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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1946

949 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 48

The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 2

THE Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) was once an engine driver, and in an informal chat with railway men recently he…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 2

PROOFESSOR D. B. Copland has relinquished the post of Commonwealth Prices Commissioner to go to China to represent his…

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Ch'ship Carnival at Lismore

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 5

State and National title holders will be seen in action at the Lismore Memorial Baths next Saturday night, when the second Far…

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Surf Carnival at Lennox Head

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 2

Formed as an active surf club only four months ago Lennox Head Surf Life Saving Club held its first carnival at Lennox Head…

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Flower Show at Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 2

The Mullumbimby Presbyterian annual flower show staged in the School of Arts was largely attended. The official opening was…

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First Carnival By Lennox Head Surf Club

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4

Formed as an active surf club four months ago and with only 20 members on its patrol lists, the Lennox Head Surf Life Saving Club held its first carnival at Lennox Head beach today. A good crowd risked the…

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Championship Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 7

Thirteen events are on the programme for the surf life saving championships to be held at Brunswick Heads on Sunday…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

RECENT reference in this column to the early days of the Tweed, reminds Mrs. H. B. Coull, of Murwillumbah, that her…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

THE traveller who has experienced a glimpse of the rugged Grampians as he journeys along the east coast of Scotland…

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Bonalbo Show Change of Caterers

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 6

A meeting of the Bonalbo A. ard I. Society, at which Mr. W. R. Cooke presided, decided to call tenders for the catering…

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Junior Farmers Propose Show at Coraki

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 6

CORAKI, Tuesday—At the monthly meeting of the Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee presided over by Mr. R. A. Pursey, it was…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 2

A REMINDER of the visit to Murwillumbah last year of members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, is the…

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Special Transport Arrangements for Brunswick Carnival

Northern Star · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 7

The New England Company has arranged for special bus services to Brunswick Heads on Sunday. The first conveyance will leave at…

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Swimming F.N.C. Carnival at Lismore

Northern Star · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 5

Entries from Murwillumbah, Kyogle, Bangalow and Lismore Clubs have been received for the Par North Coast championship…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

FOR more than a hundred years—that is to say, from the beginning of the nineteenth century until her entrance into the World…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE Parish Church is not in Australia, but in the Derbyshire township of between three and four thousand…

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Hockey Brisbane Teams for Easter Hockey Carnival

Northern Star · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 9

Four Brisbane teams have already signified their intention of visiting Lismore for the Easter carnival being arranged by the…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 2

CONSIDERING the Americans were with us so long it is surprising what little influence this has had on Australian…

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Mr. R. Gordon to Retire From Show Committee

Northern Star · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

For the first time in 37 years, the name of Mr. Robert Gordon was not included among the nominees, announced last Wednesday,…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

THE visit to Australia next month by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, Southt-east Asia…

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