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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

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Move For City Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. Norris) is interested in a movement to create a Newcastle City Returned Soldiers and Citizens' Band to take the…

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Sunday Concert for Troops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 2

The second concert of the season for men and women of the services will be given in the City Hall to-morrow at 2.30 p.m. Local artists…

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Panatrope at Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 3

The second concert of the season for men of the services was held at the City Hall yesterday. Absence of a hand was met by Eric Everett's…

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Bigger Crowd at Sunday Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

Attendance at the second Sunday afternoon concert of the year in the Newcastle City Hall yesterday showed an improvement on…

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5th V.D.C. BAND

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 3

Sir,—I thrill to the martial music of the 5th V.D.C. Battalion—the best military band, in my opinion, Newcastle has had since the old 2nd…

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MLA's Allegation Soldier-Farmer Needed For Regimental Band

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—A soldier needed for productive work on his father's [?]ig farm is kept in the Army to play in the regimental band…

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No Theatre to Show Stalingrad Film

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday—Although the epic Russian film, "Stalingrad," documenting the battle for this city, has been in Australia for nearly…

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Dance At Branxton

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 4

More than 200 people attended a euchre party and dance in the School of Arts Branxton, arranged by St. Brigid's RC School Committee in ald…

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Sunday Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 3

The third Sunday afternoon concert of this year will be held in the Newcastle City Hall to-morrow. Artists will be Miss…

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Union Orchestra May Broadcast Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

Engagement of an orchestra of 16 members, including the conductor, by the Australian Broadcasting Commission to broadcast over Station 2NC…

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Tax on Dance Suppers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Under a bill to amend the Entertainments Tax Act introduced in the House of Representatives, the Treasurer…

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Hamilton RSL Dance Club

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

Members of the Hamilton Diggers' Dance Club entertained friends at a dance in the Social Hall of the club rooms last night…

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Newcastle Orchestra to Broadcast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

New South Wales Programmes Director for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Mr. J. J. Donnelly) announced last night that a…

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Merewether RSL Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

A successful social and dance, organised by the Younger Set of the Merewether Returned Soldiers League was held in the Merewether School of Arts…

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City Brass Band Proposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

The immediate formation of a returned soldiers and citizens' braes band in Newcastle was advocated by Mr. J. H. Berry at a meeting of…

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New Brass Band Proposed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 4

Greater Newcastle Council will sponsor a move to establish a Newcastle City Returned Soldiers and Citizens' Brass Band to…

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Pictures To Be Re-hung

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY.—£40,000 worth of pictures taken from the National Art Gallery walls and stored at Armidale when Japan entered the…

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British Theatre Chain In Every State

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The setting up of a chain of all British theatres in every State in the Commonwealth was announced to-day by Mr…

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Instruments for New Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 2

Mr. H. Berry, organising bandmaster elect of the band to be known as the Ex-servicemen and Citizens' Band, has arranged a meeting at the…

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Plenty of Smoke in Theatre; No Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 2

When Wallsend firemen forced the side doors of the Phelan (Fuller's circut) Theatre, Wallsend at 5 a.m. yesterday, they found the place…

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