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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1916

278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 14

Carr's Creek Patriotic Concert

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 4

On Thursday night a successful concert held at Carr's Creek in aid of the Bed Cross and War Equipment League. Mr. S. See presided over an excellent attendance…

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Our Navy in the Films. at Fitzroy Theatre Next

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 2

"The world has yet to know, and it does not yet know, how much it owes to the British fleet," said Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, when the…

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Broken Hill. A.M.A Band Stands for Loyalty. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

The members of the A.M.A. Band at Broken Hill, who refused to attend the anti-conscription demonstration, decided to resign and carried a resolution absolutely refusing…

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Grand Concert

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last, a grand concert was held in the Bellingen School of Arts, (under the auspices of the Soldiers' Emergency…

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White's Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

A fair number of people attended White's pictures last Saturday night and had a good evening's entertainment. About the best number on the…

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School of Arts Dance

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

Owing to the unfavorable weather there was not a very large number of people present at the School of Arts dance last Wednesday evening…

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The Queen Crowned. Impressive Coronation Ceremonies in Stadium and at Ball. Not A Hitch In the Proceedings

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 2

Coffs Harbor was "en fate" on Monday the occasion of the Coronation of the Queen of the Day, Miss Semper Monahan. From…

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The Kinema. Somme Pictures Permitted. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 5

The War Office permitted films to be taken of the Somme battles. Every phase of the advance and the actual fighting will be exhibited shortly throughout the Empire…

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White's Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

The programme screened at White's Pictures last Saturday night we think was the most interesting that a Dorrigo audience has seen. "The…

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Yamba Convent Ball

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

The annual convent ball eventuated on Wednesday night in the School of Arts. The weather was everything that could be desired and the management perfect. The hall was…

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Queens of the Day Ball. Splendid Profit and Resord Crowd

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

Packed out. These two words represent the state of affairs at the Queen of the Day ball on Monday evening. The man who came to…

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Yamba War Workers. Red Cross and War Equipment Dance. Presentation to Mr. H. Till

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1916 · page 2

At Yamba on Saturday night a dance was held at the School of Arts, under the auspices of the Red Cross Society, and War Equipment League,…

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Billycan Dance at Yamba

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 August 1916 · page 3

A billycan dance was held on Saturday night last in the School of Arts by the War Equipment League to defray expenses in sending a Christmas billycan to all the boys who…

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White's Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 2

All the pictures shown at White's Hall last Saturday night were good. The programme comprised several short dramas and a number of…

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Williamson Submarine Motion Pictures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 7

But once in a lifetime does it happen that a motion picture theatre manager can secure for his patrons a film so unique that its like has never before been shown in any theatre,…

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Hun Savagery. Austrian Callousness. Pictures of Battisti's Martyrdom. Berne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 3

A wireless message states that the Austrian military authorities, with cynical brutality, are exhibiting cinematograph pictures of the execution of…

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Minister's Dignity. Prevents Him Attending Smoke Concert. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture did not attend the Wagga Show smoke concert last night owing, he explained, to scant courtesy shown him by the President…

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Whites Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

The star picture to be to-night at White's is 4000 feet in length, and is said to be very interesting from beginning to end. It's title is…

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National Pictures

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 2

In the advertising columns will be seen the Lower River dates of the above pictures. Good pictures and good music, together with a first-class electric plant, should supply a…

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Palmer's Channel School Concert

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 4

There was an unusual stir at Palmer's Channel on Wednesday week, when the first school concert ever held in that centre took place in the public…

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