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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

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Seats £4/4/ for Singer's First Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Mr. Joseph Schepsi, a local singer, who will make his first public appearance on April 20 at Melbourne Town Hall…

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Civic Concerts To Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 3

Sunday afternoon concerts for members of the Services and the public generaly will resume in the Newcastle City Hall on March…

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Current Topics Sunday Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 2

SUNDAY afternoon concerts for servicemen will start again at the City Hall to-morrow week. The first concert in the third year in…

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Warwick Theatre Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 3

WARWICK (Q.), Sunday.—The King's Theatre, Warwick's only picture theatre apart from the Town Hall, was destroyed by fire early…

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Concert Parties for Local War Loan Campaign

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

Three concert parties from Sydney will come to Newcastle to help the Commonwealth's First Victory War Loan campaign here. The Northern Organiser of War…

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Civic Concert on

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

After a break of three months. Sunday afternoon concerts for members of the Services in particular, and for the public…

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Garrison Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3

Sir.—The breaking up of the 31st Garrison Band will mean a great loss to Newcastle. The band has done great work for more than two years…

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Garrison Band Disbanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

The announcement to the Civic Concert Committee by the Secretary (Mr. Cyril Adam) that the 31st Garrison Band had been disbanded…

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Mayor's Tribute To Lost Band

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3

The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Aid. R. Norris) to-day expressed regret at the disbandment of the 31st Garrison Military…

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Another Manpower Check at Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—For the fourth time in recent weeks, manpower officers visited a city theatre to check the attendance. They were…

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Railway Orchestra At Sunday Concert To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 3

The Railway Orchestra, of 25 players, will be featured at the first Sunday afternoon concert of the year In the City Hall…

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Russians Flock to See Allied Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 3

British and American films are drawing packed houses at theatres In Soviet Russia. The films have English sound tracks…

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Russian Festival Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 4

JEANNE GAUTIER, violinist, will be soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Professor Bernard Heinze, presenting…

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Sunday Concerts Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

Sunday concerts for troops and civilians were resumed at the City Hall yesterday. Addressing, an audience of 600, the…

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At City Hall Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

Mr. Bobby Le Burn, compere (right) and Mr. Evan Lloyd, of the Civic Concert Committee, discuss the programme for the opening concert of the season at the City Hall yesterday afternoon…

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Manpower Raid on Theatre Queues

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—When manpower officers to-day raided queues at the State Theatre, they took the names and addresses of 210 persons…

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Ministers See Pictures Of Raids On Berlin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA.—Federal Cabinet Ministers have seen for themselves in the past week the devastation wrought in Germany by…

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Air Photographer Got His Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, March 7. A.A.P.—Soon after yesterday's daylight raid on Berlin, and American reconnaissance pilot flew over the…

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Stockton Diggers' Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 6

Debutantes are being sought for the annual Diggers' Ball at Stockton organised by the Stockton sub-branch of the Returned…

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Mayor Appeals For Generosity At Sunday Concerts

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

The collection taken up for the ACF at the last Sunday afternoon concert in the City Hall yielded an amount equivalent to 7½d a…

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