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Broken Hill & the Far West · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1937

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Successful Dance By Girls' Club

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 2

The Congregational Girls' Club conducted another very successful function on Wednesday night lust, the frocks of the lady dancers…

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The Bachelors' Ball. a Successful Function

Western Grazier · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 2

The Wilcannia and District Bachelore hold their second hall in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening, 4th August, and it again proved to be…

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Mouth Organ Band Repeat Frolic

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 August 1937 · page 4

Owing to the sensational success of the last Smilers' Mouth Organ Band fancy dress frolic, the band committee has decided to repeat the…

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Nurses' Jubilee Dance

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 7

No pains are being spared by the energetic committee which is responsible for organising the Nurses' Jubilee Dance to be held in the New…

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Basket Ball Games

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 8

The semi-final games of the Broken Hill. Ladies' Basket Ball Association will be played to-morrow. Some excellent matches should be seen. The…

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Repeat Frolic by Mouth Organ Band

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 4

Of course all Smilers know what will be doing next Saturday night. It will be the repeat fancy dress frolic at the Trades Hall. The last Smilers'…

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58-Year-old Dance Champion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 3

LONDON, August 24.—The Mayor of Wandsworth (Mr. William Heath) and his partner, Miss Nellie Wood, won first prize at the International…

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Brilliant Concert By Philharmonic Society

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 5

THE Broken Hill Philharmonic Society presented its second concert of the 1937 season in the Town Hall last night to a large audience…

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Nurses' Jubilee Dance

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 4

As was expected there was a large crowd at the New Masonic Hall last night when the nurses' jubilee dance was held. More than 450 people…

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Mr. A. Hulbert's Pupils Hold Successful Ball

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 3

BECAUSE he is convinced that old style dancing is more popular to-day than it has been for many years Mr. A. Hulbert has taught…

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Nicholls-st. Choir Concert

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 3

The Nicholls-street Methodist Choir concert party presented a concert in the Ivey Hall on Wednesday night before a large audience. Among those…

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First Movie Ball To-Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

Hundreds are expected to flock to the Palais de Danse to-night to attend the first Movie Ball ever held in Broken Hill. The organisers have…

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Juvenile Ball To-night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

The same decorations will remain for the Juvenile Ball to be held in the Palais to-night. This function promises to be an outstanding…

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Movie Ball Was Huge Success

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

THE splendid frocking and the carefree gaiety of the dance hall were the chief features of the first annual Movie Ball held in the Palais…

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Mouth organ Band Frolic

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 6

The repeat of the 2BH Mouth Organ Band fancy dress frolic was held in the Trades Hall and was an even greater success than the first one…

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Children's Ball Was Big Success

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 5

THE chatter of voices and the patter of hundreds of little feet echoed through the Palais de Danse last light while hundreds of proud parents…

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Lennon's Revue Company At Tivoli Theatre

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 3

Bert Lennon's popular revue company returns to Broken Hill to-night and will present another bright revue at the Tivoli Theatre. The artists…

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Big Concert By Local Boys' Bands

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 3

NEVER before in the history of Broken Hill has such intense interest been manifested in juvenile bands. On Thursday night a grand…

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Concert By Juvenile Bands To-night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 5

GREAT interest is being centred in the concert to be given at the Town Hall to-night by four local juvenile bands and several juvenile artists…

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Boys' Bands Impressive Big Concert In Town Hall

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 2

An excellent musical programme was given in the Town Hall last night by the various bands taking part. A street march preceded the…

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