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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

383 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 20

"A Fair Go"

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 2

THE issue for the people to decide at the election oh April 28 is clear, perhaps clearer than it has been at any…

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Show Photograph Entry

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 2

A fine enlargement of this snapshot is one of the entries in the photographic section for local amateurs at the…

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Dolls Show Most Successful

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 6

The Dolls Shew organised by pupils of the Girls' Department of the Primary School was most successful and showed a very…

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Cobb and Co. Coach in Show Pageant

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 2

Phases of Clarence history and development will he reenacted and displayed at the night session of the C.P. and…

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Levante Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

From the introduction of Roland Edwards with his solovox, to the close of the programme by the Great Levante…

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Kelpie Dogs for Show Cattle Draft

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2

The sight of four extremely sensitive kelpie dogs waiting patiently for a feed at the office of Mr. C. C. Pitt, secretary of…

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Carnival To Aid Festival

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 3

An Election Week-end Carnival Committee was formed last night, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Williard, to organise a…

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Lighting For Jubilee Clarence Exhibition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 3

Arrangements have been concluded by the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society for provision of lighting for the…

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Show Visitor From India

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 2

THE Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's 1951 Jubilee Show will be enhanced by the presence of a…

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Technical College Films At Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 2

For the first time, the Grafton Technical College will be conducting a film show at the C. P. and A. Society's exhibition…

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Will Break His Show Duck Soon

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 3

Although he has toured extensively since his appointment as High Commissioner for India in March last year,…

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District's Jubilee Show Opens To-day

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 3

The heavy thunderstorm yesterday afternoon stilled only temporarily the bustle of preparations at the canvas city which has arisen at the Grafton…

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High Schools Swimming Carnival

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 6

The Coffs High School girls who swam at the Combined High Schools swimming carnival were a credit to their school…

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Three Blackouts At Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 3

The Grafton show had a generous share of the blackouts in the north yesterday. Arrangements had to go on…

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Thrills, Pageantry MemorableNight Show Session

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 3

Novel presentations, among which a military trick motor cycling troupe was outstanding, made last night's session of the Grafton Show the most attractive in its history…

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Clarence Jubilee Show Opens With Record Prospects

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 4

Climax to 12 months' planning and work, in a year which included one of the greatest floods on record, was reached at the Grafton Showground yesterday when the gates were thrown open for the 78th annual exhibition…

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Mr. W. Noud Remembers Show In Federation Year

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 5

Mr. W. Noud, official measurer at Grafton shows for 27 years. is one official who can recall details of the…

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How Teenagers View Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 3

Teenagers are enjoying the show, although girls and boys have varying opinions about what is best about it…

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Police Praise For Show Crowd

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 3

Special squads of police from the Grafton sub-district were on duty at the Showground throughout the day and night…

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Show Auxiliary Swings Into Action

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 3

Pre-Show time means a busy period of preparation and purchasing for members of the C. P. and A. Women's…

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