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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

383 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 20

Quota Club Mannequin Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

A large and appreciative audience assembled at the Presbyterian Hall, Grafton, last night, to witness a tiny tots and…

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District People Behind Show Society

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 7

Mr. N. f. Jordan, secretary of Coffs Harbour Show Society, paid tribute to the public of Coffs Harbour and district in…

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Praise for Members of Show Committee Progress Revealed at Annual Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 6

The president and secretary of Coffs Harbour Agricultural Society, Messrs. A. P. Small and N. J. Jordan, paid high tribute at the annual meeting on Saturday night to the co-operation…

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Race Carnival Enters Main Stage

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 5

Grafton s racing carnival will enter its mam stage to-day with the Orara Jockey Club's fixture, in which the first of four cup races will be decided. SOME of the stream of…

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Good Start To Race Carnival

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 5

Grafton's July racing carnival opened impressively on Saturday with the Orara Jockey Club's Cup…

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Carnival Racing Interest Nears Its Peak

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 4

Interest in the Grafton racing carnival is becoming keener each day as horses from all parts of the State arrive by train and by motor float. FROM to-day onwards the…

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Agricultural Society.— Society To Stage Spring Show In December, 1952 Decision Follows Lively Discussion

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

At the last monthly meeting of the Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Agricultural Society, a decision was reached to hold a Spring Show in the first week of December, 1952. Long and spirited discussion took place relative to the advisability and…

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Show Society on the Ball

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

The record attendance and subsequent financial success of Group 2 Rugby League trials, staged at the jetty Oval on June 2 last, demonstrated the importance of Coffs Harbour as the halfway house of the North Coast…

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In Town For Racing Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

On the eve of the C.R.J.C annual race carnival yesterday, Grafton was an exceptionally busy town…

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Life Membership For Show Supporters

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 4

BELLINGEN: A great tribute was paid to the past secretary and to Mrs. Franey by the president and other speakers…

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New Secretary For Bellingen Show Society

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

BELLINGEN: Two applications for secretary were received at the Agricultural Show Committee meeting. Mr. Andy…

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A Carnival With Tradition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

IN these troublous times, it is appropriate on occasions for the whole community to forget the worries…

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C.R.J.C. Carnival Opening Day Sets High Standard

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 3

The opening day of the Clarence River Jockey Club's July carnival yesterday was the best since the war and among the best in the club's 92 years Of activity…

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Horticultural Society's Flower Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 6

Arrangements for the Horticultural Society's "First Anniversary and Jubilee Flower show were completed at the…

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To Show Women How To Reduce

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP):--Fifty-year-old Mrs. Calesta Geyer who cut her weight from 555lb…

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Show Society Affiliations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

A warning to show societies in Group of the North Coast Agricultural Societies' Association, against affiliating with…

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Record Race Carnival

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 7

South Grafton Jockey Club officials believe that the figures for the club's two-day annual carnival…

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School Athletic Carnival For Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 4

The Far North Coast Public School Amateur Athletic Association carnival will be held at Grafton on September 21…

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N.Z. Tour For Show Members

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A party of 20 members of country agricultural show societies and their wives have been invited…

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Grafton Show Society Invests In Sydney Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 4

The Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society decided yesterday to apply for £20 worth of shares in a Sydney property to be held in the name of the Agricultural Societies' Council…

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