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Mid North Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

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Upper Manning A. and H. Association Committee Meeting

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 8

The usual meeting of the committee of the above association was held in the Wingham School of Arts on Friday night. The president (Mr. W. F…

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M.R.A and H. Association MEETING Of COMMITTEE

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 2

A committee meeting of the above associations was held at Taree Literary Institute on Wednesday night. Present: Messrs. Hubert Allan (President), Dave…

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Fair This Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 8

Fair this land in which, we're dwelling, Threaded through with shining streams. Casting o'er our minds its spell-ing,…

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Surf Carnival

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 5

Scott's Head club held their second annual carnival on Sunday last, when teams from Nambucca Heads, Scott's Head, Kempsey-Crescent Head, South…

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Bowls Country Week Carnival Round 3

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 6

Rizzi (Corrimal) 17 v Sabien (Kempsey) 12; Griffiths (Newcastle) 18 v Peel (Taree) 22; Mullard (Moss Vale) 17 v Langley (Taree) 20; Cohen (Tamworth)…

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The Cotton Club Show

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 6

Apologists for certain comedians, who did not appear to be at home before the "mike," have suggested that they suffered in the lack of an…

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Current Topics. Wauchope Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2

At a meeting of the committee of the Wauchope A. and H. Association, held last week, it was decided that, in consequence of the '…

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The Sixth C.n.c. National. Splendid Exhibition Anticipated

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 5

The circuit of Central Rivers Shows commences at Wingham and Dorrigo on Wednesday and Thursday of the present week, and despite the…

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Stenner Brothers to the Fore. Police Carnival in Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 3

Sid Stenner won the 100 yards championship of the police force at the carnival on the Sydney Show Ground in 11 1-5sec., beating his…

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Butter Fat Competitions In Connection with Gloucester Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2

The results of the home milking competitions in connection with the forthcoming Gloucester Show are as follow:—…

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Mid-n.c. Championship Carnival. Taree-old Bar Wins Major Honours

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4

There was an exceptionally large crowd in attendance at the South West Rocks beach on Sunday last to witness the contests at the Mid-North…

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The Show Goes On. In Spite of Dry Conditions. Motion for Postponement Defeated

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2

By sixteen votes to ten the committee decided at Saturday's meeting of the Gloucester A. H. and P. Association to carry on with the…

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Upper Manning A. & H. Association. Everything in Readiness for the Show. To-morrow (Wednesday) and

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4

A committee meeting of the above i Association was held in the Wingham School of Arts on Friday night last, February 23, 1940…

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Thrilling Film Programme for Show Nights. Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney in "Stablemates." "4 Girls in White."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 1

Wallace Beery returns ito the kind of role which won him his greatest fame in the days when be was teamed with Marie Dressier, as…

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Swimming Carnival

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 4

Kempsey Amateur Swimming Club has arranged its annual Championship Carnival for Wednesday next, 6th March, at 7.45 p.m. A fine…

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Taree Show

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 2

Taree's sixth National Show of the Central North Coast will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 5, 6 and 7, there being three…

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Comboyne Show. Record Established

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 5

A series of pleasant surprises was provided by this year's Comboyne Show—the eighth of the Comboyne Agricultural Society…

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Surfing Branch Championship Carnival Bar Wins Branch Title

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 3

At the annual championship carnival of the Mid-North branch of the surf Life saving Association, held at South West Rocks on Sunday, the…

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Newcastle Swimming Carnival Wingham Boy Scouts to the Fore

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 1

On Saturday, 17th, Mr. Wilfred , Machin, William St., Wingham, very kindly conveyed members of the Wingham Boy Scouts' Association to…

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Taree Ferry No Interference with Show Traffic

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 2

When the Hon. L. O. Martin was in Taree last week it was mentioned to him that the monthly overhand of the Taree ferry, which takes place on the…

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