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Shows & fairs, 1948

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M.R. A. & H. ASSOCIATION Arrangements For Show

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

Further arrangements for the Taree Show to be held on March 9, 10 and 11 were made at a meeting of the committee of the M.R. A. &…

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Surf Champions Black Head Carnival. Macleay Surf Men Feature In Championships

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

Over two-thousand people attended the Mid-North Coast Surf Life Saving Championship Carnival at Black Head on Sunday, where the winners…

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Wingham Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 2

Preparations for the 1948 Wingham Show, to be held on the 4th and 5tn March, are in full swing now, and there is every indication that entries…

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Taree Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

The Taree Show will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 9th, 10th and 11th March, and will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the…

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Sixty-first Wingham Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

The Upper Manning A. and H. Association will hold its sixty-first Show at Wingham on the 4th and 5th of next month. Prize money…

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Kempsey Show Premier May Attend

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 4

The Premier of New South Wales, Mr. McGirr, may visit Kempsey to officially open the Central North Coast National…

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Manning River A. & H. Association. Arrangements For Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 4

Further arrangements for the Taree Show to be held on March 9, 10 and 11 were made at a meeting of the committee of the M.R. A. &…

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Bowls Country Week Carnival

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 6

About 1,500 bowlers competed in the opening rounds of the Country Week Bowling Carnival Championship Fours which commenced in Sydney on…

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Wingham Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

Preparations for the 1948 Wingham Show, to be held on the 4th and 5th March, are in full swing now and there is every indication…

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Kempsey Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

The Central North Coast National Agricultural Societies' Show will be held at Kempsey on 6th, 7th and 8th April. It promises to be a bigger…

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Buckjumpers For Wingham Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

The Committee of the Wingham Show have arranged for a number of well-known buckjumping horses to be available for the buckjump riding…

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Maitland Show Next Week

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

The 88th annual Maitland Show commences next Wednesday, 3rd March and continues until Saturday 6th March. Splendid entries have…

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Young Australia League. Royal Easter Show Tour

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 1

This Easter the Young Australia League will be conducting its annual Tour for Country Boys to attend the Sydney Royal Easter Show…

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Young Australia League Royal Easter Show Tour

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 6

This Easter the Young Australia League will be conducting its annual tour for country boys to attend the Sydney Royal…

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Scone Bushmen's Carnival: Request for Public Holiday Refused by Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

At last meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, an application was read from Scone Bushmen's Carnival Assn., requesting the Shire to declare…

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U.M.A. & H. Association Rodeo Events In Show

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

Present at the meeting or the Upper Manning A. & H. Association, held in the Wingham School of Arts on Friday night last were: Messrs. W. Muldoon…

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Country Week Carnival

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Dave Downie, of Boolaroo, again won the Country Week carnival singles on Saturday, defeating Geoff Kelly, of Canowindra by 31 to 18 in the final…

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Kempsey Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Slack, Secretary of the Kempsey 1948 Show, to be held on April 6, 7 and 8, will have the assistance of Mr. H. S. Dodds till the…

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Next Week's Wingham Show

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 4

Preparations for the 1948 Wingham Show, to be held on 4th and 5th March, are in full swing now, and there is every indication that entries will be…

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Buckjumpers for Wingham Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

The Committee have arranged for a number of well-known buckjumping horses to be available for the Buckjump Riding Contest on the…

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