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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

436 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 22

Big Show Entries In Cattle, Horse Sections

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

Exceptionally good entries had been received in the cattle and horse sections for the Grafton Show on April 27-29,…

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Final Sessions of Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Despite light rain all this morning, a total of 38,624 visitors attended the final sessions of the Royal Show…

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Two New Features At Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 2

Two new features of the 1950 Grafton Show will be sheep dog trials and woodchopping events. The secretary of the Clarence…

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To Choose Athletes For Show Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 5

Sixteen leading members of the Grafton and District Athletic Club--eight men and eight women--will be chosen after to-day's…

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Brown Concludes Tennis Exhibition in India

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

CALCUTTA. Sun. (AAP-Reuter).--Australian Geoff Brown yesterday concluded a series of exhibition matches in…

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Show Trophies on Display

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

Displays of trophies to be won at the Grafton show have been staged in the windows of Brown and Jolly Ltd., Gerrards,…

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Dancing Season Opens With Show Ball

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

The dancing season at Grafton will be ushered in to-night with the first ball of the year, the Show Ball, organised by the…

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Bowls Easter Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 8

Teams from Mullumbimby. Maclean, Grafton, Bellingen, Dorrigo, Nestanglo (Smithtown) and Kempsey competed…

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Methodists Stage Bright Autumn Flower Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 6

After a lapse of about twelve years the Methodist Autumn Flower show was successfully revived on Friday. Despite unfavorable weather entries in all sections were very satisfactory in every regard. Features of…

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Grafton Show Big AIS Entry In Cattle Section

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Between 150 and 200 A.I.S. dairy cattle from at least a dozen local exhibitors will be a feature of the strong cattle…

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Grafton Show Holiday

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

Retail stores will close in Grafton and South Grafton at noon on Friday, April 28, the public holiday for the…

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Big Horse Entry For Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

Between 500 and 600 entries have been received in the horse sections of the Grafton Show on April 27, 28 and 29. They come…

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Band Carnival At Market Square

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 2

Under a canopy of festooned lights and bunting, a wide range of stalls did a brisk business last night at Market Square, at…

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Grafton Show Record Entries In Poultry Section

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 2

So many entries have been received in the poultry section at the Grafton Show next week that officials have asked all…

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Coffs Poultry Club Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

Bumper entries are expected for Coffs Harbour-Orara District Poultry Club's second Annual Show, to be held in June, and…

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Grafton Show. Prominent Axemen For Woodchopping

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

Several well-known champions will be seen in action during the woodchopping at the Grafton Show next week…

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Great Citizenship Evident At Fair

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

Looking about the hall, he could see evidence of great citizenship, said the Mayor of South Grafton (Aid. J. C. Lane) at the annual autumn fair of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, South Grafton,…

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Every Sign of Record Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

A remarkable increase in major sections, together with greatly enhanced entertainment programme, prompted councillors of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society last night to forecast a record…

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Band Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

Grafton District Boys' Band Carnival came to a successful conclusion on Saturday night, after running four nights…

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The Show

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

ONCE again this week our minds will be eased from the burdens of politics and other national and local matters by the…

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