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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1977

43 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3

Star of Show

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 5 January 1977 · page 9

JOHN SCHUCK stars with Rock Hudson and Susan St. James in NRN-11’s McMillan and Wife…

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Experiment in Varieties for Special Show your garden

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 5 January 1977 · page 11

Varieties are available with growth habits to fit almost an unlimited number of garden situations. Blazing and subdued colours, tall or delicate types, give…

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Opinion Sporting Section Strong show by nippers at Yamba surf carnival

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 19 January 1977 · page 17

A strong contingent of Coffs Harbour nippers and mermaids competed in the junior surf carnival at Yamba on Sunday. The nippers…

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Tall plants balance a good show your garden

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 19 January 1977 · page 14

It is not always necessary to grow only dwarf flowering plants as many taller kinds are most effective and suitable for a…

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Relay Sides in Good Form for Swim Carnival

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 26 January 1977 · page 22

The Coffs Harbour Amateur Swimming Club’s boys’ relay team gained a sliver medal at the Kempsey carnival held during the holiday recess. The team is Scott…

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Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 44

TOGETHER WITH ROTARY CLUBS throughout District 265 your host clubs of Dorrigo, Bellingen, Sawtell, Coffs Harbour and Coffs Harbour South have been active in the fields of Student Exchange Programs. This program is based…

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Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 42

THE SIX MEMBER team of six young men selected under the Rotary Group Study program to visit Indiana, USA, last year. THEY are, from left: BACK ROW: Grahame…

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Group Study Exchange Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 41

UNDER THIS program a team of six young professional and businessmen, selected for their outstanding abilities after a most rigid screening, are involved in a study tour of an overseas Rotary District. Our own local area has had representation on these teams in past years, Tom Strickland of Coffs, Harbour and Graeme King of Dorrigo having been successful applicants…

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Americans Harder Workers The Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 40

In March 1975 I left Rotary District 265 Australia as a member of a Group Study Exchange Team of five young men, non Rotarians, of different occupations and lead by a Rotarian Team Leader, to spend eight weeks in Rotary District 656 Central Indiana, U.S.A. Our purpose was to…

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Five Host Presidents The Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 38

The presidents of the five host clubs have played a major role in the organisation of the conference. A brief narrative of their background will be of assistance to visitors when meeting them. JIM MOORE…

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Shire President’s Welcome Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 39

On behalf of my Council, the Citizens of Coffs Harbour Shire, and myself, I am delighted to have the opportunity of extending a very sincere, warm and cordial welcome to the Rotarians of district 265 and their Rotaryannes who will be guests of our town and district for the forthcoming conference to be held from March 11 to 13…

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They’re Iceland Bound The Carnival Conference

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 46

Doctor Cecil H. Baker, (M.B., B.S.), D.O. (Sydney), D.O. (R.C.P. & S.). M.A.C.O., Ophthalmic Surgeon of Dowe Street, Tamworth, has been selected to lead a study team of five outstanding young business and professional men from Rotary District 265 (the northern third of New South Wales,…

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Exhibition Home Feature Essi Means a Quality Home

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 22

The long-established local firm of B. L. Miller Co. has been chosen as the Essi franchise merchants for the North Coast and George and Beverly Arnett have been named franchise builders…

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Essi homes no longer news in Coffs Exhibition Home Feature

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 24

The news of Essi Homes in Coffs Harbour may not be news any more. One is at completion…

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The Day Rotary Began District 265. . . The Carnival Conference FEBRUARY 23,1905

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 47

The automobile was Still evoking cries of “Get a horse !” The airplane had yet to stay aloft for mote than a few minutes, though the Wright brothers had shown a little more than a year earlier that heavier-than-air flight was possible. The first motion…

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District 265... The Carnival Conference Gordon Is Example to All Rotarians Special Interview

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 37

District Governor Gordon was born in Lithgow, school, entered the furnishing industry. He has resided in Orange…

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School Swim Carnival

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 16 March 1977 · page 26

MORE than 350 children from the St. Augustine’s Catholic School compete in a…

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District Talent on Show

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 23 March 1977 · page 2

The Salvation Army’s Musical Spectacular held in the Coffs Harbour Civic Centre…

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Jaycees Trade Fair

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 20 April 1977 · page 13

A SCENE from last year’s highly successful Coffs Harbour Jaycecs Trade Fair. The 1977 fair, at Coffs Harbour Civic Centre on Saturday and Sunday, is expected to attract more…

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1977 Feature Jaycee Trade Fair Four rooms on display

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 20 April 1977 · page 18

A feature of the Jaycees Trade fair will be a fabulous four room display by Max…

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