The Passing Show
THE Scottsh habit of celebrating Hognanay in noisy fashion came to them through the close relations wit[?] France. There are…
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Shows & fairs, 1949
617 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 31
Carnival Bowls Ricketts' Team Wins Fours
Christmas carnival competitions conducted by Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club were finalised at Tweed Heads…
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Many Londoners went to the Regent Street building where, as Douglas Willis, BBC reporter explains, Australia recently staged her latest exhibition, giving 'a general picture of life in the…
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ILLEGIBLE handwriting, often regarded as the prerogative of professional men, evidently rears its ugly form long before…
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A CARVED Melanesian flying fish with a six-foot wing-span, which was believed to bring death to any woman who gazed upon it,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interstate Club Swimming Carnival Planned By M'bah
Kyogle Amateur Swimming Club will be invited to compete each year for a trophy competition between New South Wales and Queensland clubs. Murwillumbah Club has received…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The first sittings of the State Fair Rents Board were held, to-day. This first sittings of the board…
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PRIME Minister chifley recently stated that during his holiday in Tasmania he would endeavor to make contact with the…
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CASINO, Tuesday. — Casino District Ambulance six-week carnival at Evans Head was attracting good crowds, but…
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Six Murwillumbah girls left yesterday to represent Murwillumbah Swimming Club in the State…
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EARLY in October of last year a putty-colored snake more than five feet in length and about 21 inches across at its thickest…
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RESPONSIBILITY for increasing misbehaviour among young people was blamed on the "soft"' and "free" discipline of…
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WASHINGTON, Thursday : The second "New Deal'' which President Truman is submitting to Congress --the President named it "Fair Deal"--is expected to arouse one of the most widespread and bitter controversies in American political history…
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Improved batting by those chosen as batsmen in the Kyogle Radford-Kippax Shield team to play Casino here on Sunday is needed if Kyogle Association is to win the match…
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A CORRESPONDENT commenting on editorial reference yesterday to the alleged cruelty to horses writes:…
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SEEN and heard at Murwillumbah Memorial Baths: Four young men were submerging together at the deep end…
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It will be good news to the residents of Kyogle and district to know [?] at the ever famous pantomine, "Puss In Boots," is coming to…
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PAY envelopes issued by one UK Government Department are printed at the front, "BEFORE opening please see that this…
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Barbara Ann Scott, Olympic figure skating champion, who has turned professional, as she appeared in her ice skating debut in New York…
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SOME day, Murwillumbah may have traffic lights with, perhaps, robot voices linked to them. Where would be the Australian…
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