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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1918

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

The largest indoor audience ever seen in Goulburn assembled at the Empire Theatre on Thursday evening. Though the new enlargement of the downstairs portion of the hall was…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

Two splendid star films at the Lyric Theatre on Thursday night drew a crowded house. The Famous Players Co. presented the favourite emotional actress, Pauline Frederick, in…

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Card Party and Dance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

A successful card( party and dance were held Thursday night in St. Patrick's Hall, in aid of the bazaar fund, under the management of Miss K. Bourke. About 80 couples indulged…

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Immodest Ball Dresses. Debutantes the Worst Offenders

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

"I never beheld such an exhibition of bare flesh!" That was how someone described the big ball held recently in Sydney in aid of some comforts fund or other, writes the contributor…

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United Imperial Concert Company

The Yass Courier · Monday 20 May 1918 · page 3

On Saturday night, in the Mechanics' Hall, an excellent concert was provided by the above Company which consists of returned soldiers and sailors. There was…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

The celebrated picture, "Womanhood," attracted a good house to tile Empire on Monday evening, despite the cold. The film is undoubtedly a triumph in spectacular…

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Card Party and Dance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

A card party and dance will be held by the Goulburn Highland Society and Burns Club in the showground pavilion this (Tuesday) evening. Mr. W. Jewell will provide the music…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 2

"The Devil's Needle." a Triangle super-feature, starring the ever-popular Norma Talmadge. is the attraction for to-night and the week-end. Patrons are due for one of the finest dramatic…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 2

To-night Jack Pickford and Louise Huff, the co-stars of international fame, will be seen in "Seventeen," an adaptation of booth Tarkington's celebrated novel. This picture is…

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Card Party and Dance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 2

A reminder is given of the card party and dance to be held at St. Patrick's Hall to-night in aid of the School funds. Mr. W. Jewell will provide the dance music…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

"The Devil's Needle," the Triangle drama shown at the Empire on Thursday evening, exploits the drug evil, but there is nothing in the slightest degree gruesome about it. As the…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

The screen adaptation of Booth Tarkington's charming novel. "Seventeen," was the chief feature at the Lyric on Thursday evening, and patrons who can appreciate good clean…

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Proposed Band Contest in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

There is every prospect of a successful band contest being held in Goulburn. An influential committee of citizens has been formed, and the date of the competitions will shortly…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 2

There was a good house at the Empire on Monday evening, when the first picture of Madame Olga Petrova's own company was presented. It is entitled "A Daughter of Destiny,"…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 2

An excellent house keenly appreciated a most enjoyable programme presented at the Lyric on Monday night. Billie Burke in "The Mysterious Miss Terry" acted with the vivacious…

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Scotch Hospital Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 2

A musical treat is in store for patrons of the concert to be given at the Majestic Theatre on June 3 (King's birthday), under he auspices of the Highland Society and Burns…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 2

"Come Through," the feature for to-night and the week-end, is announced as one of the best dramatic entertainments of the season, and is correctly described. "Come Through" is a…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 2

To-night the management have something that will long remain in the memories of those who attend, as Mary Pickford will be seen in "The Little American," the…

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Lyric Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 2

"The Little American" was shown to a packed house at the Lyric on Thursday evening. This is the picture that the Germans in America vainly sought to have suppressed. No…

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Empire Theatre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 2

"Come Through," the star feature at the Empire this week-end, has a plot that is distinctly novel in conception, and the seven reels of the drama are so replete with tense situations that…

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