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Shows & fairs, 1949

614 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 31

Boys' Club Carnival £50 Prize For Wood Chop

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 6

A wood chop with a prize of £50 will he held at the PoliceCitizens' Boys' Club carnival at the Showground on…

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Preparations for 1948 SHOW Work Nears Completion New Refreshment Booth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 6

Appointments at the showground were almost completed for the annual show to be held in…

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2000 Pack Olympic Pool For Gala Carnival Programme Delayed While Crowd Gains Admission Colourful Programme Offset By Beauty Of Grounds

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 6

Two thousand people crowded Armidale Olympic Pool on Friday night for a carnival in aid of Police Boys' Club funds. Baths proprietor (Mr. T. Monckton) said…

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Exhibition of Motorways Models

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 1
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

The St. Hon, Alfred Barnes M.P., the Minister M. [?] explains a model of a read found-about to extreme inst. Mr. T. G. Richards, engineer, and Major H. K. Aldintee, [?]try of Transport Chief Engineer…

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Inverell Show 'The Greatest Ever'

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 16

"The greatest post-war exhibition and carnival ever staged in the north and northwest" is the Inverell P. and A…

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Town Planning Exhibition City Council Protest L.G. Department Criticised

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 4

Armidale City Council will protest against the Local Government Department's decision not…

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Council Fixes Rate at 1/ IN £ Increase of 1½d Over Last Year General Fund Estimates Show Deficit of £6315 FOR 1949

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 8

A combined rate of 1/ in the £ was fixed by Armidale City Council on Monday night. Last year the combined rate was 10½d in the £…

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Exhibition of Motorways Models

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 8
Also in The Uralla Times

The Rt. Hon. Aifred Barnes M.P., the Minister of Transport, recently opened an exhibition of Motorways Models in the main hall of Berkeley Square House London. The exhibition coincides with the first meeting Of the Standing…

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Uralla Show Dates Postponed

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 7

The 1949 Uralla Show dates will be changed frorn weekend March 4 and 5 to mid-week March 8 and 9 to avoid a clash…

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Preparations For Swimming Carnival

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

There was a good attendance s of helpers at "The Cut" working bee last Sunday to erect he framework for the starting board…

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Britain Invades Denmark Industries Fair At Copenhagen

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

This autumn a British Industries Fair was held in Copenhagen, and the city was invaded by Britons of all kinds, who…

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Police Boys' Club Plans For Carnival Near Completion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 8

Bands from Tamworth, Guyra and Armidale will attend the Police-Citizens Boys' Club carnival…

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Tests Show Value Of Crop Rotation

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

Farmers who attended the New England Experiment Farm's Field Day on Wednesday were shown convincing evidence of why proper crop potation methods pay…

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Warialda Accepts R.S.L. Carnival For Country Shows

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

In the course of discussion at a meeting of Warialda Show Committee general opinion was that the…

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Hard Work to Make Flower Show Success

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

The committee of the Horticultural Society is working hard to ensure a successful show on February 11…

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Tests Show Of Crop Rotation

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

Farmers who attended the New England Experiment Farm’s Field Day on Wednesday, were shown convincing evidence of why proper crop rotation methods pay…

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Everything Shaping Well For Inverell Show

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 8

Organisation of Inverell’s 1949 Show was advanced at a meeting of the committee of the. P. G A. Association on Friday afternoon. The meeting discussed, among other matters—…

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Newcastle Show Entries Close January 29

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

The Secretary of the Newcastle Show (Mr. P. G. Legoe) stated that with the closing date for entries close at hand,…

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