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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Joyster Club Dance Floor Crowded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

Dancers made the most of the opportunity of the coolest night for some time last Saturday night and attended the Joyster Club's dance in the East Maitland…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

"Life Begins in College," Twentieth Century-Fox musical film starring the comedy-mad Ritz rothers and featuring Joan Davis, Tony Martin and Gloria…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

To-night at the Palace Theatre "Over The Goal," which features William Hopper and June Travis, will be screened. The supporting film will be…

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Civic Ball Anniversary Week Ladies Meet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 7

At a meeting held in the West Maitland Town Hall last night and presided over by the Mayoress (Mr. A. S. McDonald) preliminary arrangements…

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Denman News Successful Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

The programme presented by Miss Joyce Day and her troupe of juveniles at a concert on Wednesday evening, was very popular. The show was…

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Joyster Club Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

The Joyster Club will conduct a dance in the Literary Institute, East Maitland to-night. Passfield's orchestra has been engaged…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

Kipling's colourful characters live adventurously and courageously on adventure's last frontier in Twentieth Century-Fox picturisation of his…

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Here and There in the Realm of Fashion Beauty Hints Fashions People, Parties and Places of Interest A Mayfair Notebook Family Parties in Country Homes—Pictures in Ermine and Chinchilla—Fashions of the Season. LONDON, Dec. 24, 1937

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

FAMILY parties are the order of the day. Over the Christmas and New Year holidays, England's…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Marking the beginning of a new phase in Shirley Temple's screen career, "Wee Willie Winkie," the famous Rudyard Kipling story of India…

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Clever Show Community Concert Morpeth Function

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

Introduced by the new management of the Astor Theatre, Morpeth, a community singing concert, the first of a weekly series, was an outstanding…

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Annual Ball

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

Resolved, on the [?]tion of Messrs. Harder and Nic[?]son, that the Hospital and Ambulance people be again asked to make arrangements for the…

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British Pictures Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

The second preliminary event of the programme of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, the Royal Photographic Society's exhibition, has been opened…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

To-night for the last time Shirley Temples' latest film, "Wee Willie Winkie," will be shown at the Palace Theatre. The supporting picture will…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

"The New Adventures of Tarzan," which will be screened at both Palace and Prince's Theatres to-night, combines all the thrills of action of…

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10 Injured in Theatre Accident Collapse of Landing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

About 10 people were injured on Monday night when a landing near the fire escape collapsed at the Stanmore Theatre in Stanmore-road,…

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Wallarobba Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

Partridge's orchestra has been engaged for the fortnightly dance to be held in the Wallarobba Hall on Saturday night next. There will be…

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Central Theatre

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

Colourful, romantic drama, —"Wings Over Honolulu" together wiah an entertaining mystery comedy drama — "Mad Holiday" is set down for screening…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

To-night for the last time at the Palace Theatre "The New Adventures of Tarzan" will be screened. The supporting picture will he "Smash and…

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Bullahdelah Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

The opening ball of the season will be held at Bullahdelah on Friday, 11th Feb., in aid of R.C. Church funds. Renwick's orchestra has been…

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Cole's Staff Dance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Next Tuesday night Cole's First Staff Dance will be held in the Memorial Hall. [?]ghan's orchestra will supply…

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