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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

396 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 20

Show Fashions

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 5

TARTAN tweed makes this new cloche shape from Gilbert Orcel, with its bulbous crown and little br[?]m. The…

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Coff's Harbour Show Plans Well Advanced

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR.--Preparations for Coff's Harbour's first post-war show, to be held on April 30 and May 1, are Well…

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African Pigmy At The Show Farewell Appearance of the World's Smallest Lady

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 5

UBANGI, a diminutive woman from Central Africa, featuring at the Cooma show, Was, inner native habitat. a tree-dwell…

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Show Fashions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 5

HIGH angle beret in beige wool felt timmed with clipped wool pom-poms. JERSEY for smart afternoon…

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Big Crowd Attends Bellingen Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 4

BELLINGEN.--The second day of Bellirigen's 1948 show attracted the biggest crowd seen on the ground for many years. In perfect weather, an excellent ring programme, has been run off, with record entries…

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Hopes High for Record Clarence Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 3

THE 75th annual show of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society opens to-day with every prospect of breaking records both in attendance and entries. With good weather, an exceptional exhibition will be enjoyed…

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Show Personalities

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 4

DEPARTMENT of Agriculture officials at the show yesterday include the Assistant,Under Secretory(Mr. E. O. Tout), deputy…

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New Show: New State

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 2

HIGH-STEPING thoroughbred horses, prize stud cattle, championship pigs and other well stocked sections of livestock served as powerful reminders at yesterday's show of the wealth of this richly-endowed district. To-day and to-morrow…

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Pigs Show Decided Improvement

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 4

"Entries In the pig section, although not fully representative of the industry in the district, were very satisfactory,"…

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Auxiliary Does Show Catering

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 5

The Women's Auxiliary of the C.P. and A .Society yesterday undertook the entire catering for the show. The huge job was…

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Glorious Sunshine Greets 75th Annual Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

With a snap in the weather, a whip in the wind, a click at the gates arid a rush to the judging rings and industrial exhibits, the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's 75th annual show opened at the Grafton Showground yesterday…

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Second for Dorrigo Junior Farmers' Grand Display at Bellingen Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 1

Dorrigo Junior Farmers gamed second award in the display of farm and dairy produce competition at this week's…

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Cheque for £160 Agricultural Ladies' Handsome Donation "Earmarked for Specific Show Purpose"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 1

A cheque for £160 was handed by the ladies' committee of the Dorrigo Agricultural Assn. to the general committee at their…

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Show Personalities

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

AMONG the guests at the official dinner who were entertained by the president, Mr. T. J. Ford, and Mrs. Ford, was…

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Lively Title Contests Show Stockmens Skill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

FIRST heats of the championship campdrafting and buckjumping contests at the Grafton Show were staged yesterday afternoon in an impressive session of sporting events. Mervyn Freeman, of Ebor. who…

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Show Gate Takings Slightly Lower

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 2

COMPARED with 1947 the total takings on the gates at this year's Clarence P. and A. Society's Show were down £110. Gate takings for 1947 totalled £2048, and this year £1938. The treasurer (Mr. P. C. Neil-…

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Preparing for Maclean Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

MACLEAN.-- Maclean Show Committee has been forming enthusiastic working bees to get Picturesque ground in…

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Show Bacon Pig Judging Results

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 3

Results of the bacon pig contests begun at the Grafton Show were announced yesterday by the chief steward, Mr. George…

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£20 Silver Cup Best Bunch of Bananas at Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

The Victorian Ghamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries has very generously donated a handsome silver cup, valued at £20, to Coffs…

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Cup For Bananas At Coff's Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--Mr. A. Hatch, of Coff's Harbour, has advised, the secretary of the Agricultural Association, that the…

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