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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Stage Set for Show Records

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the Royal Show commences next Saturday, officials will be ready for the greatest aggregate…

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Hockey N.coast Teams for Adamson Cup Carnival

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 9

The following players have been! selected to represent the Far North Coast Hockey Association at the Adamson Cup carnival at…

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Preparing for Crowds at Sydney Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY Wednesday: When the Royal Easter Show comm[?]cs on Saturday officials w[?] ready for one of the…

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Preparing for Sure Carnival

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Accommodation had been arranged for 1000 competitors, at the Australian surf championships at…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

MR. McKell, Governor-General of Australia, recently wrote to the Scottish Ancestry Research Council asking for a…

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Lismore Banks Club's Swimming Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 9

A swimming carnival conducted by Lismore Bankers' Sports and Social Club at the Memorial Baths resulted: 33 yards freestyle: N. Hook (Wales)…

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"On With The Show!"

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 7

"The Greatest Show on Earth!" has long been the stockin-trade slogan of the circus—every circus—but this year it…

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Junior Farmers' Show Exhibit

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

Outstanding support has been given the Junior Farmers' Exhibition in the Agricultural Hall at the Royal Show. The…

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Food Problem at Royal Show

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Caterers preparing to do business in Sydney both in the city and at the showground during the Easter…

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Stars of the Air. Bob Dyer's New A.b.c. Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

BOB DYER is to return to the A.B.C., which first introduced him to the Australian listening public. Just at the time when Bob left…

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ON and Off The.farm Stock From 3 States To Compete At Sydney's Royal Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

Heavy entries of dairy cattle for the Sydney Royal Show, reflect the determination of stud breeders to make their section of the first post-war exhibition an outstanding success. Stock of excellent quality will be paraded…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

TO demonstrate that throughout history the balance of demand, had been on the side of grain growers, and that necessity had…

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Sydney Show Opens Today

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Thousands of men were at work in floodlight until late tonight completing exhibits for tomorrow's…

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Prices Office at Show

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.— At the Royal Show next week there will be a branch of the Prices Office on the ground and anyone with a…

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Lismore-M'bah Sports Carnival Abandoned

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 10

The Lismore-Murwillumbah High Schools' annual Summer sports carnival, which was to have concluded with a cricket and vigoro match yesterday, was abandoned because of the rain…

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£2 Million Turnover Expected at Show

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 10

SYDNEY, Friday.—When the Royal Show opens tomorrow it will be m exhibition representing an investnent of £2½ million. There will be…

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Successful Fete And Flower Show At Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 7

The Nursery Rhyme fete and horticultural show, organised by the T.H. and C. Women's Auxiliary, R.S.S.A.I.L.A., and held at the Empire Dance Palais on Wednesday last, proved an outstanding success…

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Show Awards

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Awards in the Shortliorn section at the royal Show were: OPEN CLASSES…

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Nerang Show in October

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 5

Nerang Show Society's 1947 Show will be held on Friday, October 3. This was disclosed when Mr. G…

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Factors in Determining A Fair Price For Butter

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 7

The more closely the case for a higher price for butter is examined the more clearly emerges the fact that at the present fixed price of Is 7d a lb. the average dairy farmer and his family (of, say, three assistants) are not receiving as great a remuneration as that paid under the Rural Workers' Award to a single senior…

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