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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

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Rain Held Up Tennis Carnival

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday.--Rain to-day prevented play in the Country Week tennis carnival individual championships…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

AUSTRALIA, New Zealand and Canada are the last blonde strongholds. In the rest of the world, even in Scandinavia, they…

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Guyra Show Promises to Be Best Yet

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 7

The annual exhibition of Guyra P., A. and H. Association, to be held on Friday and Saturday. February 13 and 14, promises to surpass all…

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Swimming Carnival Abandoned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

Murwillumbah Swimming Club's first 1948 point-score carnival was abandoned last night due to rain…

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Thepassing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

WHEN the bells rang out their greeting to the New Year they carried two heartening messages. One was to the babes who were…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

WITHIN a few years there will be so many slot machines in the United States that salesmanship will probably consist only of…

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Tennis Rain Upsets Country Week Carnival

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The remainder of the 1948 Country Week tennis will be abandoned if rain prevents play tomorrow…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

THE celebration of Tweed Heads Diamond Jubilee is one of the most noteworthy occasions in Tweed Shire's history. The…

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Bigger Easter Show Prizemoney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The biggest rises in the total increased prize-money of £17,500 for the next R.A.S. Easter Show are in the…

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78 Entries for Cattle Fair

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

Seventy-eight pedigreed cattle have so far been listed for sale at the annual Cattle Fair and Sale Day, which will be held by the…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

BRITAIN'S Crown Jewels are on show again, and Richard Danbleby went to see them and told the B.B.C.'s "Radio Newsreel"…

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Line-Up In Carnival March-Past Evans Head Carnival Surf Events Marred By Rough Seas

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

A stiff southerly wind, with rough seas and a prevailing northerly sweep at Evans Head yesterday, resulted in the cancellation of all surf carnival events after the running of a surf teams' race and a surf ski race,…

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Carnival Attractions for Children at Brunswick Heads

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday.--Extra attractions for children at the carnival now being held at Brunswick Heads will be provided by the…

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The Passing Show (By Bar[?]abus)

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

THE cost of furnishing a modest four-room house or flat, consisting of a living-roon, dining-room, one bedroom and a…

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Mr. Bruxner Invited To Open Urbenville Show

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

Mr. M. F. Bruxner has been invited to officially open the Urbenville Show on the second day, April 24. A decision to invite Mr. Bruxner…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 2

A NEW illustrated national monthly, which publicises travel and holiday centres, in its first issue features an article…

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Gracie Fields to Bring "Family" Show

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 5

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday (AAP).--Gracie Fields, who is now appearing here, plans to take a "family show" to Australia in 1949…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

BRIAN BROOKE, F.R.C.S., recently gave a most illuminating talk in the BBC's Overseas Services on the history of…

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Nominations for Show Society Committee

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

Nominations have been called for the Elective Committee of the North Coast National A. and I. Society. They will close with the Secretary…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 2

WHAT'S become of those old-fashioned "cures" we used to believe in? Remember the craze for "Russian culture" just after…

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