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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Teachers' Dance at the Cocoanut Grove

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 5

In the charming surroundings of the Cocoanut Grove the Teachers' Club held another of its very happy dances last night. The Grove was gay with cocoanut palms, and attractively veiled lighting. The vividly painted tables that surrounded the room gave the cabaset effect…

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Ban Lifted Brisbane Children May See Pictures Was Paralysis Precaution Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 14

The ban on children in Brisbane attending picture theatres and other places of amusement owing to the infantile paralysis epidemic has been lifted…

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Muswellbrook Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 3

The committee of the recent Catholic boll and functions In connection with It, held at Muswellbrook, has presented Rev. Father Flanagan with a…

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New Maitland Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 22

The distinctive, modern front of the Savoy Theatre, seating 750 persona, to be opened next week at West Maitland…

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Annual Dance Broughton Old Boys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 14

A bright feature of an enjoyable evening was a series of three-minute sketches presented by old boys of Broughton School at the eighth annual dance held by the…

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The Theatres To-day's Pictures Previewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 3

Films both grave and gay will be shown to-day at Newcastle and suburban theatres. There will be comedies, including one with a touch of drama and a musical background ground, but dramas and melodramas have their place…

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Broughton School Dance Old Boys' Gala Week-end

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 3

This week-end is Broughton School Old Boys" Union Gala lime. The first headmaster. Rev. B. C. Wilson, and old…

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New Theatre Completed at Maitland Modern Fittings and Decorations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 22

The illustration on this page is that of the new theatre to be opened next week at West Maitland. It has been named the Maitland Theatre, and will seat upwards…

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Drive on Jews Nazi Campaign Intensified Hundreds Arrested Theatre Ban is Latest Move (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 11

Hundreds of Jews were arrested during the night in Berlin, coinciding with the intensification of the anti-Jewish measures…

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Ex-students' Dance Old Novocastrians Entertain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 3

The Masonic Hall, Wolfe-street, was the setting on Saturday night for a happy dance, the first of the season, arranged by the Novocastrians' Ex-students'…

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Trinity of Plays New Theatre League Art As a Weapon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 6

A trinity of plays, "Private Hicks," by Albert Maltz, "Bring Me My Bow" by Muriel Box, and "Waiting for Letty" by Clifford Odets, was presented by the…

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JOE E. Brown's Latest Good Farce At The Theatre Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 4

No one but Joe E. Brown could [?]osslbly have the leading vole in a film with the title "Wide Open "Faces." Tills melodramatic farce from…

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Further Success for Deanna "Mad About Music" At Strand. Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 4

As well as being Dentine Durbln's most enjoyable film, and one which should assure her future on the screen. "Mad About Music." at the…

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Supper Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 3

THE recently formed Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Union will hold its first annual supper dance on August 23 at the City Hall Supper Room. Colonel…

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St. Paul's Ball at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 11

The annual ball of St. Paul's Church of England, Stockton, was held in the Masonic Hall last night. Flags, Palms, and greenery decorated the hall. The supper…

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Topics For Women Hamilton Catholic Ball Debutantes Presented To Mayoress

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 3

Debutantes at the Hamilton Catholic Ball last night were little affected by the intense cold. Even in the dressing room they could not be induced to wear coats lest their frocks be crushed. The dainty flower-girls in flimsy frocks clasped their…

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Woman's Realm Gay Floral Setting Hamilton Catholic Ball in City Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 11

The Mayoress of Greater Newcastle (Mrs. Arthur Griffiths) received nine debutantes in an attractive floral setting at the Hamilton Catholic 14th annual ball, held in the City Hall last night…

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Bright Tighe's Hill Tennis Dance Prize For "Belle Of The Ball"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 4

Black and while, always a smart combination, attracted the judges last night at the Tighe's Hill Catholic Tennis Club Annual Ball at the Rosedale Hall. They awarded the prize for the Belle of the Ball to Mrs. R. S. Scott, who carried a…

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Ex-students' Dance For Hospital Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 13

There was a note of gaiety about a dance held in Tyrrell Hall last night by the Newcastle Business College Ex-Students' Union. The Newcastle Hospital…

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Annual Ball St. Patricks's Tennis Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 13

Coloured lights and gay streamers gave vivid touches of colour to Rosedale Hall last light for the sixth annual ball of St. Patrick's Tennis Club…

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