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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1952

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Ye Old Style Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 5

An enjoyable night of old style dancing will be presented at the Druids Hall tonight. The floor is in excellent condition. Ray Mills's…

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"Worm's Eye View" Is A Theatre Freak

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 1

Nothing in the rules and history of show business can offer any reason why the play "Worm's Eye View" should have succeeded. But…

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Druids Dance

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 3

Ken Pugh's band will supply music for a 50-50 programme of dancer at the Druids' Hall tomorrow…

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Convent Ball-Tonight

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 3

The Annual Convent Ball will be held, at the Palais tonight Dancing will commence at 8 p.m. and conclude at 2 a.m. A special…

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Convent Ball

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 8

More than 1,000 dancers attended the annual Convent Ball—the first tor tho season—at the Palais last…

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1,000 Dancers at Convent Ball

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 1

Gay streamers and long troughs of brilliant blooms decorated the Palais last night for the first Ball of the 1952 season, which was the…

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Cameron Pipe Band Planned

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 6

Good progress is being made in the reforming of the Broken Hill Cameron Pipe…

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30 Debutantes at Bright Convent Ball

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 9

At the Convent ball on Tuesday night, 30 girls, frocked in traditional white, made their debut in a ceremony, which looked like a scene from "Les Sylphides." The colorful frocking of dancers and spectators, multicolored lights and streamers, and massed chrysanthemums made a brilliant…

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Debutante Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 May 1952 · page 4

A special debutante dance be held at the Mica Street at 8 o'clock on Monday is Guests of honor will be this…

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Concert For Old Folk

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 5

A choral party from the Methodist Church at Nicholls Street visited the Old Folk's Home on…

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Mid-Week Dance

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 6

A bright 50-50 programme of dancing will be presented at the Druids Hall tomorrow night. The non stop…

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C.e. Ball Debs

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

Debutantes, and their partners, at this year's Church of England Ball to be held at the Palais on…

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Mid Week Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 4

A bright 50-50 program of dancing will be presented at the Druids Hall tonight. The non-stop dance will be held…

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Large Crowd at Convent Ball, [?] Debs Presented

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

At the Convent Ball, which was held in the Palais on Tuesday night, 30 girls, dressed in bouffant skirted frocks of filmy "wedding-cake" white made their debut before a large crowd of dancers and spectators. Each…

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Wife of Theatre Chief Killed in Car Crash

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

Adelaide.—Mrs. Elva Waterman (40), of Burnside Road, Kensington Park, was killed, in the early hours of this morning when her car overturned on Hallett's Cove Road…

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Mass Desertion Of Guerilla Band; Turned In Arms

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 7

Singapore, Thursday.—The first mass desertion of a whole guerilla unit since the beginning of the Malayan emergency was officially disclosed tonight. Thirteen disillusioned…

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It's a Pose for a Dance

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 4

NOT A BACK-BENDING exercise but only Algerian dancer Sarnia Hakim, 21, in pose for a dance. She…

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Bbc Prices Paid for Pictures at Sale in Paris

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 9

Paris, Friday—A Cezanne still life, "Apples and Biscuits," brought £33,000 in what was described as the most important art sale in the world in Paris yesterday…

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Philharmonic Concert

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 6

To give Broken Hill the host musical talent available the Philharmonic Society, will present a well-balanced…

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Druids Dance

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 8

The popular mid-week dance at the Druids' Hall will be held tomorrow night instead of Wednesday this…

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