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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Tennis Exhibition Leading State Players Coming

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 6

Six leading State tennis players will visit Kyogle on Wednesday night to play exhibition matches at the Kyogle Town Courts. They…

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Mr. Bruxnerto Open Show at Urbenville

Northern Star · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 7

Mr. M. F. Bruxner, M.L.A., has accepted the invitation of Urbenville Show Society to officially open its show on Saturday, March 22…

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Lismore Dahlia Show

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 6

At a meeting of Lismore Horticultural Society it was decided to hold the annual Dahlia Show on Saturday. March 8. Competition is…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

WHEN The Times of London bought a Boulton and Watt engine in 1814 and used it to drive the printing press which…

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Big Programme for Anzac Sports Carnival

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 9

Arrangements for the Anzac Day sports carnival being organised by Lismore sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League are well advanced…

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Swimming N. Coast Primary School Carnival

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 10

The North Coast Primary and Central Schools championship swimming carnival will be held at Lismore Memorial Baths on Wednesday…

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Special Trains for Show Stock

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 10

SYDNEY, Friday.—The railway authorities of New South Wales will run fast stock trains to Sydney for the Royal Agricultural Show at…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 2

THE post of Australian Minister to Moscow, to which a comparative youngster, Mr. A. S. Watt, has been appointed, is one…

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Tennis Exhibition

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

A tennis exhibition will be held on Murwillumbah town tennis courts, Knox Park, on Wednesday night of next week, March 12…

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Exhibition Tenni[?] At Casino

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 6

CASINO, Monday.— The star players to take part in an exhibition game on Casino Tennis Courts tomorrow night arrived in Casino…

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Marist Brothers' Swimming Carnival

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 9

The Marist Brothers' School, Lismore, will be holding its first postwar swimming carnival in the Memorial Baths next Tuesday, March…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

SOON to leave on a visit to hist native land, Pat Doody, popular assistant station master at Murwillumbah, is the envy of…

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Show Committee Vote Closes on

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 4

The ballot by members of the National A. and I. Society for the appointment of the Elective Committee will close with the…

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Col. Bruxner To Open Show At Urbenville

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

Col. M. F. Bruxner, M.L.A., adviored the February meeting of the Urbenville Show Society that he had accepted the invitation to officially…

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Exhibition Tennis At Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 6

CASINO, Tuesday.— Casino tennis enthusiasts witnessed a number of exhibition games on the Town Courts to-night by visitors listed…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 2

THOSE ladies who enjoy a turn at that dangerous, action-packed game or Croquet aren't too pleased with the lawn that Tweed…

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Show Visit for Country Boys

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 9

Each year, before the war, the Young Australia League brought into the metropolis boys from all parts of the State to see the Royal…

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Yal Royal Show Visit for Country Boys

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

The premier event of the year is the New South Wales Royal Agricultural Show, what better way could a country boy have of seeing the primary and…

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Stands Collapse at Tennis Exhibition

Northern Star · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 9

KYOGLE, Wednesday. — Three stands, each holding about 25 persons, collapsed at the exhibition by leading State tennis stars at…

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Choosing Dahlia Blooms for Exhibition

Northern Star · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 6

The Lismore Horticultural Society's Dahlia Show will be held at the Masonic Hall on Saturday. To assist exhibitors in classing their blooms for…

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