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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1942

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Amusements Johnson's Pictures

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks provide a formidable combination in "Gunga Din," a story of a fighting battalion in India,…

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Tivoli Theatre Quiz Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

The Quiz Show and Jack Pot purchase night will be presented, at the Tivoli Theatre on Thursday night next, April 2, at 8 o'clock. Harry…

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Tivoli Theatre Quiz Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3

Tomorrow night the Tivoli Theatre will open for the Quiz Show, Jackpot and Purchase night. Harry Williams and his all-star band of seven players…

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He Played His Concertina— MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 4

BACK in Australia after serving in all the Allied campaigns in the Middle East, Adjutant John Blake, Salvation Army Commissioner in the…

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Tivoli Theatre Quiz Tonight

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

The Quiz and Jackpot Night will be presented at the Tivoli Theatre to-night. Harry Williams' All-Star Stage Band of seven players will…

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Dance and Euchre

Western Grazier · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 1

The [?] of dances and euchre tournaments being conducted by the women's committee of the Patriotic League, have proved very successful, and last…

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White Cliffs News Far West Dance

Western Grazier · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 1

A very successful dance was held last Saturday night in aid of the Far W[?] Home at Manly, resulting in a pro[?] of £3 10s after allowing for expenses…

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Amusements Johnson's Pictures

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

Universally acclaimed as an outstanding production. "The Thief of Bagdad" opens at Johnson's tonight. Filmed in vivid terhnicolor, it…

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Citizens' Band P.S.A. At South

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

The Barrier Citizens' Band has decided to conduct a series of Sunday afternoon, recitals in halls in the various suburbs throughout the…

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Amusements Johnson's Pictures

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 2

A colossal genie that emerges from a tiny bottle, a horse that gallops through the air, and a magic carpet are spectacular features of the…

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Tivoli Theatre Quiz Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 1

The Tivoli-Theatre second series or Quiz and Jack Pot nights will be held on Thursday next. Harry Williams and his boys will give another…

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Dance and Euchre

Western Grazier · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 1

On Easter Monday a dance and euchre was held in the Oddfellows' Hall in aid of the Wilcannia and District Hospital. The floor had a comfortable number of…

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Menindee News Easter Saturday Dance

Western Grazier · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

A very successful dance was held on Saturday night last at the Menindee Hall it was arranged by the Empire League in aid of the League's funds…

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Amusements Johnson's Pictures

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 April 1942 · page 2

Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine are the stars of "Suspicion," an unusual modern drama, which is now, showing at Johnson's. It deals with the…

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Smilers' Concert at Crystal Theatre

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

A large crowd attended the Crystal Theatre on Sunday night when the 2BH Smilers Club under the direction of Uncle Brian Grosvenor presented a…

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Personal Triumph For Former B. H. Girl Excellent Concert By Quartette Club

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

THE singing of Miss Mavis Roberts at the Quartette Club concert in the Town Hall last night proved a personal triumph for this former Broken Hill girl, who made her first stage appearance here in a number of…

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Students' Concert for North Hall

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

An excellent combined students' concert programme, featuring songs and elocutionary items by the students will be presented by Mrs. A…

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Amusements Ozone Pictures

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 4

Betty Grable is an ambulance worker in London by day and a night club entertainer at night in "A Yank in the R.A.F.," which is now showing…

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Sunday Pictures For Soldiers? SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 1

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) will refer to the State Cabinet on Monday the request of yesterday's conference…

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Concert Helps the Patriotic League Funds

Western Grazier · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 1

A concert organised by M[?] E. Zander, O Green and W. Boland to aid their funds for the bazaar to be held in aid of the Patriotic League…

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