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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1942

300 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 15

Jacaranda Festival Juvenile Dance

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 2

Frolics have been the order for juveniles for some years, but next Wednesday night the Jacaranda juvenile dance will form part of…

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Talkies Garden Theatre. "Powder Town."

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 4

Victor McLaglen and Edmond O'Brien are the heroes of hair-raising adventures in the sabotage film, "Powder Town," screening to-night and…

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DISTRESSING Band Of Brigands Raiding Soldiers' Parcels

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--It was distressing to think that a big percentage of the comforts for the soldiers would never reach…

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Talkies Saraton Theatre. "Dr. Broadway."

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1942 · page 4

MacDonald Carey and Jean Phillips co-star in "Dr. Broadway," the story o[?] a young physician who works along the colorful Broadway frontier, which…

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Mobile Cinemas Concert Party Formed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Fri.--Additional mobile cinemas will soon be bringing entertainment to troops in New Guinea, the Minister for…

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Jacaranda Dance Organised by Old Students' Union

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 2

The Monday night of Festival Week has in past years been in the capable organising Rands of the Grafton High School Old…

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Grafton Golf K. Young Wins Stabieford J. C. O'brien and E. L. Schaeffer Win Four-ball

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon a Stable ford competition was conducted on the Grafton links and resulted in a win for Ken Young with 31 points. Ken played…

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Jacaranda Festival Yesterday's Concert A Great Success Record Attendance

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 2

Just, over 700 people attended yesterday's Jacaranda sacred concert in the Garden Theatre, when an excellent programme,…

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Jacaranda Dance Successful Function Three Hundred Present

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 2

The festivity and gaiety associated with Jacaranda Week celebrations in Grafton each year were strikingly evident at the…

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Talkies Garden Theatre. "We Were Dancing."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 4

With Korma Shearer- and Melvyn Douglas co-starred for the first time "We Were Dancing," sparkling adaption of Noel Coward's brilliant stage…

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Community Concert Geo. Brown, Leader Packed House Expected

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 2

Though bookings are not as heavy as in some years, the box plan for the Jacaranda community concert in the Sara ton Theatre…

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Juvenile Dance To-night in Trocadero

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 2

For the first time during festival week a Jacaranda juvenile dance will be held. To-night in the Trocadero children of all ages…

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Happy Night Community Concert Festival Highlight Local and Visiting Artists

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 2

Grafton spent a happy time at the Saraton Theatre last night, when the first of what might be termed the audience…

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The Children Carnival Night Out Large Crowd at Dance

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1942 · page 2

The Jacaranda juvenile dance held last night at the Trocadero. Grafton, was an outstanding success, a crowd of almost 700…

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Megan Leigh-megan Combined Patriotic and P. & C. Sports and Dance

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 2

A very successful day's sports (followed by an equally successful dance. held at Leigh Hall) in aid of Patriotic Funds, and Leigh and Megan P. and…

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Grafton Golf K. Young and G. Smith Win Week-end Four-Ball C. T. Preston and a Cha[?] Win Morrie Morris Trophy

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1942 · page 1

The Ja[?]cranda Trophy tournament which was staged for Saturday afternoon was a wash-cut and was won by Pluvius. A protest has been lodged…

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Coramba N.e.s. Dance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1942 · page 4

A dance, conducted by the Social Club On Friday night in aid of funds for the N.E.S. wardens committee proved to be very successful…

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Talkies Garden Theatre. "Castle in the Desert"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 4

"Castle in the Desert," one of the greatest spine-chillers of the Charlie Chan series, will be shown to-night only at the Garden Theatre. The associate…

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Talkies Garden Theatre. "A Tragedy at Midnight."

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 4

You'll thrill to the escapades of Greg Sherman (John Howard), radio detective, as he tries to find a solution to a murder in which the police involve him…

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U S. COMMITMENTS May Embolden Japs Growing Demands of Pacific Theatre

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thurs--Sir Owen Dixon, Australian Ambassador to the U.S.A., in the course of a broadcast, pointed…

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