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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

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Red Cross Younger Set Dance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

Arrangements are now well in hand for the fifth annual dance of the Red Cross Younger Set, which will take place in the…

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Dance in Aid of Air Ace

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

LARGS Friday.—A pleasant evening was spent by those who attended the dance in Largs School of Arts to assist the…

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Hospital’s Urgent Need Operating Theatre and Passenger Lift

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

The need for new operating theatres and the installation of a passenger lift was brought beferore the directors of the…

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Crowning Point of Endeavours Outstanding Success of Co-operative Ball £260 Raised for Dangar Cottage Hospital

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

Weeks of hard work and earnest endeavour reached its culmination on Wednesday night last with the…

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Acf Dance

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 2

BRANXTON, Sat—There was a good attendance at the weekly dance conducted by the Branxton branch of the ACF. Devers’…

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Children of Mary Dance

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 2

BRANXTON, Sat.—A dance and euchre, conducted in the School of Arts by the Children, of Mary of St. Brlgd[?] RC…

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Catholic Ball At Gresford

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 3

GRESFORD, Monday.—At a meeting of the parishioners at St. Helen’s Church, it was decided to hold the annual Catholic…

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Kiss After "Dance Girl's Father Summoned by Young Man

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 1

A young man who was caught kissing a 15-year-old girl by her father was told at Lowestoft (Eng.): "You asked for trouble…

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War Pictures

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 4

Under the direction of a Chinese soldier, Chinese workmen pull a large roller with a rope harness to level off a runway at an airfield operated by the 14th U.S. Army Air Force in China. BRITISH GUN SIN THE MAKING: Picture shows a…

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Red Cross Ball

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 1

The Red Cross ball, held in the Municipal Hall, Scone, on Thursday night last, netted a profit of approximately £63, which will go…

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Recreation Dance At Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

BRANXTON.—About 70 attended the recreation night held in the Parish Hall. Mr. McLoughlin was in charge of the…

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Pictures From the World at War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

Heavy clouds of smoke almost obscure the Japanese bass on Yap Island in the Western Car[?]lines of the Central Pacific after an attack by carr[?]based planes of a powerful U.S. Navy Task Force…

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Denman Red Cross Air Race Ball

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

DENMAN: About 200 dancers attended the Red Cross Air Race ball in the Memorial Hall. Pilots are Flight-Lieut. P. Ward, DFC,…

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James Theatre Spectacular Film in Technicolor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

Filmed entirely in Technicolor during the most hazardous and arduous location trip ever attempted by a motion picture company, "Northwest…

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Denman news. Red Cross Air Race Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

About 200 dancers attended the bull, held in the Memorial Hall on Thursday night, and sponsored by members of the Denman Red Cross for the local…

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Red Cross Day. Street Stalls and Dance. Good Results at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 1

Bed Cross Day in Muswellbrook (Friday lust) brought in about £340, with further amounts to come in…

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Military Ball. For Red Cross and Comforts Fund. THURSDAY, 29th JUNE, 1944

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 1

A military ball is being organised by 8th. A list. Base Orel. Depot in aid of the Muswellbrook branch of the Red Cross Society and…

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Merrymakers’ Opening Dance

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 6

The Merrymakers’ opening dance held at Paterson was an outstanding success. Visitors were present from surrounding…

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Red Cross Ball at Scone

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 6

SCONE Wed—The Red Cross Ball, held in Scone, netted approximately £63, which will go towards the plane entered by…

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Pictures From the World at War

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 4

U.S. troops leap onto the beach of Eniwetok Atoll from amphibious [?]mored vehicles during the five-day campaign in which American forces seized the Japanese fortress in the Marshall Islands of the Central Pacific. U.S. Marines and soldiers captured…

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