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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

The weekly dance of the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare Association will be staged in the Drill Hall on Saturday night. Popular novelties…

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Ourimbah News Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 4

Good organisation by the Ourimbah Light Horse brought success when a dance and euchre party were held in the Ourimbah School of Arts on Saturday…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

The Drill Hall will be the venue of the weekly dance by the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare Association on Saturday night. Popular novelties and the usual dainty…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

Over 200 dancers attended the Drill Hall on Saturday evening for the weekly dance by the Ladies' Militia Welfare Association. Mr, W…

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Regal Theatre "The Wizard of Oz."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

A city of great green bubbles, which serve as houses, a forest of flexible trees which reach out with their branches as though they were…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3

Excellent organisation by' the Ladies' Militia Welfare Association brought success when the weekly dance was held in the Drill Hall on…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 2

About 250 dancers attended the Drill Hall on Saturday evening for the weekly dance by the Gosford Ladies' Militia Association, when…

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Effort to Revive Easter Band Contests Ladies' Committee At Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 6

Efforts are being made by the Ladies' Committee of the Gosford Band to organise a Band Contest at Gosford on Easter…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 8

Another successful dance was held in the Drill Hall on Saturday evening by the Ladies Militia welfare Association. Sergeant J. Wood…

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Longer Band Programmes Fewer Stands

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 1

Gosford District Brass Band will play musical programmes from two or three stands only in Mann Street to-night, instead of playing short…

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Camp Concert for M.r.b. Employees

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 8

An enjoyable evening was spent on Tuesday at the Calga camp of the Main Roads Board, when Mr. J. Robson, of Waitara, and his concert…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 3

More than 200 dancers attended [?]e Drill Hall on Saturday night for the weekly dance organised by the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare…

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Sunday Night Band Programme

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4

Amongst the numbers included in the Gosford District Brass Band's programme in the Burns Place rotunda on Sunday night were two…

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Ourimbah News Dance and Euchre

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2

The Ourimbah School of Arts will be the scene of a dance and euchre tournament on Friday night for the Ourimbah Football Club. Fenwick's…

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Easter Band Contest Proposal Street March

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 7

Gosford Municipal Council on Tuesday night decided to inform the Gosford Brass Band Ladies' Committee that it had no objection to the Band…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 3

There was an excellent attendance at the Hrill Hall last Saturday night for the weekly dance in aid of the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare…

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Mangrove Dance Easter

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 6

The Hilton Veness Orchestra from Sydney has been booked well in advance for the Mangrove Mountain Hall Committee's dance on Easter…

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Ourimbah News Footballers' Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 8

There was a good attendance at the Ourimbah School of Arts on Friday night for the dance and euchre party in aid of the Ourimbah…

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Easter Band Sunday Three Visiting Bands Coming

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 7

The Ladies' Committee of the Gosford District Band have decided to carry out arrangements made previously to conduct a Band Sunday at…

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One Dead and Four Injured In Tragic Motor Smash Party Was Returning From Ourimbah Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 1

A young man is dead and four others are moreor less seriously injured as the result of a motor accident on the Pacific Highway a mile north of Gosford, on Friday night…

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