Carpeting of Theatre Deferred
Because of the war situation, Greater Newcastle Council last night deferred for 12 months the question of recarpeting the dress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1942
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New Pictures of Singapore Air Raids
This series pictures was taken a few days before the Japanese landed on the island of Singapore. They show the damage then done by Japanese bombings. Above: A smoke haze over Singapore after a Japanese air said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Bidding at War Concert
LONDON, Thursday (Our Special Representative): Australians Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott took part in one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Younger Set Dance
Members of the Australian Comforts Fend Younger Set held a dance at the City Hall on Saturday night in support of the Younger Set's candidate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Band Recital at Beach
Newcastle City Pipe Band gave a recital at Newcastle Beach yesterday afternoon. The Dram Major was Mr. F. Harmer and the Pipe Major Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theatre "Mystery" Man's Death
SYDNEY.âLea Carl Sonya. 26, female impersonator and mystery man of the theatre, was an Englishman born at Scarborough,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plans for Protection of Valuables—books, Pictures, Records
Plans are being made for the protection of valuables and articles of cultural value in Newcastle—just in case. For example, the National Gallery pictures on loan to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dance at Great Northern For Beach Girl Quest
Mesdames S. Du Chateau and D. Walton were hostesses at a very successful dance at the Great Northern Hotel last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plans for Concerts Beach Beauty Quest
Plans for concert programmes to be given in conjunction with semi-finals and grand-final of the Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concerts for Troops
To entertain the troops, a committee under the patronage of the Mayor (Ald. Young) yesterday decided to hold a series of Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.A.F. Dance
The R.A.A.F. Younger Set entertained, at a dance at Tyrrell Hall last night to raise funds so assist is providing picture equipment at Williamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Lambton Red Cross Dance
A dance arranged by the New Lambton branch of the Red Cross Society was held in the New Lambton Scout Hall last night in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Burn Oil— First Pictures
Relente[?] pursing their policy of leaving nothing of value to the Japanese invaders, the Dutch unhesilapingly set ablaze their enormous oil resource at Balik Papan (Bornco) this picture showing the beginning of the holocaust. Baulked of the coveted oil at Tarakan (Northern Bornco), the Japanese commander had sent to Balik Papan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Artists Chosen for Concert in City Hall
Artists have been selected to appear at the first of a series of five concerts to be given for soldiers and members of the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troops' Band to March in Hunter-st
A military band will march alone Hunter Street on Sunday afternoon, prior to the commencement of a concert for soldiers and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theatre Programmes Civic "One Night In Lisbon"
"One Night in Lisbon," which opens at the Civic Theatre tomorrow, is not a war picture, in the strict sense of the term, but a romance backgrounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Band Will March Before Concert
A march by the 8th Garrison Battalion Band from Newcastle Post-office will recede the concert in the City Hall to-morrow afternoon. The concert will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →V.d.c. Band and Concert
All members of the 5th Battalion, V.D.C. Band are asked to fall in at 7.30 p.m. next Wednesday at Broadmeadow Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concert in City Hall for Troops
Thirteen hundred soldiers and civilians attended the City Hall yesterday for the first of a series or Sunday afternoon concerts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Concert Criticised
Too many people who attended the concert in the City Hall last Sunday seemed to have gone for tho sole purpose of getting…
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