left to right: Mr. G. W. Fitzgerald (president). Mr. T. J. Ford and Mr. C. M…

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Tribute to Show Auxiliary

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 5

High praise for the Show Society's Women's Auxiliary was given by the C.P. and A. president, Mr. G. W. Fitzgerald…

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Show's Popular Ring Steward

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 5

The Clarence P. and A. Society is fortunate to have as its chief ring steward a man of the experience of Mr. W. Paul, who…

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