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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

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SWIMMING. Mullumbimby Carnival MULLUMBIMBY

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 5

At a meeting of Mullumbimby Amateur Swimming Club last night, it was resolved to ask the Municipal Council to install the cross-river lights…

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M'bimby Swimming Carnival Additional Arrangements Made

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

At a meeting of Mullumbimby Amateur Swimming Club on Wednesday night, it was resolved to ask the Municipal Council to install the…

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New Site? Casino Show Move Discussed Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

THE question of shifting the site of the Casino show society's annual exhibitions from the present ground…

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Tweed Show Society Committee Meeting Over £100 Profit for Year Forecast

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 4

A forecast of a profit of over £100 for the year was made by the Secretary (Mr. J. L. Banner) when presenting a report yesterday to…

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2500 Attend Surf Club's Carnival

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 6

A crowd estimated at 2500 attended the Evans Head Surf Life Saving Club's annual carnival yesterday. The arena in which the beach events were held was thronged by a large number of interested spectators throughout the day…

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Won Nine Events Lighthouse Club E. Head Carnival

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 6

WINNING nine of the 10 events in which they were competitors, members of the Ballina Lighthouse and…

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Exhibition Closed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG, Sunday:--A bugle sounded "Lights Out," closing the Empire Exhibition, which nearly 2,000,000 people visited…

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Byron Bay Surf Carnival

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

Byron Bay Surf Club is busy with preparations for its carnival carnival, to be held on February 14. Surfers' Paradise Club (Pt. Danger Branch)…

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Byron Bay Surf Carnival Byron Bay

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 8

Byron Bay Surf Club is busy preparing for its annual carnival, to be held on February 14. Surfer's Paradise Club (Pt. Danger branch) gave…

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Evans Head Surf Carnival Annual Competitions and Displays. Lismore-ballina L.H. "Scoop the Pool."

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

The annual competitions, displays, and gathering of North Coast Surf Life Saving Clubs was hold on the Evans Head beach, on Sunday last, in perfect…

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Show Committee

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

Nominations for the Committee of Tweed River Agriculture Society close with the Secretary (Mr. J. L. Banner), on January 30. Nomination forms…

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Surf Carnival Lighthouse and Lismore

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 9

Due to unfavourable weather, the Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Club's carnival was postponed. This will be held next Sunday. The…

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Pig Expert Choosing Show Stock

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 10

The New South Wales pig expert (Mr. A. F. Gray) and his recently appointed assistant (Mr. F. Bostock) arrived in Lismore yesterday. They…

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Royal Easter Show Expected to Exceed Previous Displays

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- Increased space bookings and more numerous requests for prize schedules are, in the opinion of the officials of the…

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Surf Carnival Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 8

It is expected that every club in the Far North Coast branch will send its representatives to the surf carnival at Lighthouse Beach,…

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Fair Executioner

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

The victim, Robert Montgomery, meets his executioner, Rosalind Rursell in "The Suicide Club," which will be screened at the Roxy Theatre shortly…

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Sunday's Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 9

In anticipation of a big crowd attending the carnival at the "Lighthouse" Beach (Ballina) on Sunday, the council's traffic men will assist car…

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Cudgen Surf Club Governor's Carnival

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 2

The Cudgen Surf C[?]b conveyance for the Governor's Carnival at Southport on Sunday is timed to leave Murwillumbah at 8 a.m. sharp and…

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M'bimby Swimming Carnival Good Support Reported

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 2

It was reported at a meeting of Mullumbimby Amateur Swimming Club on Wednesday night that nominations for the carnival on Wednesday night…

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Brunswick Surf Life Savers March 7 Carnival Date

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 3

The action of the executive in applying for March 7 as the date of the annual carnival was endorsed at a well attended meeting of the…

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