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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Newcastle Band Contest Special Arrangements for Coalfields

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 1

The 150th Anniversary Celebrations have certainly been the means of causing a revival in band matters for the contest for…

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Band Instruments for Australian Forces 18 Months' Work

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 1

Band instruments for Australia's new defence forces will keep a London firm busy for the next 18 months. The placing of this…

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Band Contests Gympie Wins "D" Grade Standard of Play Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 5

Gympie Citizens Band won the D grade contest of the Australian championship band contests which were began last night at the Sydney Sports ground. Rain…

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Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

The Tourist League is forming a committee to arrange a concert with local talent to provide the league with funds. A few years ago Tea Gardens…

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Marjory Richardson Concert Pianiste and Accompaniste

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 5

Miss Marjory Richardson, has recently concluded her. musical studies with Mr. Carl Sauer (A. Mus. London Dip. Arts, London), in Sidney,…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 2

Right on the heels of his sensational hit, "A Star Is Born," David O. Selznick has ushered in another magnificent piece of entertainment. The…

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Wollongong Wins C Grade Band Contest SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 6

The winners of the C grade band contest In the Australian band championships at the Sydney Sports Ground last night, Wollongong Steel Works,…

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MUSWELLBROOK Success of the Band Sydney Contests Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 2

Expressions of satisfaction were general in Muswellbrook yesterday as a result of the success achieved by the Muswellbrook Band in the…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

Right on the heels of his sensational hit, "A Star is Born," David O. Selznick has ushered in another magnificent piece of entertainment. The picture is "The…

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Band Contest Championship March SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

The marching championship of Australia at Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night was won by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Band (Vic)…

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Band Contest Local Participants SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

With Mr. A. Williams of Singleton as drum-major, Waratah Municipal Band, was awarded third place in the Australian Band Championship at the…

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Struck by Ball Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

William Thompson, 19, of David-street, Cessnock, was struck by the ball while playing cricket on East End Oval yesterday, and had his nose broken…

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Nett Profit of £162/8/0 on Rodeo and Dance

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 2

Rev. Father M. Carlton, president of the rodeo committee, speaking at the 7 o'clock Mass at St. Patrick's Church yesterday, thanked the…

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Dance Studios

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Miss Jessie Brownlie notifies her pupils that she will be re-opening her studio in Hampton's Hall on February 13th next Miss Brownlie will…

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"B" Grade Band Championship

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

The New South Wales Government Railways Institute Band won the "B" grade championship of Australia last night…

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Band Contest. March Championship

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade Band (Vic.), on Sunday won the marching championship of Australia at the Sydney Sports Ground, when Australian…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

To-night for the "last time at the Palace Theatre "The Prisoner of Zenda," starring Ronald Colman, Madeline Carroll and Douglas…

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The Theatre Australia's Opportunities Broadway's Chance New York, January 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

Immense profits await Broadway producers in Australia, writes Mr. Warren V. Munsell, junior, a member of the American Theatre Guild, in a…

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Band Championships B Grade Winner

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

The New South Wales Government Railways Institute Band won the B grade championship of Australia on Monday night with 35 points. The…

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The Theatres To-night's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

Mariene Dietrich and Robert Donat are co-starred in "Knight Without Armour," Alexander Korda's thrilling filming of the famous love story from…

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