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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1973

21 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2

Sawtell Reserves Show Improvement

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 5 April 1973 · page 4

Sawtell reserves showed improvement on last week but were still unable to chalk a win. Our fellows looked the…

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Army Goes to the Show The Army will have a significant role in this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 19 April 1973 · page 1

Band recitals, arena events, and an 11-day display stand will be provided by various Eastern…

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Open Air Exhibition at Woolgoolga

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 17 May 1973 · page 1

Woolgoolga is fortunate to have a plaza type area available for a variety of community activities in the Surfside Plaza…

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Stars of Number 96 to open Trade Fair

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 19 June 1973 · page 9

Stars of popular television series Number 96, Dorrie Evans and Flo Patterson, will officially open the Coffs Harbour Jaycees Trade Fair in August. The trade fair will be held in the Coffs Harbour Civic Centre and…

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Flower Show in August

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 12 July 1973 · page 9

The annual Orchid Society. Spring Flower Show will be held in the Coffs Harbour Civic…

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Banana sales show improvement on city markets last week

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 12 July 1973 · page 3

There was some improvement in sales on the metropolitan banana markets last week and prices remained near those of the previous week. Some low quality…

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Lapidary Exhibit at Show

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 19 July 1973 · page 9

The Coffs Harbour Lapidary Club will stage an exhibit at the Coff Harbour…

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Heart Carnival

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 24 July 1973 · page 4

A man who has received a heart transplant and a journalist who criticises the “carnival atmosphere” of transplants, are guests on a more serious than usual Frost Over Hollywood this week. Two-third of tomorrow night’s program, at 8 p.m…

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Trade Fair Exceeds Target

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 16 August 1973 · page 1

The Coffs Harbour Jaycees were very pleased with the results of their annual Trade…

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Bowls carnival a big success

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 16 August 1973 · page 12

A total of 168 players took part in the annual Beautizone carnival held last week at the Coffs Harbour Women’s Bowling Club…

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Fifty Women in Bowls Carnival

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 23 August 1973 · page 16

More than 50 members attended the August monthly meeting of the Sawtell…

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CWA Flower Show

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 27 September 1973 · page 2

The Sawtell CWA Flower Show, held at Sawtell on September 15, was a great success…

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Local Artist in Successful in Top Queensland Exhibition District Diary

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 16 October 1973 · page 7

Local artist Max Caesar has just returned from a trip to Charleville, Queensland, where he attended an exhibition of paintings in which three of his works were exhibited. This is the first Western Queensland Art Exhibition held in Charleville in…

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93 Enter Fair at Bellingen

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 5

A total of 93 entries has been received for the Beautizone Jersey Fair to be held at…

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Sawtell Represented at Carnival

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 15 November 1973 · page 3

Two girls from the Sawtell Public School travelled to Sydney to compete in the State…

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Art Exhibition Opens

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 20 November 1973 · page 1

THE Coffs Harbour Art Group’s 13th annual exhibition was officially opened in Coffs Harbour on Saturday by Mrs. Cynthia Robinson, wife of the Federal Member for Cowper. The Macdonald prize, the major award for painting, was won by Frida Cochrane who is pictured viewing her winning painting with Dr. Rainy Macdonald, the donor…

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First Surf Carnival of Season on

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 22 November 1973 · page 4

Sunday is the big day, the first surf carnival of the season, Sawtell's big hopes are Paul Mclver and Michael Cheers in the junior surf and junior belt…

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Coming Art and Craft Exhibition

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 29 November 1973 · page 1

At "Dolphins Moon” the studio home of Marion Strong, corner of Pollack Esplanade…

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Outstanding debts to NRCC show decrease

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 29 November 1973 · page 5

Doubtful debts of the Northern Rivers County Council during October dropped to £14,122.89, about $650 below the September figure. This was reported at this week’s meeting of the NRCC…

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Flower show and fair at Woolgoolga

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 4 December 1973 · page 9

The Woolgoolga CWA branch held a flower show and fair in its rooms recently. The fair and show…

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