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Northern Rivers · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

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Fireworks, Skiing for River Carnival Girls Marching Band Visit

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

Over 20 different water skiing events will be highlighted at the Lismore Venetian carnival tomorrow night by the Woodburn Water Ski Club. A special meeting of the…

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Queen at Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 5

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh drove over the sands when they visited the surf carnival at Bondi Beach…

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Stage Set For Gay Swim Carnival

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 10

Plans were finalised at the weekend for tonight's novelty swimming carnival in Lismore Baths. It is being organised by the Diggers'…

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Swimming Promising Juniors For N.C Carnival

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 5

Three Murwillumbah swimmers who performed well in the Queensland State Championships held recently will…

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Venetian Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

A crowd of close on 6000 people attended the Lismore Water Brigade Venetian carnival last night…

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Fair Treatment in Australia -- Seixas

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 16

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday (AAP).--America's number two ranking tennis player, Vic Seixas, says that the U.S. Davis Cup team was treated fairly in Australia. Seixas, home again after…

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Fair Play Hope in Vic. Tour

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- The police had almost finished plans for the safety of the Royal party during the…

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£376 Profit From Ballina Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 9

BALLINA, Tuesday. -- A profit of £376 resulted from the Christmas carnival conducted at East Ballina by…

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Surf Carnival Postponed

Northern Star · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 8

The Far North Coast Surf Lifesaving Carnival, scheduled to be held at Evans Head on Sunday, has been…

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Tenterfield Show Tragedy

Northern Star · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 4

TENTERFIELD, Sunday. -- A 55-year-old man died in Tenterfield Prince Alfred Memorial Hospital yesterday…

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To the Editor Taxi Fair Comment!

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Sir,--In last Tuesday's issue of the Examiner a letter written to the Kyogle Urban Area committee by Mr. L. G…

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Variety at Ice Show Opening

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 4

Ice Frolics opened to an enthusiastic audience in Lismore last night after a week of inactivity…

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Rain Threat To Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The country week tennis carnival may be abandoned, Mr. V. Keily, N.S.W. Secretary of…

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Dahlias Dominate Casino Flower Show Schedule

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

CASINO, Tuesday. -- The second annual autumn show, at Casino will be held in the Church of England Parish…

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Show Society Awaits Approval for Racecourse Purchase

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.-- Casino Show Society will proceed with negotiations for" the purchase of the Casino racecourse as a showground, provided the Department of Agriculture sanctions the sale of the existing…

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35 Elected to M'bimby Show Committee

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 8

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.--After a ballot for which 49 canddates offered themselves for selection to…

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Carnival Sites At Brunswick For Next Xmas

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 10

Applications from Lismore Ambulance and the Joint Carnival Committee to lease sites on the Brunswick waterfront for carnivals over the 1954-1955 holiday period were granted by…

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Kyogle Hospital Finances Show Steady Improvement

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7

Kyogle Memorial Hospital debit cash book balance on the maintenance fund decreased by just over £300…

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Guild Plans for Royal Fair

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

The monthly meeting of Repentance and Cooper's Creeks C. of E. Guild was presided over by the vice-president, Mrs…

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"Phenomenal" Year For Show Society Net Profit of £555

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Monday. -- "Financially this year's operations are phenomenal," said the president of the Mullumbimby Agricultural Society, Mr. O. McPaul, in presenting his report…

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