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Shows & fairs, 1944

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

THE £9600 a year salary which [?]e British Government will pa[?] Mr. R. G. Casey as Governor of B[?]al will make him in effect one o[?]he…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

BEHIND steel doors and armed guards, even before Pearl Harbor, Randall Gould edited the Shanghai Evening Post and…

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Bowls Carnival Fours Won By Ricketts Team

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

A team skipped by L. G. Ricketts won the fours competition at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club's…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

FAR-REACHING vistas for exploration by sociologists and economists are opened up by an article in the Medical journal of…

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Bowls Halpin Bros. Win Carnival Pairs

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

The final of the pairs competition, which concluded Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club's Christmas carnival…

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Local and General Tweed Show Committee

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Nominations for the positions of committeemen of Tweed River Agricultural Society for the forthcoming year will close on January…

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Brunswick Surf Carnival

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

The main event of Brunswick Heads Surf Club's carnival yesterday, the open surf race, was won by J. Wotherspoon, of Lismore…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

HOWEVER eager he may be to serve his country by helping to supplement the meat ration, the fish in Australian waters has to…

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Fair Trial Asked for Meat Rationing

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) said today it was expected that no more difficulty would be…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

QUEER little fellow, the Jap. He has a queer indirect mental approach to things. He is an unblushing liar, and quite naturally…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

AT fitful intervals since the New Year my friends have been appearing in town, most of them red and shedding skin like the flakes…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

IT is the fashion to say that things are not as good as they were in the good old days. But, of course, it always has been. You will…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

SENATOR KEANE has made his announcement anent meat rationing and coupon books--and the average housewife feels that more…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

A LUNCHEON in London in honor jointly of South Africa and New Zealand, given by the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers, was…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 2

GENERAL SMUTS, as he is known to the nations—he is a Field Marshal actually—has a new concept of the post-war world. It is…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

WHEN Federal Parliament reassembles on February 9, practically all the interest will lie in proceedings of Caucus and…

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Surf Carnival

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

Some outstanding swimming performances are likely to be seen at the Pt. Danger Branch surf carnival at Surfers' Paradise on Sunday…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

THE unopposed landing of American forces at Saidor, on the New Guinea coast, recently, is just another example of how…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 2

MR Churchill's favorite attire in the plane while travelling on his important world missions is dressing gown, slippers and a…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 2

EXCEPT in Scotland and certain other outposts of Empire, trousers form an important part of military equipment, and trousers…

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