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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1931

1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 62

Junior Tech. School Dance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 3

A dance in aid of the Junior Technical sports fund has been arranged by Messrs. F. Higgins and P. C. Reid, on behalf of the staff of the school…

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Tighe's Hill Silver Band and Songsters

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 5

On Saturday the band arrived in time for the opening of the "Silver Horseshoe Wisteria Fete," opened by Mr, J. A. Jones. The weather was…

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Hospital Race Meeting and Ball

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 4

Everything points to the Cessnock Hospital Race Meeting and Ball, on Monday, October 12, proving wonderfully successful. The president of…

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Attraction Extraordinary Gladys Moncrieff at Empire Theatre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 5

One of the greatest attractions ever offered to the theatre going public of Cessnock will be presented at the Empire Picture Theatre next…

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The Hospital Ball Gay Throng of Dancers Pretty Frocks and Shawls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 4

The radiantly happy faces of the dancers testified to the gratifying success of the Hospital Ball which was held in the Catholic Hall last night. The ball was a financial as well as a social success…

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Mannequin Parade Novel Event Attracts Capacity House. Big Night at Regent Theatre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 1

Cessnock was treated to a novel entertainment at the Regent Theatre on Wednesday night, when a mannequin parade was staged under the…

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Male Voice Concert Programme AT E. MAITLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 4

The Maitland Male Voice Party, under the conductorship of Mr. J. Price Hicks, presented a very fine musical…

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Birthday Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 4

On the [?] of her birthday the friends of Miss Eva Adams, [?] her a dance in St. Paul's Sunday School Hall…

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Amusements the Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 4

No better or more fascinating mystery could possibly be imagined than "The Speekled Band," the big Sherlock Holmes' triumph, written…

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Hoodlums at Dance Constable Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 3

Constable Vincent Harner, of Paddington, was the victim of a cowardly assault by hoodlums at a hall in Clovelly late on Saturday…

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Caledonian Dance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 2

The above society held a successful dance and euchre party on Saturday last in the Masonic Hall in aid of the hospital. In the absence of Chieftain…

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Technical School Dance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 5

On Saturday night last the Technical School dance was held in the Technical College, South Cessnock In spite of the fact that the…

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Amusements the Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 4

"The most commendable and beautiful achievement in the history of motion picture production." This is what noted English critic said…

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Aberdeen Footballers' Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 3
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The ball held by the Football Club in the Memorial Hall last Thursday night drew an attendance of 40 couples and was an enjoyable wind-up function…

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Yarrawahall Opening. Grand Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 1

The new hall at Yarrawa was opened by a grand ball on Wednesday, night last. Early in the evening dancers arrived from all the surrounding…

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EUCHRE-DANCE E.M. Queen Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 4

The euchre party and dance, or ganlsed in aid of Miss E. Cooper's popular queen candidature. was responsible for an enthusiastic and…

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Miss Gladys Moncrieff at Empire Theatre This Week

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 5

The announcement, that Miss Gladys Moncrieff, Australia's "Queen of Song" is to appear at the Empire Picture Theatre to morrow…

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A Good House Community Concert AT E. MAITLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 4

The East Maitland Community Singing Concert in the Mechanics [?] last night attracted a good house as usual,…

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Country Women's Association Dance of the Mad Hatters

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 2

"There was a sound of revelry by night" when over 150 guests accepted the invitation of the Younger Set of the Singleton branch of the C.W.A. to a…

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