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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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Olympic Basket Ball Games

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

LONDON (Associated Press). —Basketball, little-played sport in England, furnished the Olympic Organising Committee a…

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James Theatre

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

Showing at the James this Tuesday night is Republic's "The Northerner," featuring John Wayne and Vera Ralston with Walter Brennan, Ward…

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Show Week Attractions Jazz and Old-time Dance Carnivals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 1

The local sub-branch of the R.S.L., the successful applicants for the School of Arts during Show week, have arranged to conduct jazz and…

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A.l.p. Concerted About Strikes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 3

A deputation from the State A.L.P. Executive will leave Sydney for Canberra to-day to discuss industrial unrest with the Prime Minister…

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St. Patrick's Day Concert. Talented Pupils Give Splendid Performance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

Talented children trained by the Sisters of Mercy (Muswellbrook) and St. Joseph (Aberdeen) contributed successfully to the well-balanced…

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Dance At Camberwell

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 2

Visitors were present from many surrounding centres and Singleton for the dance at Camberwell on Friday last…

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Pokolbin To Hold Vintage Ball

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 4

POKOLBIN: The first meeting for 1947 of the Pokolbin Progress Association was held in the local hall. It was decided to bold a…

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Battle Dance Staged for Royal Party

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

CAPETOWN March 26— Crouching behind hide-covered shield and swaying in union to their own chanting mingled with…

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Cessnock Band

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 5

The President and Secretary of the Cessnock Town Band are canvassing the various worK-shops of…

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Football Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

To-night (Thursday) a dance will be held in the James Theatre in aid of the Football Club. A good attendance is hoped for…

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Ball Committee Meets

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 4

At the R.S.L. hospital Ball committee meeting last night further arrangements were made for the storing of the combined ball, which will…

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Band Leader With Many Miles Behind Him

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

Shear-Smith Theatrical Enterprises are now presenting English bandleader Earl Leslie on a New South Wales tour. Earl Leslie arrived in…

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Euchre And Dance At Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 3

BRANXTON: There was a large attendance at the monthly, euchre and dance conducted by St. John’s Women’s Guild. Mr…

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Drive to Save Alcoholics Concerted Effort in America

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK (Associated Press): Five national organisations and six, states are at work in America’s greatest concerted…

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Orchestra Leaves For Australia

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, March '31. — The Boyd .Neal orchestra of 18 performers, formers with insu8r[?] left London for Australia yesterday…

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Representation in Japan Macmahon Ball To Head Mission

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

TOKIO, March 31.—The Australian Ian Government’s request for the establishment of an Australian diplomatic mission in Japan…

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James Theatre

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

Showing at the James Theatre to-night (Tuesday), R.K.O. Radio presents "A Game of Death," starring John Loder, Audrey Long and Russell…

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Cracksmen Blow Safe At Theatre

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Cracksmen who “blew” a wall safe in the office of the Vogue Theatre, Double Bay, early to-day are…

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Old Sydneians Ball Revived

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— For the first time since 1939 the annual ball of the Old Sydneians Union was held at the Trocadero…

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Broke P. & C. Ball

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

The Broke P. and C. Association's Ball was an outstanding success. Visitors from Wollombi, Bulga, Singleton, as well as the local populace,…

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