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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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Soccer Players Rise to the Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 12

In England Soccer has been at its peak for some time despite desoerate weather. Picture shows centre forward for Charlton's, the famous club (centre), after heading at goal when tackled by a Preston North player. The Preston goalie makes a one-handed save…

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Six Subscription Concerts For Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 2

The Australian Broadcasting Commission hoped to bring five celebrity artists to give concerts in Newcastle this year, the Controller of Federal…

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Stockton R.S.L. Annual Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 12

Stockton R.S.L. will hold its annual ball in the Stockton Masonic Hall on May 13. Applications are invited from girls…

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Wallsend G.U.O.O.F. Annual Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 6

Proceeds of the second annual ball, held by the Wallsend Grand United Order of Oddfellows on May 6, will be donated to the Grand United…

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Band Recital on Beach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

Commemorating St. Patrick's Day, Merewether District Band, under Bandmaster W. N. Morgan, gave a recital of Irish numbers in Newcastle…

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Briefly St. Patrick's Day Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

A feature of the St. Patrick's Day gala at the City Hall tonight will be a "snake dance" by Miss Paula Pratt. Miss Pratt, who was touring the Near…

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Chopin Programme For Newcastle Lunch-hour Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 3

The lovers of the music of Chopin, who are to be found in every walk of life and of all ages, will applaud Continental pianist…

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Allied Visitors Saw Stalin In Moscow Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 1

MOSCOW, March 17.—Members of the Allied staffs attending the Moscow Conference, who visited the Bolshoi Theatre on…

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Newcastle Lunch-hour Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 5

Paul Schramm, famous pianist, gave a lunch-hour concert at the Newcastle City Hall yesterday. He played a programme of Chopin, To-morrow and on Friday, he will present two more lunch-hour concerts at the City Hall…

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W. Wallsend Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 4

The West Wallsend Cooperative Women's Guild agreed last night to assist in organising a concert for the benefit of the West Wallsend…

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Actress Marries Band Leader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

The film actress June Haver and her husband, Jimmy Zito, the bandleader. They were recently married. The couple met seven years ago at the actress's home at Rock Island, Illinois…

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Royal Party Sees Great Zulu War Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, March 19. A.A.P.—The greatest "war dance" in the history of Zululand was given for the Royal party by 5000 youths, girls, warriors…

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Surf Stars in Tatler Theatre Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 4

Shots of the State championship surf carnival at Bondi last Saturday, in which many Newcastle men competed, and a record of the brief…

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Newcastle City Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 8

Vacancies existed in Newcastle City Ex-servicemen's and Citizens' Band, said the Publicity Officer (Mr. F. Wright)…

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Took Flashlights After Theatre Cat-calls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Because the management of a picture theatre in the Eastern suburbs had received many complaints about youths…

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Cricket Ball Stuns Mr. Rosevear

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday. — The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Rosevear) was knocked out by a cricket ball while fielding…

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Then And Now—Pictures Of Newcastle 50 Years Ago

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 9

THIS PICTURE of Newcastle Railway Station and wharves from the Customs House tower, published in "The., Newcastle Sun" recently, prompted a reader to send the above picture of the same area, taken from the Customs House tower nearly 50 years ago. "Steamers, have replaced sailing ships, but there is not much alteration otherwise,' he writes…

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Frantic Women Mob Stars Outside London Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Seven policemen carried film star Robert Taylor through a crowd of 500 hysterical women into the Empire Theatre last night. AS soon as he arrived with his wife, Barbara Stanwyck, for the…

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Margaret Truman's Concert Debut

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 8

Margaret Truman, daughter of the President of the United States, singing at a repeat performance immediately following…

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Dance Hall Came After First Methodist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 5

The memorial plaque placed [?] the front of the Australian Bro[?] casting Commission's offices in Ne[?] comen-street, Newcastle, is primal[?]…

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