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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

396 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 20

Show Attendance Readies Record

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 3

Sydney, Monday. -- To-day's show attendance of 181,769 created a record for an Easter Monday. Last year's figure for the…

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Swimming Carnival Cancelled

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

The South Grafton Amateur Swimming Club has cancelled the carnival fixture set down for April 2, owing to the muddy…

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Maclean Show Catering Problems

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

MACLEAN.--Main discussion at a special meeting of the Lower Clarence Agriculture Society centred on catering for the show…

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Record Crowd At Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Record crowds to-day--children's day--brought the Royal Show's aggregate attendance to over one…

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Divorce Figures Show Marked Drop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. --Despite a marked drop in the divorce figures in 1947 from the peak reached during 1946, there was…

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Deervale C.w.a. Exhibition and Sports

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

Unfortunately, the weather marred the exhibition and sports organised by the Deervale branch of the CWA held on March 13. However, a…

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Philatelists Discuss Exhibition At Jacaranda Festival

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 3

An informal dicussion was held last night at the Town Hair by a group of philatelists who were called together by the chairman of…

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BOWLS Coffs Easter Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 7

Teams from Bellingen, Dorrigo, Macksville, Grafton and South Grafton visited Coffs Harbour for the Club's Easter Carnival, with…

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Coffs Students Visit Royal Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

Two young students of the Coffs Harbour Primary School had a pleasant visit to Sydney recently. They were Bob Forsyth and Greville…

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District Exhibit at Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 2

THE new design of North Coast and Tablelands District Exhibit at the Royal Show in Sydney, caused much favourable…

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Good Draught Section At Kempsey Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 2

KEMPSEY,--Tues.The Central North Coast National Agricultural Societies twelfth show which opened at Kempsey to-day in…

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Sawtell Diggers First Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

Although only established a little over a year, the Siawtell Sub-branch ofrthe RSSAILA is making excellent progress. Under the guidance of…

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Fireworks Display As Show Feature

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

AT a meeting of the management committee of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society it was agreed to accept the offer of a special fireworks display as one of the features for the Friday and Saturday night sessions of the Grafton Show next…

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Cup Carnival No Race Under £100 on Chief Days

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 5

MAKING a general increase in prize money for its 1948 Grafton Cup carnival is July, the Clarence River Jockey Club has doubled the amounts allocated for miner events on the first two days…

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C.W.A. Deputation To Interview Show Committee

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

The Grafton branch of the C.W.A. decided last night to ask the Clarence P. and A. Society to meet a deputation in…

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Show Fashions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 5

A broidered, off-white wool, striped in brown, two-piece suit with a cutaway jacket...belted in…

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Levante Show Opens

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

A crowded house thoroughly enjoyed the performance at the Levante show last night. Elimar, a juggler, was an…

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Championships At Kempsey Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

A crowd estimated at 9000, crowded the Kempsey showground, when the Central North Coast National Agricultural…

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Record Exhibits At Bellingen Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Monday.--The weather held good to-day for the first day of Bellingen Show. The number of exhibits was an…

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Business Hours On Show Day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Grafton and South Grafton butchers are as yet undecided about closing their shops on Friday, the show holiday…

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