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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

441 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 23

Bellingen Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

BELLINGEN, Mon.--Bellingen annual show commenced to-day with record entries in many sections. The cattle and horse…

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Bellingen Show Was One Of The Best

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

BELLINGEN. Tuesday.--The Bellingen Show to-day was one of the best in the history of the Bellinger River Society…

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Trading Arrangements For Show Holiday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3

Stores will close at noon, tomorrow for the main day of the Grafton Show. A meeting of the Clarence River Master Butchers…

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Governor-General To Open Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3

His Excel'ency the Governor-General (Mr. W. J. McKell) will officially open the show at 2.15 p.m, to-morrow. He will…

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Strong Interest Evident In Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3

Increased support by exhibitors, outstanding trade displays and a wide variety of entertainment are features of the 76th annual exhibition of the Clarence Pastoral…

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Grafton's Success In Show Butter Contests

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3

The Dairy Officer of the Department of Agriculture at Coff's Harbour (Mr. W. Harrison) yesterday awarded…

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Show Attendances

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

Yesterday 816 people attended the Grafton Show during the morning and afternoon sessi [?] and 554 at nigh…

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Show Personalities

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

HORSE exhibitors who want to query the measurements announced for their ponies and galloways encounter a [?]…

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Athletics On Show Programme

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

On Saturday night at the Show eight finalists will go to the barrier for the President's Cup. This race will be a 100 yards handicap…

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Preparations for Coffs Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

Workers on Coffs Show Committee who "have' been doing? good work on the showground preparing for the coming Show…

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Big Show for War Hospital

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Arrangements are now well in hand for the Concert at the Tasma Theatre next Thursday Proceeds will be devoted to the…

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Bellingen Show Opens with Record Entries

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Bellinger River's annual show opened on Monday win record entries. Dairy cattle and horse sections were well represented, but in most other…

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Ground Packed to the Fences for 76th Annual Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

With the ground packed to the fences, the most spectacular Show staged by the C. P. and A. Society in its 76 years of life opened in uncertain weather at the Grafton Showground yesterday…

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Show Personalities

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

GRAND little lady of the Clarence (Mrs. Jane Roberts) was a hard working voluntary worker in the catering tents. The huge…

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Butter Judging At Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

Department of Agriculture Dairying Officer (Mr. W. Harrison, of Coff's Harbour) looks carefully at a sample of butter he is judging in the C. P. and A. Society's classes. The manager of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company (Mr. A. E. Harrison),…

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Australia's Task: Governor-General At show Opening

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

Pointing out that the population of the world had increased by 200,000,000 since the war, the Governor-General (Mr. McKell) told the huge crowd at the show…

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Dairy and Beef Breeds at the Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 2

TOP LEFT: Lawrence Flashlight, champion jersey cow, exhibited by Mr. A. J. McPhee, of Swan Creek. TOP RIGHT: Champion Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, Harold Dae Glimmery, owned by Mr. T. J. Wilcox, of Kangaroo Creek…

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Grafton Show Good Attendances On Closing Day

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

THE turnstiles at Grafton Showground clicked merrily during the two day sessions, and at night on Saturday, the final day of the Clarence P. and A. Society's 1949 show…

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Preparations For Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

Work is now proceeding apace at the Showground. A gang of workers are busily erecting the new pavilion and…

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Preparations For Maclean Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN, Mon.--The Show ground at Maclean has never looked better, many improvements having been carried out,…

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