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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1945

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Horticultural Society Show Arrangements

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Lismore Horticultural Society final arrangements were made for the Dahlia Show to be held on February…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

FOLLOWING Sydney's milk famine the milking goat is no longer a popular object of derisive scoffing. On the contrary, the…

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Kirra's Success at Byron Bay Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 5

BYRON BAY, Sunday.—Byron Bay S.L.S.C. annual surf carnival was held to-day and provided a good afternoon's entertainment for…

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M'bimby Agricultural Society

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

"If this committee does not wake up and get to work with the few men that are willing to carry on, the society will soon…

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Art Exhibition Postponed

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

Owing to the non-arrival of the pictures to be displayed at the American Art Exhibition, which was…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

HAVE mangoes ever been of better quality or more plentiful in Murwillumbah than in this summer? Possibly the explanation…

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URBENVILLE Show Arrangements

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

There was a large attendance of members at a committee meeting of the Urbenville and District Show Society on Saturday, February 3…

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£1337 Allocation From Centenary Show

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 5

After meeting essential commitments the N.C. National A. and I. Society made a profit of £1337 as a result of the Centenary Exhibition, compared with £1100 raised in 1943…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

MR W. M. HUGHES was holidaying some years ago at a seaside resort where the only public telephone and the box…

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Bangalow Show Society Annual Meeting

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 7

There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Bangalow Agricultural Society. The balance sheet showed income of…

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Federal J.f. Club Show

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 8

At the monthly meeting of the Federal Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committed, final arrangemests were made for the annual…

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Duke's Tour an "Army Show"

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 5

NORTH QUEENSLAND, Tuesday. —The Duke of Gloucester's tour to the northern part of Queensland is exclusively an army affair. He…

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American Art Exhibition Opens Today

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 5

The exhibition of American art, presented by the National Art Gallery and the United States Office of War…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

MANY stories, some of them fables, no doubt, have been told of the art of aboriginal "bone-pointing." The following…

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Tweed Show Committee Nominations

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

A ballot for election of the committee of Tweed River Agricultural Society for 1945 will be necessary. Forty-six nominations for the…

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Championship Sure Carnival Byron Bay Teams

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 5

Members selected to represent Byron Bay S.L.S.C. at the championship carnival at Ballina on Sunday are reminded that they…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

THE British service man is not a go-getter when it comes to self-advertisement, although nobody doubts that he can deliver…

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Kyogle Swimming Carnival

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 2

Arrangements in hand for members of Murwillumbah Swimming Club who have been selected to compete in the championships at…

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M'bimby Presbyterian Fair

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

Rain was responsible for keeping many people at home who would otherwise have attended Mullumbimby Presbyterian…

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Tha Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

IF Charles Dickens had lived he would have been 133 years old the other day, which fact alone would have been enough to make…

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