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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1916

567 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 15 of 29

Marengo. Ball

Young Witness · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The effort in aid of the local Returned Wounded Soldiers fund was very successfully launched on Friday night last, when the first appeal…

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Town Band. Ninth Annual Meeting

Young Witness · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The annual meeting of subscribers to the Young Town Band was held in the Town Hall fast evening The President (Mr. T. A. Tester)…

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Band Performance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

To-morrow afternoon, under the baton of Mr. J. Cody, the City Band will render a programme of music. The items are well selected…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

"Martha's Vindication," at the Empire on Thursday evening, has all the elements of a good picture. The plot is reasonable and interesting, tense situations occur, the comedy is…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Lyric on Thursday evening on the occasion of the benefit for the McDougal Fund, and a splendid programme was presented. "Out of Darkness,"…

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Band Performance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 4

The City Band under Bandmaster Cody rendered a fine musical programme in the Botanic Gardens on Sunday. The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance was a very…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

There was a very good attendance at the Empire on Monday evening, when "Love's Cross Road," an Equitable production, was the headliner. It is a story of mystery, crime, and the…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

The Lyric Theatre was well patronised on Monday evening. "The Commanding Officer," the Famous Players' contribution to the programme, was somewhat on the lines of…

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Ball at Thuddungra

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

The tickets for the annual, grand ball under the auspices of the Thuddungra F. and S. Association, are now in. circuiation. The event will be held…

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A Suggestion From the City Band

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

At a committee meeting of the above band on Saturday night the question arose as to the best means for the band to assist the local war funds. The following resolution was passed…

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The Death Dance. Affrights the Germans. Angel of Destruction, the Allies Offensive. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

The serious view that is being taken by the Germans of the Allied offensive in the west is revealed in a Berlin journal, received at Rotterdam…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

Double attractions are announced for to-night and the rest of the week. The famous Broadway feature, "To Cherish and Protect," is a three-feel story of tense action, pathos, and…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

The star for to-night will be "The Explorer," founded on William Somerset Maugham's book of the same name. The production is full of incident, and should be most picturesque. The…

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Suggestion from the City Band A.L.H. Band Agreeable. (To the Editor.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in the E.P.P. of yesterday a resolution from the City Band to the following effect:—"That the two local bands (A.L.H. and City) meet in friendly competition (quick step…

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"The Birth of a Nation" (Lyric Theatre)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

It is rarely that a picture brings people back several times to see it, but "The Birth of a Nation" succeeded in doing so in Sydney. It is a mistake to imagine that the big picture…

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Lyceum Pictures

Young Witness · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

Another good house was present at he Lyceum hall on Wednesday to see the pictures screened which all seemed to enjoy. The manager promises some…

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Masonic Ball

Young Witness · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

The annual Masonic Ball under the ausplces of the Burrangong Lodge, St. John, took place in the Town Hall on Wednesday night. The function, we…

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Peerless Pictures. Enterprise Which Deserves Encouragement

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

The enterprise of the proprietors of the Peerless Pictures in giving the residents of Burrow a a tip-top weekly entertainment deserves the fullest…

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An Interrupted Concert. the Shell and the Gramophone

Young Witness · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 3

A rather grisly story is told by Pte. W. R. Coleman, juar., of Sydney, of the sudden break up of a little party "somewhere in France' shortly after…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

There was a good house at the Empire on Thursday evening, when Triangle productions wore the main attractions. The drama was "The Edge of the Abyss," in which Miss Mary…

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