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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Changes in war conditions have resulted in a medal for bravery being brought to light that can be won by civilians as well as members of the…

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Surf Carnival Evans Head

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5

On Sunday, at Evans Head, Byron Bay-Brunswick, Lismore-Ballina Lighthouse, yamba, and Evans Head-Casino S.L.S. Clubs will meet in a…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 11

The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal, March 2, 1940…

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Ballina Surf Carnival a Big Success

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

An incident unique in surfing records on the Far North Coast occurred at the sixth annual carnival of the Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore S.L.S. on…

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Surf Championship Carnival Currumbin Beach on

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

The most important surf carnival of the season for Point Danger Branch clubs will take place on Sunday next at Currumbin Beach,…

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Brunswick Surf Club Carnival on January 28

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

At a meeting of Brunswick Surf Club it was decided that a carnival be held on Brunswick Beach on Sunday, January 28. North Coast Branch and…

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Small Profit on Bangalow Show Bangalow

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 10

Although the last Bangalow show was a success and the actual show receipts exceeded the expenses, there was a deficit on the year's…

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£16,000 Royal Show 150 More Classes Added

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

The near approach of another Royal Easter Show is indicated by the distribution of the prize schedule this week by the Royal…

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Kyogle Show Request to Tick Board Relaxation Of Regulations Sought Will Be Referred to Stockowner's Assn

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Kyogle Stockowners' Association will be asked to express its opinion of a request made to the Board of Tick Control by the Kyogle Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 4

Sir Thomas Beecham, famous English conductor, who is coming to Australia in June under a three months' contract to the Australian…

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Evans Head Surf Carnival on

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 2

The Evans Head-Casino Surf Life Saving Club will hold its annual carnival at Evans Head on Sunday, when all Far North Coast clubs will…

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Cattle at Kyocle Show Tick Regulations KYOGLE

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 5

The president of Kyogle Stockowners' Association (Mr. R. D. Carr) commented to-day upon the request by the Kyogle Show…

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Brunswick Heads Carnival

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 4

On Saturday night the Brunswick Heads waterfront carnival for the holiday period concluded. In spite of the adverse weather conditions a…

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Proposed Exhibition of Quintuplets

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 8

TORONTO, Saturday:—The New York World Fair has offered the Dionne quintuplets four to five weeks' exhibition in a replica…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 4

Burketown, that tiny village tucked away in the eastern corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been much in the public eye since the Flying Doctor…

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Waterfront Carnival Concluded at Brunswick Hds. Brunswick Heads

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 10

Last night the Brunswick Heads waterfront carnival for the holiday period concluded and, in spite of unfavourable weather, there was a…

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E.head Surf Carnival Five Teams Disqualified Byron Bay's March Past Victories

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 9

Six teams competed in the principal event, the rescue and resuscitation, at the Evans Head-Casino Surf Lifesaving Club's carnival yesterday, but all teams, with the exception of Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore No. 1, were disqualified. The…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

A section of younger civil servants are jubilant because they have "got away with" the wearing of shorts to work. The more daring wore beach…

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Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 10

The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal March 2. 1940…

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£370 Profit: Ambulance Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 6

At its annual carnival at Brunswick Heads during the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Lismore ambulance…

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