Empire Theatre Purchased
Over the week the well-known Empire theatre property changed hands. The magnificent modern edifice was built in 1914, to the order of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blue Mountains · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1920
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Where's the Band? Hint to the Mayor
"Jimbuck" writes.—When I landed in Katoomba I fell into conversation with one of its inhabitants. he said, with a comprehensive sweep of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Classical Concert. In Leura Hall. Enthusiastic Audience
With Messrs Val. Wikner and J. H. Bloome as principal organisers, the artistic concert booked for Friday last at Loura put all lovers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blackheath Band. Council Will Subsidise
One of the signs of progress, inorcasingly popular Blackhath, is the revival of the brass band movement. The war, among other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the California. Plain and Fancy Dress Ball a Gay Gathering
On the night of March 18th, the California was the some of a bright and enjoyable plain and faney dress ball. Though organised in quick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leura's Concert Success For Soldiers' Memorial. Tears and Laughter
Friday night's concert in the Leura Masonic Hall placed a notch high up in the record of local successes. The object was for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hustlebrook's Easter. Procession and Concert. and Successful Sports
It takes brains imagination and enthuslasm to make a success of a fancy dress parade in a centre with a Population no larger than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Katoomba and Elsewhere Manchester Unity Ball
The above thriving Order notify their first annual ball will be be held on 12th May, when ALL proceeds will be devoted to the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Lawson Letter. Successful Concert
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and family, well-known residents of Strathfield, are at present holidaying amongst us, and are deriving much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Annual Ball. Manchester Unity Men. Aid Our Hospital
Punctually to time, an orchestral funfare heralded tho entry of the Brethren of the Manchester Unity, and about 50 strong they marched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Ball Saturday's Matches Blackheath's Good Showing
The footballers had a glad day for Saturday's games, and good crowds witnessed all matches. Greatest interest was centred in the meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When H.R.H. Arrives Hospital Ball Postponed
Operations by the ladies who have been directing their energies towards organising a plain, masked and faney-dress ball in aid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Band of H.m.s. "Renown"
Sir,—It is with much surprise, mingled with a considerable feeling of disgust and disillustionment, that the writer learns that the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dance at the Kiosk Minus the Tax
Before Mr. Clegg, P.M., at the Katoomba Police Court, on Tuesday William Roay was proceeded against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Hospital Dance
Another committee of ladies supervised the second public dance in aid of the Blue Mountains Memorial Hospital Fund. The first was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Visit to "Bodington" By Red Cross Workers and Concert Party
Two motor cars, No. 1 a giant seater, and the President's private car, took a number of Red Cross workers and a concert party from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Hazelbrook Letter The Masquerade Ball and Other Items
Mrs. W. H. Robey, who recently suffered a severe heart seizure, is now recovering. Mrs. Roche, who has been seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Juvenile Ball
Big preparations are being made for a Juvenile fancy-dress ball, to be held at the Katoomba Town Hall in about a month's time. Mrs. Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children's Ball
Mrs. Frank Marshall has been very busily engaged during recent weeks in paving the way for a big success for the children's plain and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woodford Awakening Successful Concert Special Thanks
The Woodford Tennis Club held its first concert in the hall on Saturday last in ald of the club funds. The event turned out a huge success, the…
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