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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

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Amusements. Palace Theatre and Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 8

War, its glamour and its realities, have been transplanted to the screen in ninny forms; the surge and thunder of battle have been depicted in…

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Shot in Head. Dance Hall Attendant Wounded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

Joseph Bragg, 24, a dance hall attendant, was admitted to Sydney Hospital early to-day with a bullet wound in the head…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

The screen has seen many war stories of late, but "The Enemy," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer current season attraction which is showing to-night…

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Memorial Theatre Nearly Quarter Million Raised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 8

The fund for the rebuilding of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon, which was destroyed by fire on March 6, 1926,…

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Mysterious Affray Man Shot Leaving a Dance Hall

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 3

A mysterious shooting affray occurred in George-street West early yesterday morning, as a result of which Joseph Bragg aged 24, of Erskineville, a dance…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

The outstanding success scored by Glenn Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller in the Universal production, "Painting the Town," resulted in the…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre and Prince Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

"The Leopard Lady," a big P.D.C. production for Pathe, is a great mystery picture of circus life, and will be shown to-morrow night at the…

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Cinderella Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

A Cinderella dance will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, East Maitland, to-morrow (Saturday) night. Novelty dances will be included in the…

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Burnie Band Contest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

The B. grade band contest at the Burnie (Tas.) carnival was won by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Band (Melbourne) with 180 points. Ballarat…

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Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

The wonderful scenic effects shown in the Universal production, "A Hero for a Night," to be screened at the Palace Theatre to-night, were…

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Pictures at the Strand

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 8

In "The Wheel of Chance," to be screened at the Strand Theatre tomorrow (Saturday) night, Richard Barthelmess cnacts a dual role, each one…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre and Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 2

"The Leopard Lady," with its hidden romance and heart throbs, which will be shown at the Palace and Prince's Pictures to-night, is an…

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Memorial' Theatre Nearly Quarter Million Raised

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 8

The fund for ,the rebuilding of shakespeare Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-Avon Which was destroyed by fire on March 6, 1926…

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Shot in Head. Dance Hall Attendant Wounded. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 16

Joseph Bragg, 24, a dance hall attendant, was admitted to Sydney Hospital early to-day with a bullet wound In the head…

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Dance at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 4

The weekly dance held in the Oddfellows' Hall, East Maitland, on Saturday night was a great success. There was a good attendance. The…

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Pictures at the Strand

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

A Paramount attraction with a great reputation, viz., "The Last Command," will be presented at the Strand Theatre to-night and to-morrow (Tuesday) night…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 4

Those who have read "The River Pirate," by Charles Francis Coe, which recently ran in the Saturday, Evening Post and which comes to the…

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Cafe Dance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

The cafe dance, held in the School of Arts on the evening of Boxing Day, in aid of the Country Women's Association and Deninan Memorial School…

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Palace and Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

"The intensely interesting and dramatic atmosphere that is bound up with life on a newspaper has been brought to the screen in the greatest…

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Amusements. Palace Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

"The River Pirate," Charles Francis Coe's sensational novel of modern buccaneers which ran serially in the "Saturday Evening…

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