Golf Club Ball
About 350 guests attended the annual Golf Club Ball at the New Masonic Hall on Thursday night. Frocking generally was bright. Among those present were Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949
429 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 22
Ex-Servicemen Wreck Paul Robeson Concert
New York, August 29.—Thirteen persons were injured in a three-hour riot at a picnic grove at Peekskill, near New York, when marching veterans from three ex-Service organisations prevented the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reds Dance For Germans
COAT SKIRTS FLYING, swords—and smiles—flashing, Cossack dancers from Georgia, Russia, prform one of their high-kicking, loud-yelling dances in Berlin. The dancers are touring the Russian zone of Germany, dancing for their occupation troops and the local population…
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The Annual Ball of the Broken Hill Golf Club was held at the New Masonic Hall on Thursday night. An excellent crowd attended the function, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Levy Orchestra At 2BH
Peter Yorke, former arranger for Louis Levy's Gaumont British Symphony Orchestra, leads his own combination in England and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Town Hall Dance
The Town Hall dance will be held as usual tomorrow night and will be broadcast by 2BH. Ray Mills' band will present bright…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Girls' Pipe Band Stirs London
THE EVENING QUIET of the City of London was enlivened recently by a girls' pipe band marching from St. Paul's Cathedral to the London Scottish Headquarters, Buckingham Gate. Air mail picture shows the girls marching down Ludgate Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Booking for A.b.c, Concert
Booking plans for the next A.B.C. celebrity artict concert open at Middletons on Friday at noon. The artist will be Malcuezynski, famed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Basket Ball
The basketball draw for tomorrow is as under:- Y.W.C.A. White v. Y.W.C.A. Blue, Mica Street, M. Gurry; Y.W.C.A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Church Dance Has Guard
London, September 4.—Because the last dance at St. Botolph's church hall in North Fleet, Kent, raised £25 but damage done by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robeson Concert Causes Riot; 35 Injured
New York, September 4.—Five people were admitted to hospital and 30 were treated for injuries contracted at a concert given by the Negro singer Paul Robeson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Barrier Miner Tuesday, September 6, 1949. Bat Needed with Ball Now
WINTER sports are fading away with the milder weather and will soon be one with last year's snow. Not that Broken Hill ever gets a sight of the pretty stuff; but its mention is soothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ugly Scenes At Robeson Concert Anti Communist Demonstrators
New York, September 5.—At least 56 people were injured, four of them seriously yesterday when anti-Communist demonstrators attacked cars and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Bert Johns Leaving City Loss to Local Amateur Theatre
When Mr. Bert Johns, producer of the Repertory Society leaves the city on September 14 to go to Western Australia, local amateur theatricals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Town Hall Dance
The flity-fifty dance will be held at the Town Hall tomorrow night and will be broadcast by 2BH. Special music will be presented by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Hall Dance
The popular Fifty Fifty Dance will be held at the Town Hall tonight and will be broadcast. A special bright program of music will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mass Killer Made Plans At Pictures
New York, September 8.— Howard Unruh, the 26-year-old ex-serviceman who ran amok in Camden, New Jersey, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trida C.W.A. Plain and Fancy Dress Ball
The Trida Branch of the Country Women's Association recently held its second Annual Ball in the Trida Sports Blue Hall, and the evening was an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man's Death After Dance
Melbourne.—Homicide detectives investigating the death of a man involved in a brawl at a Malvern dance on August 6 detained a man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Concert By English Duo
Fresh from a triumphal tour of U.S.A. and Canada. the English Dun, Viola Merris (soprano). and Victoria Anderson (contralto, will be singing in Broken Hill…
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