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Mid North Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

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Saturday Night Dances By Wingham Show Society

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 3

At the last meeting of the committee of the Upper Manning A. and H. Association it was decided to conduct a series of Saturday night dances in the…

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Taree's Easter Sporting Carnival Will Attract Many Inter-District Players

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 1

Taree will probably experience its busiest Easter this week-end, when a large programme of district activities will include special church services and a number of sporting attractions…

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"Central Coast Maize at Show Up to Standard"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 1

Maize and sorghum exhibits in the R.A.S. Central Coast exhibit were well up to standard, says district…

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Show Beer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 6

One of the Gunnedah Show Society's problems in running its booth is getting enough of the much-sought-after amber fluid…

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Show Smoko

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

The 1950 Show Smoke Social promises to be a particularly bright and breezy function, Messrs. G. A. Jeffery, J. Turnbull and Chas. Beckenham…

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Kempsey Show Big Entries

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

Entries for the Kempsey Show, which will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week…

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Successful Methodist Flower Show at P. Macquarie

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 5

On Thursday last at Port Macquarie, members of the Methodist Church staged their annual flower show. The function was well up to…

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Kempsey Show

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

Preparations for the Kempsey Show, which will take place next Thursday, Friday and…

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Gloucester's Show—

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

On Friday and Saturday of this week Gloucester stages its Show. After weeks of organising, thought and work the Committee has the…

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Successful Show Expected Opening on

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

The 14th. Central North Coast National Agricultural Show at kempsey on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, this week, is expected to equal if not surpass any previous exhibition held in the district…

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Royal Show Prizes Lift District Values

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Prizes won by Casino Co-operative Dairy Society at the Royal Easter Show added to the value of the district, said Mr. W. Sullivan, a…

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Gloucester Show— Saturday Gazetted a Public Holiday

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

Saturday next, April 22nd., the second day of the 1950 Gloucester Show, has been gazetted as a public holiday throughout the Gloucester…

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Strange Little People at Show Hottentots, Pigmy Men and Women

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 7

"Quai Qual," half Hottentot and half Pawnee Indian, will be appearing with the little pigmies and tiny African bushman at the show. This…

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Show Traffic

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

To avoid congestion of Show traffic on Friday and Saturday next, second and third day of Kempsey Show, Kempsey Police have decided that all…

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Show and Anzac Postal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

At Kempsey and West Kempsey on Friday 21st April, in connection with the Kempsey Show, the Post Office will open for all classes of business…

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Show Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

A meeting of the Upper Manning A. & H. Association was held in the Protestant Hall, Wingham, on Friday night, 31st March, 1950, and was…

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Current Topics Show Opens in Fine Weather

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

The Gloucester 1950 Show opened this morning in fine weather. Entries in some of the sections this year are a record and the…

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Gloucester C.W.A. Profit From Flower Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

The profit from the recent C.W.A. Flower Show and Sale of Work was approximately £84. This was disclosed at a meeting of…

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Fair Rents Court

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 10
Also in The Northern Champion

Harold Wright, of Wingham, made application to the Fair Rents Court 10 have the fair rental of premises in Isabella Street, occupied by Ivy…

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