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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1945

415 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 21

Fined for Dance on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 7

"The purpose of the Act is to uphold the observance of a Sacred Day—the Lord's Day—and the advancement of religion, and not to…

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Ball in August For A.C.F.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 8

The women's committee of Newcastle branch of the Australian Comforts Fund will hold a ball in the City Hall on August 9. This was…

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Madhatters' Dance at Swansea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 5

Swansea Farewell and Presentation Committee held a Madhatters' Dance in the Memorial Hall, at which awards were: Maddest hat, Brenda Fox, G…

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Small Audience: Superb Concert Lyndall Hendrickson at City Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 2

Newcastle has so often proved that it is not concert-minded, that it was not surprising, though disappointing to see a scarcely hall-filled hall last…

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Hamilton R.S.L. Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 6

Hamilton R.S.L. has been informed that 14 members from the operational training unit of the R.A.A.F. would be available to form a guard…

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Australians Saw Japs Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

Eleven Japanese who performed a bizarre dance on a track well behind their lines one afternoon this, week will never know how close they were…

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Russia Not "Playing Ball" on 'Frisco Issues

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 3

'SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.—Russia is not "playing ball" with Britain and America on two points before the Security Conference. First is that Moscow has not yet replied to British and…

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Give Local "Classical Pop" Concerts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

LARGER audiences in Newcastle would attend concerts by distinguished musicians and symphony orchestras, if they were run on lines…

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Brass Band for Belmont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 7

A public meeting, convened by the Urban Area Committee, appointed a provisional committee to contact players with a view to having a brass band…

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Sunday Night Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 6

The Newcastle City Ex-servicemen's and Citizens' Band all present another concert at the Stadium to-morrow night, proceeds from which will…

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Saturday Sport in Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 7

CORNERED.—South Newcastle winger, J. Parker (with ball), finds himself in a nest of Kurri players in this incident from the League game against Kurri at the Sports Ground. On one side is Kurri half, J. Jones, while W. Thompson, C. Perry and S. Stoddart are ready in pounce on Parker from another direction Kurri won 18-7…

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World News In Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 7

FIRE AT SEA.—Kept at a distance by intense heat, the fire-fighting crew on a U.S. carrier attack flames engulfing a Corsair. Its belly tank exploded as the plane landed. AT LEFT: BERLIN'S END.—Captain of…

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"Navy Ball" Debutantes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 11

An officer of the British Royal Marines will receive the debutantes and British Marines will act as their partners at Scott's staff "Navy Ball"…

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Mayoral Ball in August

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 4

Mrs. Preshaw (president) presided at the A.C.F. Women's Auxiliary meeting at City Hall yesterday, at which the Mayoral Ball, to be held…

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Show Horror Pictures to Germans Here

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Army authorities are considering showing horror films of atrocities in Nazi prison camps to German prisoners of…

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War News in Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 9

"NOTHIN' DOING!"—Joan Harris In the Creche at the American Consulate has upset Derek Hover by rejecting his peace offering while they waited for their mothers, both Australian wives of U.S. servicemen, to arrange passage to America. WAR CRIME.—U.S. Army nurses who survived a Japanese suicide attack on their fully-marked…

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Souvenir Ball on June 11

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 7

Arrangements for the Souvenir Ball on June 11 were completed at a meeting of the War Memorial Hospital Ward Committee last night…

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Graphic Pictures of Fire on Aircraft Carrier

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 9

HISTORY.—Victory bells, a V and the V sign in Morse code, which brought hope to so many oppressed people in Europe, are incorporated in the cancellation marks of a letter posted in England just after VE Day…

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Crime Pictures Led To Murder: Court Story

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Dennis James Lyons, aged 16 years and 10 months, charged at Central Criminal Court today with murder, said from the dock, "I had been to a lot of pictures about crime, and the thing got on my mind."…

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Belmont Brass Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 7

At a public meeting at Belmont, officers elected to control the newly-formed band were: President. Mr. W. Jackson: Vice-presidents, Messrs. J…

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