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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

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Queen Did Not Dance

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Lovely young women in lovely frocks made the Royal ball at Government house tonight, arranged by…

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Square Dance Club Formed at Henty

The Observer · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

At a meeting held after the supper adjournment at the square dancing on Wednesday night, it was decided to form…

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Pictures Tropic Isle Is Setting for Fine Adventure Film

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

With "live" glass and solid furniture substituting for the customary rock candy and balsa wood movie combat breakage…

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Tonight’s Band Recital

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Albury City Band will give a recited in Dean Square tonight at 8 o’clock Programme; March “Meritorious;” selections, “Rose…

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Alma Fork concert and ceremonial

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

In a short ceremony at One Alma Park Hall on Saturday night, Cr. Alister Rom handed to the Alma Park and Oakdene…

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Walliston C. of E Ball

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

Conducted by the Walliston Church of England, the annual ball, held in the Walliston Hall on Friday, was successful both…

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Pictures Saga of a Famed Sailor

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

Surging from the pages of the celebrated C. S. Forester novel, "Captain Horatio Hornblower" turns to the screen in Warner…

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Ball Will Aid the Mercy Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 5

An Elizabethan ball, in aid of the Mercy Hospital, will be held in the Palais Royal on Friday, April 2, a public meeting last…

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Crowd Cheers Itself Hoarse As the Queen Arrives at Theatre

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—Nearly 15,000 people crammed every available space outside the Princess Theatre tonight, and cheered themselves hoarse as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived for the Command Performance of the “Tales of Hoffman” an opera…

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Ball Leader

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 2

Mrs Ken Hunter, who was elected president of the Mercy Hospital Elizabethan Ball Committee, at a public…

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Fancy Dress Ball

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

A fancy dress ball will be held by the Wodonga State School Mothers’ Club on April 30 to provide funds for the installation of a…

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Concert to Aid Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

A concert will be held in the Area Theatre, Bandiana, on Wednesday, March 31, for the Wodonga Hospital furnishing and…

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To the Editor Was Impressed with Our Band

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 8

Sir,—My husband and I ha just returned from a holiday in Albury. While there we heard the City Band on three occasions…

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Woman’s Fatal Collapse at Royal Ball

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Mrs Isabella Woodruff, the wife of Prof. H. A. Woodruff, collapsed at the Royal ball last night and died in…

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Border Brass Band

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

At the initiation of the Howlong Auxiliary the above Sand visited that centre on Sunday last…

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PICTURES "Dream Wife" A Lively Comedy

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

Sparkling with amusing dialogue, inventive characterizations and comedy antics, 'Dream Wife" brings Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr,…

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Theatre prices fixed in Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 28

MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Prices Commissioner, Mr.J. F. Waldon, announced today that he bad issued a prices regulation order…

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Elizabethan Ball to Aid Mercy Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 7

Keen interest is being taken in the Elizabethan ball, proceeds of which will aid the Mercy Hospital building fund, on April 2 in…

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Tonight’s Band Recital

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Albury City Band will play the following numbers in Dean Square, beginning at 8 o’clock this evening March, The Banner Of St.,…

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Lost ball quest leads to grim find

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE. Sun.: The search for a lost ball led to the discovery of a dead woman in a house in Derby street, Collingwood,…

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