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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Evans Head Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

The first carnival since the formation of the Evans Head-Casino Surf Life Saving Club will be field at Evans Head on Sunday. All details have been organised by…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

His wife deprived a Kansas City resident of liquor and locked him in the house, where he drank: A bay rum shampoo, witch-hazel, spirits of…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 13

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

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Surf Carnival at Evans Head on

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Unusual interest is being displayed in the big surf carnival to be held at Evans Head on Sunday by the Evans Head-Casino S.L.S. Club…

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Preparing for Sydney Royal Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

In the next few weeks the vast organisation necessary to stage the Royal Easter Show will be functioning in earnest. For…

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Increased Prize Money for Royal National Show Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

Additional classes will be included in the mammoth schedule for the Royal Easter show this year, necessitating an increase in prize money to £15,500 as…

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Toowoomba Show

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 11

The prize schedule for the Queensland R.A.S. 79th annual exhibition at Toowoomba, on March 20 to 23, with two nights, is now available, and contains…

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Surf Carnival To-morrow

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 6

It is expected that a big crowd will attend the surf carnival to be staged by the newly-formed Evans Head-Casino Surf Life Saving Club…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

Even in the midst of weather such as we are now experiencing it is almost impossible, I imagine, for those who live amid the safety of towns…

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Tennis. Feature Oif Country Carnival Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 10

A feature of the play at the country tennis carnival to-day was the match between Bathurst and Cessnock Rovers. The match was so keenly contested…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Men, women and children are dying like flies in war-ridden Spain and China, and yet the deaths of a considerably less number of people in the…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

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

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Lismore Racing Carnival Good Nominations Expected

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Excellent nominations and better class horses than usual are expected for the carnival to be held at Carlton Park, Lismore, by the Lismore…

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Second Pig Fair in Lismore on February 28

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Arrangements for the second pig fair to be conducted by the North Coast Pure-Bred Pig Breeders' Club on the national show grounds at North…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

Hearken, all ye fishermen and would-be fishermen, particularly the latter. There comes to me a tale of a mighty angler, one, R. Finlay, who hails from…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Well. Murwillumbah or Tweed Shire Councils would never do a thing like this, surely, even if the formal procedure allowed it in time:…

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Big Swimming Carnival Nakama To Visit Mur-bah on Saturday Night

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Kiyoshi Nakama, the visiting Hawaiian swimmer, is fast speeding his way to world championship honors in the swimming world. At…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

Talking of stamps, I hear from America that some genius in the motion picture business is trying to induce the postal authorities to issue…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 11

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

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For Murwillumbah Carnival Lismore Team Selected

Northern Star · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 10

The following Lismore team has been selected to take part in the carnival at Murwillumbah on Saturday night, when the Hawaiian swimmer, Kiyoshi Nakama,…

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