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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1943

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 2

Today in ours and other free lands the flags of the nations united in battle for the freedom of the world are flying together…

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Byron Bay "Krazy Show" at Bangalow

Northern Star · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 2

The members of the Pyron Bay "Krazy Show" had an appreciative audience when they visited Bangalow in aid of the Red Cross…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 2

Although anti-malaria methods used by the Australian Army have been far more effective than those of the enemy, this has not been…

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N. Coast National A. & I. Society Patriotic Carnival October 20

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 5

The North Coast national A. and I. Society at a meeting in Lismore yesterday adopted a proposal made by a sub-committee that a patriotic…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1943 · page 2

How often when reading your daily paper or some publication have you come across an unusual word or group of letters which…

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Gymkhana and Poultry Show

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 June 1943 · page 6

Mullumbimby Agricultural Society's Patriotic Gymkhana and Poultry Show was so successful that the committee are now of the…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Wednesday, June 16, 1943. A Patriotic Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 June 1943 · page 4

THE decision of the North Coast National A. and I. Society to hold a patriotic carnival in October commends…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 2

Not only German prisoners, but British soldiers, now sing about "Marlene," the girl who is waiting for a brigadier…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 2

War has ended in North Africa, but it is raging in the Mediterranean, and over Italy. Historic names are coming into print again,…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 2

Some of the grandest stories which have come out of the Southwest Pacific recently have been furnished by the crews of American…

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Fined for Failing to Show Price Tickets on Fruit

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: The first prosecution against a fruit retailer for disobeying the order requiring price tickets to be displayed on…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 2

Federal Parliament opens another session this week and the sentence, "The Speaker (Hon W. M. Nairn) took the chair at;2.30 pm and read…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 2

At the end of May, 1941, an RAF lad was on his way overseas when he received this letter from his father:--…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 June 1943 · page 2

For the first time an official explanation has been given of the working of radio location, probably the most valuable secret weapon of…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 June 1943 · page 2

Mrs Douglas MacArthur, wife of the C-in-C, confessed last week that she had been to the pictures only once since she came to Australia…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 June 1943 · page 2

Yes it's worth telling again. Admiral Byrd, wintering at the South Pols by himself--so the story goes --always put on his dress suit and…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 2

Some years ago Adam McCay, brilliant Australian journalist, wrote an article entitled "The Soul and Sob of Frank Anstey."…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 June 1943 · page 2

"There is no precedent in the history of Bruain or even the history of the world for this vast concealed army -- concealed by…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 June 1943 · page 2

If your roof is falling in, or you want to build a poultry run to make sure the family gets fresh eggs, you can buy the tools to do…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 July 1943 · page 2

Hours and days have become, all awry. Father Time must have sent his watch in for repairs. Chionology has surely been given…

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