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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939

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Pleasing Pictures in Exhibition Many Visitors To local Art Gallery

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 2

ONE of Australia's foremost artists is Max Ragless. His works have been recognised as among the best ever created by an Australian. This recognition lias arisen from the artist's ability to endow his subjects with a lifelike beauty. Ragless seems to do…

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New Hold-The-Ball Rule Puzzles

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 1

PLAYERS and umpires will have ito make themselves familiar with the new holdingthe-ball rule before its…

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Blind Revue Co. Concert

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 6

The management of the Royal Institution for the Blind Inc., North Adelaide, will present the Royal Blind Revue Company for 1939 in the Town…

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Zinc Corporation Dance

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

The Zinc Corporation Sporting and Social Association will hold a dance in the Zinc Hall on Thursday night. The Zinc Corporation Orchestra will…

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Juvenile Band Drum Major Dead Fred Simmons Likeable Lad

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

SEVENTEEN year old Frederick William Simmons drum major of the Barrier Industrials Unions Juvenile Band, died in…

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Boys' Band to Tour Farewell Concert Tomorrow

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1

THE Barrier Industrial Unions' Juvenile Band will present their farewell concert in the Town Hall tomorrow night. On Thursday the…

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Successful Dance Held At Zinc Corporation Hall

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

THE spacious Zinc Corporation Hall, plus the excellent music of the Zinc Orchestra makes an equation, the answer to which is a successful dance, and last Thursday night there was, as we have come to expect, a large…

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Juvenile Band Concert

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

Assisted by local artists, the Barrier Industrial Unions' Juvenile Band presented a farewell concert in the Town Hall last night.The band will…

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Amusements Johnson's Pictures

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

"Ring Memories" will have its last local showing at Johnson's Theatre tonight, when it will be screened in association with "BeautyFor The…

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Amusements Johnson's Pictures

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

Dorothy Lamour and Lloyd Nolan have the main roles in "St. Louis Blues," which will be shown at Johnson's Theatre tonight. The story is…

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New Ball Successful

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2

The introduction of the new type of football in last Saturday's matches was well received by all players. One player said that the stub-nosed ball…

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Juvenile Band Leaves Farewell at Station

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

MEMBERS of the Barrier Industrial Unions' Juvenile Band played their last selection before leaving for Sydney and…

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Johnson's Theatre

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 2

"St. Louis Blues," co-starring Lloyd Nolan and Dorothy Lamour, will have its final local screening at Johnson's Theatre tonight. Also…

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Central Football Club Dance

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 6

The Central Football Club will open its 1939 dancing season at the Palais De Danae tonight, when they will conduct old and new style…

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Amusements Ozone Theatre

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 2

Peter Lorre again has the role of Mr. Moto in "Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation," which will be shown at the Ozone Theatre tonight. The…

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Movie Ball

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 4

The Movie Ball this year is to have Vice-Regal patronage and should in consequence eclipse all previous efforts. Mrs. G. M. Hains, as representative…

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Amusements "Mannequin" Feature for Ozone Theatre

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

When a poor girl marries a rich man out of pity, learns to love, him on their honeymoon, and then has to prove her love when he loses all his…

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Miss Ella Jones' Pupils Give Concert

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 4

Pupils of Miss Ella Jones were heard in an entertaining programme at the Oxide-street Methodist hall when they presented their annual concert…

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Quartette Club Concert

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 2

The Broken Hill Quartette Club will stage its first concert for the 1939 season at the Town Hall tonight. The concert promises to be one of…

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Successful Concert By

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 2

THEIR voices blending delightfully, Miss Margaret Pirie and Mr. Lewis Dawe gave a splendid interpretation of Landon Ronald's "O Lovely Night" at the Broken Hill Quartette Club's concert held in the Town Hall last night. From the opening bars…

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