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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1944

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Centenary Show Prizes Patriotic Deductions Opposed

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

Unanimous approval of the proposed one day cattle show in conjunction with the North Coast National A. and I. Society…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA at times can be so placid that it reminds one of that New Zealand holiday resort of which James Edmond wrote years…

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Local and General Alstonville Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Alstonville Agricultural Society it was decided to hold a one-day show for all sections on October 25…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 2

I was mystified one day this week when a friend stopped me and asked if the half of a Pomeranian dog had been found. He went on…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

GARFISH two feet long--and 51b lobsters-- On the oath of a fisherman, you can catch them any cay, if you go…

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Surf Carnival Swimming Events Abandoned

Northern Star · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday—Heavy seas caused swimming events at the New South Wales surf championship at Bondi yesterday to…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 2

A NATIVE boy who cried out in his sleep gave an Allied officer a nightmarish three nights, when he penetrated deep into Japanese…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

"YOU take my house, when you do take the prop, That doth sustain my house; you take my life,…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

It is agreed that something should be done about the Constitution, but apparently we all have different ideas as to how and when it…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 2

THIS is the poem by George Briggs, entitled ."London Under Bombardment," which comforted Lord Wavell when he read it in an…

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Bowls Easter Carnival at Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 5

BALLINA, Friday.—At the half-yearly meeting of Ballina Bowling Club it was decided to hold a carnival at the green on Easter…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

ONE of the outstanding war-time achievements by Australian scientists has been the production of tungsten carbide. Before the…

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Centenary Exhibition Cattle Show on One Day Recommended

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

At a meeting of the cattle committee of the N.C. National A. and I. Society, held in Lismore yesterday, it was decided…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

I HAVE been re-reading General Montgomery's farewell to the 8th Army. It was like himself, compact, rugged, straightforward and…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

THE Attorney-General (Dr Evatt) said he believed a complaint made by Mr Abbott (CP, NSW) in the House of Representatives, that…

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Breeders Support One Day Cattle Show Recommendation

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 5

At a meeting of the Pure Bi'id Cattle Breeders' Association in Lismore yesterday it was decided to endorse the recomm nd[?]ion on the cattle committee of the N.C. National A. and I. Society for a one day cattle…

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Bangalow Dahlia Show

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

The choicest dahlia blooms from the Bangalow and district gardens were on display Masonic Hall, when the…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

"You noticed of course that General Douglas MacArthur was invested by the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) at Canberra last…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 2

MANY of Australia's highways, which were built or improved by reason of the many millions of pounds obtained annually from…

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[?] Choir Was Selected By Mr. Fair

Northern Star · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 4

The teacher in charge of Tuncester School (Mr. L. H. Smith) commented yesterday on the statement by the Producer-Director of…

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