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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1946

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Show Committee Nominations

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

Nominations for the elective committee of the National A. and I. Society close on February 15. The constitution of the society…

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Overseas Men in Ballina Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

At the Lighthouse Beach carnival on Sunday three surf club men who have competed overseas will make a reapp[?]rance…

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M'bimby Show Profit £215

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday. — The balance sheef of the Mullumbimby Agricultural Society, the audit of which has just been…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

BARNABUS has been seeing snakes lately. In a very respectable way, of course, because they were there to see. He was…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

THE other day we were talking about valuable cedar trees from the Far Northern Rivers of N.S.W. The blacks used to prove…

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Surf Life Saving Heavy Surf at Ballina Carnival

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday: Due to a broken sweep and rowlock on the Brunswick Surf Club's boat, at the Balliha Lighthouse and…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

THE other day we read that about 8000 newspapermen and photographers had applied for permission to "cover" the atomic…

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Hockey Plans for Easter Carnival

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 7

Preliminary arrangements have been made by the Far North Coast Hockey Board to conduct a carnival in Lismore next Easter. It is…

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Casino Show Organisation To Proceed

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—The show society had degenerated into a Bushmen's Carnival Society, said Mr. M. Kunkler at a meeting…

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Tribute to Deceased Show Committeemen

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

At a meeting of the P.A. and H. Society yesterday, before the business was discussed, the president (Mr. C. Hogan) expressed…

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Twin Towns Bowlers Wisdom of Xmas Carnival Questioned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

The wisdom of conducting a Christmas bowling carnival was strongly debated at the annual meeting of Tweed Heads and…

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Show Society Urged to Appoint Ex-Servicemen

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—Casino Show Jociety Committee, at its meeting to-day, discussed a letter from the Casino Returned Soldiers' League…

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Casino Show Society

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

CASINO, Tuesday.— [?] Show Society has been a[?] the Commonwealth Dis[?]ssion that the offer [?] society…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

WE had a glimpse on Monday night of the joyous crowd cooling off in Munvillumbah Municipal Baths. The idea of night…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 2

WARTIME incidents, blanketed by the censor for years, are being told. Some of them concern the Tweed district. There…

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Special Train for B. Bay Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 4

Advice was received at a meeting of the Byron Surf Club Committee that its application for a special train for the surf carnival…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 2

AT least 45 per cent, of NSW children developed some physical disability in their school years, said physical culture…

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Judging Ponies at Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 1

In future ponies at the Kyogle Show will be judged strictly on lines required fo!r the type, so as to eliminate horses that…

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M'Bimby Show Committee

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Thurs day. —At the annual meeting of the Mullumbimby Agricultural Society the result of the ballot for 35…

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Queensland Teams for Byron Bay-surf Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 9

Headed by this year's Queensland champions, Surfer's Paradise, five interstate teams will compete against Far North Coast clubs at…

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