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Shows & fairs, 1943

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ARMIDALE 50 Years Ago. (Reprinted from the "Express" May 12 and 16, 1893) Football Carnival

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 3

If the weather should turn out favourable to-morrow, the inaugural sports and football match in connection with the New England…

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Red Cross Notes Baby Show For

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 5

The Baby Show to be held on Wednesday for funds for sick and wounded soldiers should be of great interest both to those who enter…

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Red Cross Baby Show Finding Armidale's Bonniest Child

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 4

One never thought Armidale had so many, so beautiful, so fat and so silent babies until one squeezed into the…

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Ann Bassett Wins Red Cross Baby Show Championship

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 4

Armidale's bonniest baby has be adjudged to be Ann Bassett, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Bassett, of…

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Baby Show

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 8

In the Red Cross Baby Show held last week Kerry Kelly was first in the baby crawling event…

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Armidale Baby Show

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

Armidale’s bonniest baby has been adjudged to be Ann Bassett, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Bassett, of Marsh street. Ann won the…

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Greater Carnival Spirit Street Collections Lack Colour Armidale Suffers by Comparison

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 8

Towns no less important than Armidale apparently seem more imbued with the carnival spirit when an appeal…

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Three Italian Battleships Hit. Photos Show Direct Hits

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON. Monday.—Our bomber and fighter bombers throughout Sunday shuttled to and from North Africa and…

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Board Determines "Fair Rent" of Church St. Cottage

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 1

Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., at a sitting of the Fair Rents Board in Glen Innes yesterday had before him an application by Percy…

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Annual Dog Show

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 3

The second annual Dog Show is expected to be held early in October, and the local Red Gross will be asked to co-operate as all profits will…

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Armidale Show Committee Works for War Funds Annual Meeting of Members Commends Activities

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1943 · page 4

Members of the Armidale and New England P., A. and H. Association present at the annual meeting on Saturday…

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Rugby League Mix-up Over Match De La Salle College Called On To " Show Cause" Sunday's Cup Game Fiasco

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 8

New England Rugby League Board of Control on Monday night decided to call on De La Salle College to show…

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Yetman Sports Carnival £110182 Raised for War Functions Assn

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 2

A day's sports and carnival with a dance at night, were held on 5th June in aid of the Yetman Branch of the A.S.W.F.A. These were a great…

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£525 From Bushmen's Carnival

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 2

A Bushmen's Carnival held recently at Dorrigo cleared £525. The RAF Transport Command has flown the first "air train" across the…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Bushman’s Carnival Nets £525

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 4

One of the most successful functions of its kind was held in Dorrigo when the recent bushman’s carnival netted a profit of £525 for one day’s…

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Yetman Sports Carnival £110 Raised For War Functions Association

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 3

A day’s sports and carnival with a dance at night, were held on 5th June in aid of the Yetman branch of the A.S.W.F.A. These were a great…

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Two Up Over Boys' Town Carnival SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1943 · page 4

Charges of betting were preferred against two men following a police raid on Boys' Town Carnival at the Sydney Sports Ground yesterday…

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Probable German Retreat Started Tank Battles Rage In Donetz Basin Deserting Nazis Show Enemy Crack at Orel London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1943 · page 2

Big battles between massed Russian and German tanks and infantry forces are raging in the Donetz Basin, southwest from Voroshilovgrad, while fierce fighting is also reported in the Orel region where, according to the…

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The Show Society

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the Central New England P. and A. Association yesterday the retiring committee was re-elected…

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Sports Carnival Meeting

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 16 August 1943 · page 3

A meeting of representatives of various public bodies, and all other persons interested who wish to attend, will be held in the Shire Hall…

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