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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Old Comrades Pigeon Show

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

Pigeon fanciers are a brotherhood that exists all over the world. The Old Comrades Pigeon Show, which was opened in London recently, brought together an Australian, Mr. George Cochrane (left), of Melbourne, and Major Osman, president of…

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Sandgate Swimmers for Mur-bah Carnival

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

Although the stars of Sandgate Club Queensland, are in Adelaide competing in the Australian championships, a line-up of good…

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Surf Life Saving Twin Towns Team for Byron Bay Carnival

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

The point score swimming competition conducted by the Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Surf life Saving club has been finalised…

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Night Tennis Exhibition

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 7

Some of the finest tennis ever witnessed in this district should be seen at the Lismore Club on Friday night, when the visiting team of…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 2

THE Church of St. John the Baptist, Murray Bridge, which originated in a country public house and was once the…

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J.f. Entries for Royal Show

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 6

Two sections in the Royal Agricultural Society's Royal Easter Show have been prepared especially for the Junior Farmers' Club…

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Art Show By Former P.O.W

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

EX PRISONER-OF-WAR, Mr. Philip Relph, repaints in oil his rough sketches made while a prisoner of the Japanese in Burma. He carried the sketches and his easel through more than two years of cautivity. An exhibition of the completed paintings has…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

THE man who thought there was only one Fingal (the popular beach in the Tweed District) was surprised when I told…

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Prospective Show Dates Announced

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 7

A meeting of the Kyogle Show Society on Monday decided to apply for October 8 and 9 as the dates for the next Kyogle Show. If…

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Hairdresser Failed to Show Price List

Northern Star · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday. — Charged before Mr. G. L. Berryv P.M., at Casino Court of Petty Sessions with having failed to have a…

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Toowoomba Show

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 7

The Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland advises that excellent entries have been received from exhibitors in the live stock classes to be…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

ONE of the worst features of the present restrictive policy, towards the white man in New Guinea is that it paves the way…

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Italians to Show Dislike of Treaty

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 5

ROME, Friday: Work will be suspended throughout Italy for 10 minutes, beginning at 11 am on Monday, as a demonstration…

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Mullumbimby Rodeo and Poultry Show in May

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 3

Decision to hold a Rodeo and Poultry Show at Mullumbimby in May was made unanimously at the…

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Louis' Exhibition Poorly Received

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 5

MEXICO CITY, Sunday (AAP). —The first of the world heavy-weight champion Joe Louis' exhibitions on his Latin American…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

IT is a pretty safe bet that the announcement of a Fleet Air Arm for the Royal Australian Navy is not far off…

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M'Bimby Show Society Poultry Show and Rodeo in May

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday.—Mullumbimby Agricultural Society has decided to hold a rodeo and poultry show in May. Sponsoring the…

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Million Expected at Sydney Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Basing predictions on the experiences of the first Brisbane and Melbourne post war shows, the Royal Agricultural…

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£170 From Ambulance Carnival

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

The carnival conducted at Kingscliff by Tweed District Ambulance over the Christmas and New Year period realised a…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

IN the drama of fiction the pages of a book often provide the hiding place of some secret document which only a "Sherlock…

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