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New England · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1948

517 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 26

Dance at Rob Roy

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

A bus will leave the corner of Otho and Vivian streets at 8 o’clock for the dance at Rob Roy on Saturday next in aid of…

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Municipal Band Invited To Ballarat

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

Inverell Municipal Band has been invited to take part in an Australia-wide band contest at Ballarat,…

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Overseas Buyers at Ball Sales

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

The champion at this year's Show and sale of the Aberdorn Angus Cattle Society held recently at Perth. Many overseas buyers were present and a surprise was caused when the reserve champion "Enor of Derculich " was sold for 7,100 guineas,…

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Theatre Threatened Furniture Factory Gutted In £3,000 Inverell Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

Damage estimated at £3,000 was caused by fire which last night gutted the Inverell furniture factory of R. W. Johnst on Campbell Street, and threatened the adjacent Capital Theatre, interrupting its screening and sending theatre patrons into the streets…

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Golf Win for J. MAILFERT In Chief Event at Armidale Tournament P. Rae and Miss G. Fleming Shine in Mixed Four Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 16

Fine weather, the excellent condition of the course and a high standard of golf combined to make the Easter…

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Woolshed Dance

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

A woolshed dance in the evening was a fitting finale to the holiday outing. Mr. E. Ryan, who recently purchased "Willow Glen,"…

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Easter Dance Attracts Large Attendance

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 4

Carefree and gay, a large crowd imbued with the holiday spirit, danced until the early hours at the Easter ball on Monday. The…

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No Quorum! Boys' Band Meeting Lapses

The Uralla Times · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

A meeting of the committee of the Uralla Boys' Band called for last Thursday night lapsed for want of a quorum…

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Girls' Club Dance Attracts Large Attendance

The Uralla Times · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

Members of the Uralla Girls' Club conducted a very successful dance in the Oddfellows' Hall on Easter Monday night…

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Girls' Club Dance

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

Members of the Uralla Girls' Club conducted a very successful dance in the Oddfellows' Hall on Easter Monday night…

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Elsmore Hockey Dance

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

Les Wolfe’s orchestra will provide the music for the hockey dance at Elsmore on Saturday, April 10. A tasty home-made…

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Boys' Band Meeting Lapses

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Uralla Boys' Band called for last Thursday night lapsed for want of a quorum…

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Apex Cabaret Ball

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

Arrangements are well under way for the Apex cabaret ball, for which some unusual features are being prepared…

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Catering For Ball

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 1

The report that the RSL Women's Auxiliery catered for the Rodeo Ball was incorrect. The supper was provided by the…

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Memorial Hall Theatre. Next Friday & SATURDAY "Now Voyager"

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 3

In her latest picture, Warner Bros. "Now Voyager" Bette Davis has a new, glorious role that surpasses anything she has done before. She…

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Elsmore Hockey Dance

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

Les Woolfe’s orchestra will provide the music for the hockey dance at Elsmore on Saturday, April 10. A tasty home-made…

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Legion Dance To-night

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

The Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, will hold a dance in the Oddfellows' Hall tonight. Proceeds are for the Food for…

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Barter Theatre Born in Depression Days

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 11

Vlrginia's Barter Theatre at Abington, which grossed half a million dollars in 1947, started back in depression days on 10 dollars capital…

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Football Dance

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

In the Kentucky South Diggers' Hall on Friday last a large crowd attended a dance organised by C. J. Burton and B. Phillips on behalf…

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50-50 Dance

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 5

The Uralla branch of the M.U.I.O.O.F. will conduct a 50/50 dance in the Oddfellows' Hall next Saturday night. Tet Fong's…

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