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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

436 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 22

Workers at the Coffs Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. C. J. Wenzel, Park Beach, writes:—Please allow me space in your valuable paper to comment on…

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Coffs Harbour Show Society's Financial Position

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

The recent Coifs Show returned a profit of £209 14s 2d, but the Christmas Carnival showed a loss of £229 4s 8d. For the period from September 1 to March 14 there was a deficit of £149 3s 2d in the Society's…

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Women's Cricket Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 3

Adelaide, Tues.-- Bathurst woman cricked player N. Whiteman, took 10 wicket for 20 runs in a match between N.S.W. and…

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SWIMMING. School Carnival At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed.--Occasional heavy showers with intermittent periods of sweltering heat made, conditions…

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Revue Society's Show Well Received

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Wed.--A fine reception was given by a packed house last night to the first show of the Bellingen Reveu Dramatic…

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Nothing To Show Twins Can Be Separated

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--Nothing had been disclosed in the X-ray photographs of the Siamese twins to indicate…

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Around The New England State Successful Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 3

TAMWORTH.--When Tamworth Pastoral and Agricultural Association's 77th annual show began in fine hot weather…

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Profit From Show; Loss On Carnival Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR. -- The income and expenditure return covering the recent show was presented to a meeting of the P.A.H. and I. Committee in the School of Arts, Coff's Harbour. It disclosed a net profit of £209142…

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High School Swimming Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 10

Girl Captain of Coffs High School, Marea Black, was prominent at the School's annual swimming carnival at the…

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Deervale News C.w.a. Exhibition & Sports

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 6

Under perfect weather conditions, the Deervale branch of the CWA held their third annual exhibition recently…

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Ex-soldiers Promised "Fair-deal"

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

The Senate Leader (Senator O'Sullivan) said in the…

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Show Society Commended

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheaban) has commended the Inverell Show Society on introducing, at the recent Inverell…

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Many Ideas at Show Meeeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

Many suggestions for raising funds were made at the general meetings of members of Coffs Show Society on…

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Fair Rents Determination

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M. at Grafton Fair Rents Court yesterday afternoon gave his decision on the application of Thomas…

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Holiday For Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 2

The Town Clerk of Grafton (Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather) has been informed that Friday, April 28, 1950, Show…

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Material Orders Show Sincerity Harbour Works

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 3

Sincerity of the McGirr Government to proceed with the work on the Clarence Harbour Works was demonstrated by the placement of large orders locally running into…

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Ambulance Carnival Succeeds At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

MACLEAN.--The annual carnival organised by the social committee of the Maclean Ambulance was a pronounced success…

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Agricultural Society— New Pavilion Discussed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 8

Following a special meeting of the Agricultural Society on March 7th, to go into the details of securing timber for the new pavilion…

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Prime Minister Confirms Show Invitation

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menz'es has written to the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society, confirming his…

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Dairy Cattle Show-Ring Selection Valueless For Output

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 6

AMONG the forthright statements made by Mr. Finlay, animal geneticist, at the dairy farmers' conference, at Maclean, was that it Was quite impossible to improve stud herds, in the productive sense, by using show-ring selection…

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