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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Why We Go to Pictures Experts' Analysis Of Tastes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 3

Dr. N . A. B. Wilson, vocational adviser to the National Institute of Industrial Psychology speaking in Manchester…

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Seen Behind the Screens Candid Comment Pictures That Are On The Way

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 3

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (Columbia). U.S. audiences, smiling in anticipation trooped into movie houses to see smart Director Frank Capra repeat his "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" in a Boy Scout uniform and a senator's ten-gallon hat. What they…

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Liberty Theatre

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 7

The holidays are over and one and all are settling down again but there is still entertainment to be enjoyed. To-night is bargain night at the…

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Local and General 7th Light Horse Dance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 2

A dance and social for the local members of the 7th Light Horse is to be held at Collins’ Building on Friday, January 19. Tickets are now…

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BOWNING Successful Ball—Electricity Failure— Snakes at Railway Station—About People

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 8

The ball held at Bowning on December 26, in connection with the Roman Catholic Church, proved to be the best effort held in the Advance…

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Boy Scouts Campfire Concert

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 4

On Wednesday night, December 20, Scoutmaster C. M. Murray supervised the staging of the Boy Scouts’ campfire concert held on the banks…

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Band Xmas. Stocking

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

The winner of the Young Town and District Band's huge Christmas stocking was the good judge who estimated the number of peas in the bottle as…

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Successful Cricket Dance

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

The dance in aid of Young Town Cricket club, which was held in the Town Hall on Saturday, December 23, proved a great success. Messrs. Ted…

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Band Recital

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

Owing to the cool weather the attendance at the recital given in Belmore Park last night by the A.L.H. Hand was smaller than usual…

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Liberty Theatre

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

This is a week of some very special attractions at the Liberty Theatre. On Tuesday and Wednesday is presented “A Girl Must Live”…

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Air Ventilation In Liberty Theatre

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

A few people have been asking why the Liberty talkie theatre was not cooler during the heat wave last week, but it is pointed out the…

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Anniversary Day Aquatic Sports and Dance at Hume Park

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. Charlie Robertson, of Hume Park, has made a very generous offer to run the big Anniversary Day aquatic sports at…

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Breadalbane Annual Dance For Ambulance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 1

BREADALBANE: The annual dance in aid, of the Goulburn District Ambulance was well attended, visitors coming from…

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[Seen Behind the Screens] Has Shirley Made Her Last Film? Mrs. Temple Not Pleased With Most Of the Pictures

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Unless the unexpected happens. Shirley Temple will retire from her lofty position as the No. 1 film actress of the world before the close of this year, writes T.W…

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Over Six Hundred at Community Concert 2Gn's Big Success

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 6

There can be no doubt concerning the popularity of the concerts introduced to Crookwell under the auspices of Station 2GN,…

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Farewell Dance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

A farewell dance, arranged by the 3rd Battalion, will be held in the Southern Cross Hall on Saturday evening. A first-class dance band has…

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Tennis Ball

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

The Tennis Ball held on New Year's night attracted a large crowd the door takings amounting to £75. Parker's Melody Masters from…

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Strand Theatre "The Rains Came" a Great Picture Tuesday, Wednesday And Thursday Next

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Hailed as one of the truly great motion pictures of all time, Darryl F. Zanuck's production of "The Rains Came," the sensationally successful…

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Light Horse Dance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 2

Readers are reminded that the dance and euchre party for the Light Horse troop (to provide comforts) will be held on Friday night. The…

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Cricket Ball Kills Boy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 5

Donald Finger, 10, of Kalbar (Q.) died after being stuck on the head by a cricket ball on Saturday. Finger who was the son of Pastor F. Finger…

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