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Mid North Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

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Local and General Kempsey Show Holidays

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 4

Kempsey and West Kempsey post offices will close at noon on April 27 and 28, being open for all business till that hour. Mails…

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£113 Show Profit. Covers Working Year of Association. First Meeting of Committee After Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 4

The profit in connection with the 1949 Gloucester Show was £113. This is not for two days of the show alone but actually covers the…

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Record Kempsey Show Springlike Weather for Judging Day Record Assembly of Side-shows All the Fun of Royal Show Joy Zone

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 4

The Kempsye Chow of 1949 opened this morning in perfect weather and throughout the morning the grounds…

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Riding Competition at Show. B Riding Again Wins Inter Zone Shield

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

B Riding again won the Inter Zone Shield for the Ridings competition at the Gloucester Show with a margin of 160 points…

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Mid-Week Show Suggested for Next Year. April 19 & 20 Tentative Dates

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

The fixing of the suggested show dates for 1950 set the Committee of the Gloucester A. H. and P. Association a knotty problem at its meeting…

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Kempsey Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Kempsey Show opened on Tuesday with an excellent attendance. The ground is packed with sideshows and trade displays, and the Hall exhibits…

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Show Postal Arrangements

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Kempsey and West Kempsey Post Offices will close at noon on 27th and 28th April, being open for all business till that hour. Mails will close at the…

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Car Parking at Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Kempsey Show Committee. with the co-operation of Kempsey Police and Kempsey Municipal Council, has arranged for use of Sea Street Park…

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Show Smoke Social

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 6

Few who chose the Memorial Hall for their rendezous on Tuesday night were disappointed with the evening's programme as…

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Show Week Free of Accidents

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 8

The Kempsey district ambulance had one of the quietest show periods on record according to Superintendent Menger…

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Stroud's 24th Annual Show-Record Crowd

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

Staged on the showground, the Stroud A. H. and I. Association's 24th Annual Exhibition held on Friday and Saturday last was an…

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Local and General Smart Rainstorm Closes the Show

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

The 46 points of rain registered at the West Kempsey post office for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. this morning brought the total…

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Kempsey Show in the Ring First Day Awards Horses

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 7

The judge of the draughts, Mr J. Mills, of West Maitland, would make no comment on those draughts put before him…

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Record Kempsey Show Favoured by Perfect Weather Conditions Main Day Attendance Estimated at 11,000 People. Canadian High Commissioner Officially Opens the Show

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

In Springlike weather conditions, the 70th annual Kempsey show, conducted on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, under the auspices of the Central North Coast National Agricultural Society, broke all previous records,…

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Fair Rents Board Port Macquarie, April 26th Before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M. Aroney v. O'Keefe

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

This was an application for determination of rent. Mr. N. W. Joscelyne appeared for Aroney, and Mr. F. M. Donovan for…

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Sydney Royal Show

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

The attendance at the Royal Show on its last day was 111,824, making the total attendance for the nine days of the Show 1,183,365…

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Classifications at Taree Show

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 2

The following cattle were classified at the Taree Show:—A. L. Whyte-Butler's Stillorgan Stud: Highy commended, Richmond Pendant…

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Kempsey Show Opened By Canadian High Commissioner

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 2

The High Commissioner for Canada (Mr. K. A. Green), in opening the Kempsey Show on Wednesday, expressed his astonishment at the…

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Show Essays

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 8

School pupils' essays at Kempsey Show were won as follows: Essay open to pupils of Macleay district schools, subject "The…

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Kempsey Show Comments,-- Suggestions

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 4

During a show like Kempsey had last week, when there is an influx of visitors from many parts of the State and more…

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