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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1953

532 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 27

Rome Prepares For Agricultural Fair

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 6

ROME.--Italy is preparing for her biggest postwar agricultural fair, due to be held from June to October this year, on the western outskirts of Rome. The site is the "model…

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Advance Agriculture Fair Battery Cage System For Poultry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 6

Keeping laying birds in cages with wire floors is a comparatively new system which has become common in England and in some New South Wales farms with good results…

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Show Booths Licenses

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

Before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Licensing Court yesterday, the Clarence P. and A. Society was…

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Woodchopping At Grafton Show

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

Woodchopping, tree-felling and sawing will be a feature at the Friday afternoon and night sessions of the C.P. and A…

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Slight Rise In Show Charges

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 3

C. P. and A. Society, at its meeting at the Grafton Showground yesterday adopted a recommendation from the management committee that admission charges…

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Rare Cattle On Show At Armidale

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 7

Three fine exhibits of the so-called "mystery" cattle—the Galloways, were shown at Armidale Show recently…

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Horticultural Annual Dahlia Show Opens To-day

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

The annual dahlia show of Coffs Harbour Horticultyral Society will be hold to-day at the Presbytorian Hall, Features…

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Royal Show Plans

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Royal Agricultural Society is making final plans to house 2000 pedigree beef and…

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Big Prize Money for July Carnival

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 3

The Clarence River Joe key Club has adopted a programme involving £3250 in prize money and trophies for its July pacing carnival…

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Bush Fire Exhibition at Royal Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

The exhibit of the Bush Fire Committee at the Boy at Easter Show this year will attract special attention because of…

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Hockey Players Show keenness

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 8

Last Saturday a number of men and women hockey players attended Brelsford Park and engaged in practice. The previous…

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Magnificent Blooms in Dahlia Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.-- Many magnificent blooms were exhibited at the Coffs Harbour Horticultural…

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Shire Council Refuses Half Holiday for Annual Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council refused an application from Coffs Harbour Agricultural Society to apply for gazetted of a half holiday on the afternoon of the first day of the annual show. Dates of the show are Friday and Saturday…

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Upper Orara C.w.a. Autumn Flower Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

The annual Autumn Flower Show of Upper Orara branch of the Country Women's Association will be held on Saturday…

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Admission Charges To Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--A sixpenny increase in admission to this year's Royal Show was announced to-day…

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Show Break Too Dear For Shire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues.-- Dorrigo Shire has decided that it cannot afford to grant a half holiday for the…

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Expensive Easter Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Sydney's. 124th Royal Easter Show which will open on Friday will be the most…

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Champion Steer Of Royal Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.--An Aberdeen-Angus steer owned by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, Trangie, was to-day judged champion steer of the Royal Easter Show…

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Church Fair Place in Community

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 2

The value of church fairs in the community and the opportunity given by such functions for other church members to meet socially were stressed by speakers at the official opening of St. Stephen's…

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Big Crowds Flock To Sydney Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--Big crowds flocked to Sydney's Royal Easter Show to-night, to swell the opening day's attendance to over 30,000. Official figures given to-night put the attendance…

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