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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

HUMIDITY is so great following, the recent heavy rams that Bathurst burrs and clover seeds are beginning to sprout in…

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British Industries Fair 1949

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 5

Overseas visitors to the textile section of this year's B.I.F. will find among the new exhibits the wares of the most…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 2

OPPOSING the spelling reform bill, which was defeated in the House of Commons recently, author-playwright Sir Alan…

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Q'land Cycling Champion for Ballina Carnival

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 9

Riders from Brisbane, Casino, Lismore, Kyogle, Woodburn, Murwillumbah and Ballina will be competing at the St. Patrick's…

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Bonalbo Show Prize for Best Maize Exhibit

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 8

To encourage district entries for the maize competition being sponsored by the Royal Agricultural Society the Bonalbo A. & I. Society…

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Agricultural Society Annual Meeting

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

The Tweed River Agricultural Society's annual show last November was considered the finest yet…

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Northcliefe Surf Carnival Postponed

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 5

Heavy seas pounding the Queensland South Coast caused postponement of the Northcliffe Surf Club's inaugural carnival…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

A MANGLED version of the Atlantic Charter brought five Solomon Islanders into court at Guadalcanal…

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Currumbin State School Show

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

Currumbin State School Show Society will hold its annual show on October 12. At a meeting of the Society…

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Bondi Surfers At Weekly Swim Carnival

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 3

Friendly rivalry ran high at the weekly carnival of the Lismore Memorial Swimming Club on Friday night, when North Bondi Surf…

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Contest Fair in Concord

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Returning Officer of the Concord by-election (Mr. B. J. Reilly) today declared the Liberal candidate (Mr…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

THE children in the Home country are a bonny bunch, according to an Englishman who has been back to the United…

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Cycling Ballina Cycle Club's Carnival

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

H. Walsh, of Murwillumbah, was the most outstanding junior performer at the Ballina Cycle Club's carnival on Saturday…

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"All Star" Show for Federalette

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

Lismore Musical Festival Society will produce in the Federalette next Tuesday, March 29, an "All Star" entertainment with one of the…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH Police Constable Arthur Baker recently caught a number of "intruders" in the Court House yard--caught…

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Bangalow War Memorial Flower Show

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

Bangalow District War Memorial Fund held the annual flower show and luncheon in the Regal Theatre. The quantity and…

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1150 Stud Beef Entries for Sydney Show

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Signs of the good season and the demand for high class stud beef cattle were reflected in the entries for the beef…

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Scotch Fair at Nimbin

Northern Star · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 7

The Scotch Fair organised by Nimbin Presbyterian Women's Guild and the men's committee, in aid of church funds proved a great…

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The Passing Show

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 2

MARYAN RAWICZ and Walter Landauer, famous piano duettists from London, who are in Australia, have found the…

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Men's Hockey Four Tweed Teams for Carnival

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

Murwillumbah Men's Hockey Club will send four teams to the Easter carnival in Lismore, where they will play in a…

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