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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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World's Fair Service

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 3

As the shortest, fastest travel link between San Francisco and New York, United Air Lines is completing plans for expansion of 1939 service on…

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Surf Carnival Next

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 2

The Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Club committee met at the Surf Club house (Ballina) to complete ail details for the carnival next Sunday. The…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 4

Record crowds have been reported from almost every seaside resort on the North Coast this year, but the most pleasing feature of the holidays so…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 5

The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939:- Bangalow and District, March ll…

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Champions the "Bookies" "Honest and Fair" Says Earl

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 7

The Earl if Harewood a Steward of the Jockey Club, championed the bookmaker and the "small" recehorse owner in an outspoken…

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Carnival Spirit at Brunswick Heads Ideal Conditions for Surfing

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 4

With the carnival spirit, the passing of the [?]ld year was observed at Brunswick Heads on Saturday night. Various…

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Show Cattle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 6

The Camden Show Society has directed a protest to the Minister for Agriculture respection the T.B. restrictions placed upon the exhibition…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 4

Many surfers were carried out during the Christmas and New Year holiday period at Kirra and had to be rescued by the lifesavers on patrol…

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Famous Train to Be Shown at World Fair

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday:—The Coronation Scot, the most famous train of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, will be shipped from…

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Baliina L'house Win In Surf At Yamba Carnival GRAFTON

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 6

Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Lifesaving Club won the main event in the surf at the Yamba annual surf carnival to-day…

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Champion Surfmen at Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 11

The open surf races (senior and junior), and the belt races (senior and junior) are two items on the programme at the Ballina…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

The forthrightness of our new P.M.G., Mr. A. G. Cameron M.P., for a South Australian constituency, has sent him headfirst into the headlines…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

The Queensland State Forestry of Beerwah, on the North Coast line, about 60 miles from Brisbane, comprises between 1600 and 1800 acres…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

This is the time of the year when bank clerks are diligently directing attention to customers' forgetfulness of the change of the year. Suffering…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 11

The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal, March 4…

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Surf Carnival at Ballina on

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 11

The Ballina Lighthouse beach should be a favoured spot on Sunday when the Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life Saving Club's annual surf…

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Evans Head Surf Carnival Sunday, January 15th

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

The annual surf carnival, under auspices of the Evans Head-Casino Surf Life- saving Club, takes place on Sunday, January 15th, and all details are well…

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Byron Bay Surf Club Teams for Ballina Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 5

Byron Bay Surf Life Saving Club will compete in all events the carnival held by Ballina Lighthouse Club on Sunday…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 4

The brand of the sun is on many Tweed and Brunswick residents these days. There are variations of intensity and location. Some of us took it on…

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Ballina Surf Carnival Strong Teams Expected Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 14

Entries representative of each club in the Far North Coast branch of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia are expected at the annual…

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