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Shows & fairs, 1942

546 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 28

The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 2

Sure, and it is the Irish who have convinced themselves that Marshal Timoshenko is one of them, not so far removed. On the slightest…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Be careful to-day not to:-- Kill a frog; Break a mirror; Walk under a ladder;…

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Ambulance Carnival Council's Decision Unaltered

Northern Star · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 7

Lismore amb[?] wrote to last meeting of Byron Shire Council, [?]ating that it viewed with [?] the decision ofthe council to [?]…

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N.c. National Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 6

A decision as to whether the North Coast National Show will be held in Lismore this year will probably not be made by the committee until April…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

Some of the equipment for the V.D.C. arrived recently and was issued to the members on parade. Part of the uniform has not yet arrived, but…

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Annual Show Society Meeting

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

The annual meeting of subscribers of Tweed River Agricultural Society will be held on Friday next, at 1.30 p.m., in the School of Arts,…

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Autumn Flower Show on Feb. 21

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 8

Final arrangements were made on Thursday night by the Lismore Horticultural Society for its autumn show to be held on Saturday,…

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Lismore C.w.a. Floral Fair to Aid Comforts Fund

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 4

To assist with its annual quota of £250 for the New South Wales branch of the Australian Comforts Fund, through the Lismore Civic…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

Marie Ormston, the smiling Australian Amateur Hour accompanist, is a native of Charleville, Queensland, who has lived most of her 26 years in…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 2

Out of the blood, sweat, privation and suffering of their two years' war experience the common people of Britain hope the American people will…

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Horticultural Society's Show

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 2

The Lismore Horticultural Society's annual show will be staged next Saturday in the Masonic Hall. An excellent display of dahlias,…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

How consoling it is in these critical days to learn that though it has become more difficult to import queen bees by post we can still buy freely…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

People who grumble about the hard ships and inconveniences of life nowadays should take a lesson from this letter written by a 10-year-old…

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Alstonville Agricultural Society. £300 for Patriotic Organisations

Northern Star · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 7

ALSTONVILLE, Thursday.— At the annual meeting of the Alstonville Agricultural Society the question of…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Ratepayers of South Murwillumbah are not "forgotten men" so far as flood discomfort is concerned the aldermen are concerned about the…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 2

Petrol restrictions come next to the actual war as a topic of conversation when Tweed farmers gather. Without official statistics being revealed,…

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Tweed River Show Profit £420 Divided Between Three Patriotic Bodies Society's Annual Meeting

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 2

Tweed River Agricultural Society has voted £420 to patriotic funds--the profit from last year's show. The finance committee of…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

If there are still some girls left who are in total accord with Earl Caroll's demandments for beauty, here are the last of his ten demandments:--…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

Murwillumbah residents are daily victims of "dive-bombing" black mosquitoes. Of a particularly ferocious type, these pests swoop down and…

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Mullumbimby Presbyterian Flower Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 4

Flower gardens, valuable and beautiful as they were, would of necessity have to be relegated to the background in favor of growing vegetables, so great…

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