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Blue Mountains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1919

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The Boy at the Pictures. Funnier Than the Flimsies

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 7

R. Henry writes:—I attended the pictures the other night. Behind me were three vacant seats. The slides advertising everything from insect…

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Mr Jones' Concert. a Great Trio

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 5

The Town Hall was well filled on Wednesday evening, when Mr Walter H. Jones, the blind tenor, presented a fine galaxy of talent for his…

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Youthful Robbers. Walcott Bags the Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 5

At the Katoomba Police Court on Monday, before Messrs T. H. Timbrell and T. Lawrie, J's.P., John Brooks (19), on remand, was again…

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Masonic Ball at Katoomba a Night of Nights

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 3

After a lapse of several years, the annual Masonic Ball was revived (on the building of the Town Hall) in 1912, by Wor. Bro. A. Seller, and in…

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Grand Sacred Concert. at St. Canice's Church

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 2

The grand sacred concert, to which "Echo" drew special attention in its last issue, took place at St. Canice's Roman Catholic Church on Sunday…

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Katoomba Masonic Annual Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 2

The "flush-light," taken by Mr. H. Phillips and Bro. G. Garrett, gives a faint idea of the attendants and decorations at the recent Masonic ball. It was without doubt, the greatest social success Katoomba has chronicled, the fraternity sparing no expense in the entertainment of their fair friends, who had so ably assisted in their good work over the dark days of the war. The Master of the Lodge (Wor. Bro. A. J…

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Band for Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 3

Sir,—To those who have at heart the welfare and progress of this beautifully-situated town, the necessity of public attraction, in the way of…

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District School Concert. a Distinct Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 3

On Friday night the District School Concert eventuated, its primary object being the raising of funds for the provision of sports…

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Opening Leura Hall. Plain and Fancy Dress Ball. a Conspicuous Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 4

It is no exaggeration to state that the ball, held under the auspices of the Leura Masonic Lodge, to mark the opening of their new hall, in the…

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