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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

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Anzac Eve Dance

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 2

The Kiama branch of the Red Cross Society are holding a Cabaret Dance on the eve of Anzac Day, and a portion of the proceeds, it is hoped, will meet…

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Kurri Band Case

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 9

At the Southern District Miners' Management Board meeting, on Wednesday members spoke strongly on the sentence of two months' imprisonment…

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Kurri Band Prosecutions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 21

When the case of the Kurri Kurri Band was called on, Mr. Duncan, for Wollongong Council, said the offer to withdraw the other cases on…

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New Dance Was Popular. the Crepe Sole Creep

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 4

At the farewell banquet tendered to Mr. J. Glass, son of the originator of the Barnet Glass Tyre, recently, Sydney received an introduction to…

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Concert at Woonona Presbyterian Kindergarten

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 14

With the object of raising funds for the purchase of furniture to equip the kindergarten section of the Sunday School, in connection with the…

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Corrimal Band

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 7

At the Princess Theatre, Corrimal, last week, the annual meeting of the Corrimal Citizens' Band was held with Mr. J. Allen in the chair. The…

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Old Time Dance Broadcast

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 1

The relay of 3LO Melbourne Old Time Dance night by the Sydney Stations on Monday night last was a great success, and enthusiasts are anxiously…

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Gerringong. Footballers' Ball

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 2

The ball held by the Gerringong Football Club on Wednesday of last week in the School of Arts, was a great success, and the Accident Fund…

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Anzac Eve Dance

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 2

A dance to raise the promised quota from Kiama for the Red Cross Soldiers' Hospital and any funds over to be given to the Kiama District Hospital,…

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Dance Championship

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 10

At the Wollongong Diggers' dance on Saturday last Miss Valerie Nuttall and Mr. Greg Fox won the first heat of the South Coast amateur dancing…

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Australia's National Orchestra of Forty Musicians, conducted by Horace Sheldon, to be broadcast

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 9

The need for an All-Australian National Orchestra capable of presenting the finest works of the great masters of music has been for a long…

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Another Brass Band. to Be Formed at Pt. Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 16

Progress is being made with the formation of a Boy Scouts' Brass Band at Port Kembla. It is stated that band instruments have been obtained from…

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Angels of Mons. Pictures on Clouds. German Official's Version

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 13

The British troops really saw in 1914 what they called the Angels of Mons, if a story by a former member of the Imperial German Intelligence…

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Footballers' Ball

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 3

The annual ball of the Jamberoo Shamrock Football Club, held on Wednesday night, attracted a large attendance to the popular rendezvous. As…

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Ambulance Ball

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 2

The Kiama Ambulance committee were unlucky in striking such a wet night as last Friday for their annual ball, but there was a comparatively…

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Ball Postponed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 18

The Committee has asked us to bring the fact prominently before the public that, in view of conditions prevailing at present, the big Ball…

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Old Time Dance

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 19

Wollongong Ladies' Bowling Club held a very successful old time dance in the Agricultural Hall, Wollongong, on Wednesday night, 7th instant, when…

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Scout & Guide Dance at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 19

The fortnightly dance, in aid of the Scout and Guide Hall, held on Thursday evening (1st inst.) was again highly successful, a good profit being…

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Kit Kat Klub Grand Carnival Dance Large Attendance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 9

The Friendly Societies' Hall, Bulli [?]as taxed to its utmost capacity [?]ast Tuesday evening, when the Kit Kat Klub held its usual fortnightly…

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Band Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 2

The concert organised by the members of the Kiama Municipal Silver Band had an attendance on Tuesday evening not worthy of its excellence,…

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