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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

436 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 22

Country Women's Hockey Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Newcastle defeated New England seven goals to one, and Illawarra downed Newcastle's team…

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Northern Exhibit Second At Brisbane Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

Northern N.S.W. district' exhibit was placed second to Moreton district at Brisbane Exhibition…

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Boomerang Events For Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

KYOGLE--Kyogle Show Society will add, novelty events to the ring programme at its show on…

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Record Price For Bull At Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.--A stud Hereford bull from Narrabri, N.S.W., broke the State price record at the stud sales at the…

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Championship Dog Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 3

The Clarence District Kennel Club last night endorsed the decision hold the inaugural championship dog…

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Fair Rents Action

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 6

In a fair rents application before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the Magistrate held…

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Lower Clarence Agricultural Society Had £I77 Surplus

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 4

MACLEAN.--The treasurer's report at the annual meeting of the Lower Clarence Agricultural Society revealed a surplus on the year's transactions of £177110 after allowing for depreciation of…

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Record Show Attendance

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.--A record total of 1735.838 visited Brisbane's Royal Show which ended yesterday…

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Young Riflemen Show Improvement

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR.--In his report to the annual meeting of the Coff's Harbour Rifle Club, the club captain, (Mr. Vic…

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Schoolboys' Football Carnival Arrangements for

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 1

Arrangements are well in hand for the Mid-Northern Rivers Schoolboys' Rugby League Championships, which will be conducted at the showground and Jetty ovals next Saturday. Twenty-nine teams are participating and a…

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Six-hour Carnival Postponed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 1

Coifs Harbour National Fitness Club has postponed the carnival it had arranged for Six-Hour Day holiday…

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Sawtell Diggers Variety Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 4

At Sawlell on Wednesday night the local Diggers will present another of their popular variety shows. All the popular…

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Rugby League Grafton Successes At School Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sunday.--Grafton High School won three of the five divisions in the MidNorthern Rivers schoolboys' Rugby League carnival here yesterday…

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Many At Town Plan Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR. -- Although a heavy rainstorm passed over the town, a large crowd attended the first public…

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Schoolboy Footballers Stage Most Successful Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

Thirty teams of footballers representing schools between Grafton and Macksville assembled at Coffs Harbour Showground on Saturday and staged the biggest and most successful Rugby League Football Carnival yet…

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Disastrous End To Show Year

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 2

The 77th year of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society just completed was successful in many ways, but ended in disaster, said Mr. C. C. Pitt, secretary of the society, in the report…

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Show Society Accepts Gift Of Ground

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 3

A gift of 30 acres of valuable land [?]ear South Grafton, on the Pacific High[?]ay, was made yesterday by Mr. John [?]hea, of Kangaroo Creek, to the Clarence…

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Woolgoolga Methodists Hold Successful Spring Fair

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 5

In spit of continued stormy and uncertain weather conditions right up until the evening before, Woolgoolga Methodist Flower Show and Fair was held in ideal Spring weather. The organisers had fears of its being…

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Infants Put on Good Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 11

The heavy rain on Wednesday afternoon could not dampen the spirits or enthusiasm of Coifs Infants' School children…

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Children's Art Section At Festival Flower Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 3

A children's art show will be held in conjunction with the annual Jacaranda flower show, organised under the…

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