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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

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New Year Concert At WoolgooIga

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA.--A feature of the New Year's concert and dance held in the Woolgoolga beach reserve…

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Pipe Clay Dance

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

PIPE CLAY, Wed.--The annual dance held by the Pipe Clay Recreation Reserve took place in the Pipe…

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Ordinary Citizens At Royal Ball

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. Hills, said to-day that the Sydney Royal Ball would…

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Dorrigo Girls Marching Band

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

A meeting of the Executive and the girls was held on Tuesday night 12th when plans were made for the girls to begin to…

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Girl's Pipe Band Farewelled

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 6

Members of the famous Dagenham Girls Pipe Band being piped aboard the liner, Strathaird, before their departure from Tilbury for the Australian tour…

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Wongwibinda Races and Sports a Great Success Guyra Brass Band An Attraction

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

The Annual Races and Sports conducted by the Wongwibinda Progress Association on New Year's Day were an outstanding success. The attendance was a near record but entries for horse events…

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Deervale School Concert

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 7

The Annual breaking up concert of the Deervale Public School was held on Tuesday, 15th December…

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Band for Farmer; Drove While Under Influence

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 6

An Upper Orara farmer, John Carter Noonan, who pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle while under the influence of…

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"Baby" of the Band

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

Margaret Boorman, 15-year-old "baby" of the famous Dagen,ham Girls' Pipe Band, which is soon…

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Concert At Red Rock

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

The Red Rock Hall was crowded on Sunday night when a concert organised and arranged by Mr…

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Coaldale Dance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

COALDALE.--The Ambulance dance in the Coaldale Hall was well attended, £1926 being collected for…

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Must Be Represented On Band Committee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

Difficulty was experienced at last night's meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council, in appointing three delegates to represent the council on the committee of the Grafton District Silver…

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Pipe Band Parade

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN. --On Satur-night, Maclean and District Pipe Band will attend a parade in its new…

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Tussle For Ball

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 7

P. D. Young (England), in white, and J. R. G. Stephens (Wales) in a desperate tussle for the ball during the Rugby international match at the famous Twickenham Ground, near London. England…

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Maclean Band Turns Out in New Uniform

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Sun.--Maclean's main street presented a gala appearance last night when the town…

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Queen's Welcome Films at Tasma Theatre

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

Films showing the Sydney welcome to Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, will be screened at the Tasma Theatre…

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Queen's Band at Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 1

The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, which has played for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their voyage in the Gothic across the Pacific, will give a special concert in Sydney to aid the Westminster Abbey…

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4 A Minute Fainted in Ball Crush

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- More than 100,000 people packed the Town Hall area to-night in one of the most fabulous crowd scenes in Australian history…

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Town Hall Was Fairyland For Royal Ball

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 3

Sydney Town Hall was transformed into a veritable fairyland for the Lord Mayor, Ald. Hills, and the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Hills, to welcome Her Majesty…

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Big Audience At Beach Concert

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 4

The special community concert to commemorate Australia's anniversary at Woolgoolga drew a capacity…

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