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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1941

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Evans Head Teams for Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 8

Sixteen events are on the programme for the Evans Head-Casino Surf Club's carnival next Sunday. The first event will commence at 11.30 a.m. Members not…

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Evans Head Carnival Officials BALLINA

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 8

For the Evans, Head surf carnival on Sunday, January 12, the following officials have been appointed: A. Rummery, R. Fenwick, F. McBurney, E…

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Cycling, To-night's Carnival Handicaps Announced

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

To-night the second half of the 1940-41 carnival series will commence on the Lismore Recreation ground track. Despite the long break since the last meeting,…

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Cycling Carnival Postponed

Northern Star · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

Rain caused the postponement of the cycling carnival, to have been held last night at the Lismore recreation ground track, until next Thursday. Handicaps…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

The subject of petrol rationing still being very topical with all this talk about the 33 13 cut having not been achieved, the possibility of further…

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Surf Life Saving Title Carnival Coolangatta on

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

The annual championship carnival of Point Danger Branch of the Surf Life Saving Association will be held on Sunday at a…

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Canadian Dog Judge Royal Empire Show Appointments

Northern Star · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 10

The Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. has appointed a well-known Canadian dog judge to adjudicate over a number of breeds at the Royal…

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Evans Head-Casino S.L.S.C. Sunday's Big Carnival

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

The Evans Head-Casino surf carnival will take place next Sunday. With all the North Coast clubs competing, the first of sixteen events will…

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Great War-time Display Agricultural Exhibits at Empire Show

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

Just as all primary producing sections of the Royal Empire Show will depict how we are swelling, in countless directions, the country's material resources…

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Fine Blooms In Point Score Competition Autumn Show Will Be Held

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

Despite the heavy fall of rain on Wednesday afternoon blooms exhibited at the point score competitions conducted by the Kyogle…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 4

Mention was made at a meeting of Murwillumbah Municipal Council the other night of the value of learn to swim campaigns, particularly among…

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Patriotic Carnival at Byron Bay

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

At the last meeting of Byron Bay Fatriotic Fund Committee it was reported that the probable result of the patriotic carnival, held during the…

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Pt. Danger Branch Surf Carnival

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 4

The 1941 Point Danger Branch surf carnival will be held at Coolangatta to-morrow (Sunday.) The morning events commence at 10 a.m. and…

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Tennis. Country Week Carnival Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

The country week tennis was continued to-day. Results:- MEN'S A GRADE ROUND 7: Lismore beat Bingara, 4…

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Federal Govt. May Assume Control of Fixing Fair Rents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday:--A hint that the Federal Government might take charge of the fixing of fair rents if the States failed, or…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

Reading communiques from Britain, Germany and Italy, one cannot but notice the wide disparities in the claims by the belligerents, but, each…

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Life-saving Btron Bay's Double at Evans Head Carnival

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 3

Due to the absence of the Yamba and Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore clubs from the competitions, the two principal events at he annual Evans Head-Casino S.L.S.C. carnival yesterday lacked the usual interest. The Byron…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

From time to time I have been surprised, chagrined, disgusted or amused at the communiques issued by the Italian High Command, or the Rome…

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Show Committee Election of Members

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 4

Nominations for the elective committee of the North Coast National A. and I. Society close with the secretary (Mr. H. J. Pritchard) on January 22…

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Horses Lost After Torpedo Action Prominent Show Stock

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

Bround from Scotland to Canada and the U.S.A., a valuable shipment of Clydesdales, comprising eight mares and fillies…

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