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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1951

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The Theatres Palace Theatre

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

Concluding to-night at the Palace Theatre are the films “Comanche Territory,” scarring Maureen O’Hara, and Love Happy,”…

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Celebrity Concert Committee

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

The Australian Broadcasting Commission will present a series of four celebrity concerts in Maitland this year…

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The Theatres Palace Theatre

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 3

Commencing to-day for an extended season at the Palace Theatre is the technicolour musical, “Annie Get Your Gun.” This…

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The Theatres Palace Theatre

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Showing at the Palace Theatre [?] the technicolour musical, “Annie Get Your Gun,” a screen version of Irving Berlin’s…

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A.B.C. Military Band’s Fine Performance

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

The ABC Military Band made its first appearance in Maitland on Saturday night and presented an excellent entertainment, one…

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500 Attend Concert Visit of ABC Military. Band

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

About 600 people attended the concert given in the Regent Theatre last night by the ABC Military Band, under the…

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The Theatres Palace Theatre

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

Showing at the Palace Theatre in the technicolour musical, “ An[?] Get Your Gun.” In this screen version of Irving Berlin’s great…

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Younger Set Dance

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the C.W.A. Younger Set dance on Saturday night. Visitors came from a wide area to…

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The Theatres Palace Theatre

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

”Annie Get Tour Gun," Broadway’s famous hit which played to an audience of nearly two million spectators during Its three…

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Gresford C.W.A. Hold Jubilee Ball

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 8

At the first meeting of the year of the Gresford branch of the Country Women’s Association, it was decided to hold a jubilee ball…

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Gaol Term After Dance Hall Shooting ARMIDALE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

At Armidale Quarter Sessions judge P. T. Starkey, VC, sentenced Raymond John Davidson, storekeeper of Ben London to…

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Local and General News Euchre and Dance

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

Over 180 people attended the dance and euchre party conducted in the Whittingham Hall by the members of the Lower…

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The Ball At His Feet

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

WHEN Federal Parliament reassembles within a few weeks friends of the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and his party, will be disappointed if there is not more decisive action to deal with the obstructionist tactics of…

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To-day’s Leader: The Ball At His Feet Police Patrol Steelworks In Women’s Strike NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

Police are patrolling outside the BHP St[?]works and Ly[?]ght’s sheet metal works, where female employees are on strike…

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Chamber Orchestra To Accompany Ballet

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

A chamber orchestra of ten musicians, under Kurt Herweg, will accompany the Bodenwleser Ballet when it performs in the…

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R.s.l. Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

Over 100 young people attended the R.S.L. dance held in the James Theatre on Thursday night last. Approximately £14 was taken at…

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Regimental Ball

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

The Singleton branch of the C.W.A. Younger Set scored another outstanding success when they held a Regimental Ball…

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Jubilee Proposals for Maitland Procession, Sports, Ball

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

A procession through the city, followed by o sports meeting and a ball at night, is proposed for Wednesday, May 9, as part of Maitland’s contribution to the Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations this year…

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Happy Gang Revue Stage Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 1

The concluding function in the celebrations connected with the Annual Show at Bulahdelah was the Vaudeville Revue staged in the School of…

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East Maitland Dance

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 4

“A great success” was the verdict of those who organised the Friday night dance In aid of East Maitland Boy Scouts, In the East…

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