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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

436 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 22

Preparations For Maclean Show

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

MACLEAN.--What was to have been the last meeting of committeemen before Maclean Show was held on Friday night,…

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Picture Exhibition In Town Hall

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

An exhibition of 50 pictures will be shown in the Grafton Town Hall from July 18 to August 1, by the National Art…

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Prime Minister To Open Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 3

The official opening of the Grafton Show, by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, is scheduled for 1.45 p.m., on…

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Postal Arrangements For Show Day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

The holiday arrangements at Grafton and South Grafton on Friday, the half-holiday for the Show, will be:--…

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Grafton Show Records May Be Shattered

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 2

The Clarence P. and A. Society's 77th annual exhibition opens at the Grafton showground to-morrow morning…

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Fashion Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Wed. (AAP).-- France's King of Fashion, Christian Dior took London's breath away yesterday with his…

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Date Changed For Carnival

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 5

It was decided at the Grafton P.S.A.A.A. meeting to hold the combined athletic carnival on August 11 instead of August 18…

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Preparing for Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

A good deal of hard work goes into preparations for a show. These four men are preparing blocks for woodchopping events for the C.P. and A. Society Show, which starts to-day. This is the first time for several years that woodchopping has been…

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Junior Farmers At The Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Junior Farmers attending the Show to-day are asked to assemble at the Prince street entrance gate as near as possible to…

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Grafton Show Opens To-day With Record Prospects

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Yesterday, a city within a city took shape as an army of workmen wrought a remarkable change at the Grafton Showground in final preparation for the 77th annual exhibition of the Clarence Pastoral and…

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The Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

I love the sights of every Show, The smiling face, the friendy hand, For here the gifts of Nature glow In all the wealth of fertile land…

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Policeman's Show Successes

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

Ulmarra policeman, Constable K. Fulwood, was one of the most prominent exhibitors in the pony and galloway classes yesterday…

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Show Figures Higher

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Attendance and gate receipts at the Grafton Show yesterday slightly exceeded figures for the 1949 show…

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Show Opens with Zest on Judging Day

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

With a hot sun playing and, seek with menacing clouds drifting from the north, the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's 77th annual show opened with zest and high expectancy yesterday. The threat of rain materialised after noon in a sharp…

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Show By Phone

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 4

An interesting experience is to ring the office of the secretary while the show is in progress…

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Preparing For Maclean Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 2

MACLEAN.--At the final preshow meeting at Maclean, Mr. John Ryan presiding, there was a long debate on the condition of…

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Best Poultry Show Outside Sydney Royal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 3

Poultry fanciers front all over the north and north-west agreed yesterday that the poultry exhibit at the 1950 Grafton Show…

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Best Cattle Parade for Years at Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 2

Scores of beef and dairy cattle, reflecting a bountiful season, were the outstanding feature of the grand parade of stock at the Grafton Show yesterday. CATTLE stewards of many…

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Prime Minister At Grafton Show Communists Do Not Want Prosperity

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 3

The Communist was a destroyer. He did not want industry to be prosperous or production high. He wanted the existing order to be destroyed and would be happy…

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Women Thankful for C.w.a. Show Rest Room Service

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 3

The Country Women's Association rest room and clock room near the main pavilion proved a boon to country and…

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