Mr. Hartigan Receives 25 Debutantes At Annual Railway Ball
More than 900 people—six hundred dancers and three hundred gallery patrons—greeted the debutantes at the Railway Ball last night at the Newcastle City Hall…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1948
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Concert Party Welcomed
Essie Ackland being greeted by Mr. J. P. Carrington (Joint Coal Board Welfare Officer) and E. B. Burnett (A.B.C. Concert Manager) at the Great Northern Hotel today. A series of concerts has been arranged for the Northern Coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter Box Concerts For Miners
The A.B.C. concert party visiting the coalfields should include Messrs. Chifley and Evatt. Chlf. would be heard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canvas Theatre Rejected
A request from Tivoli Theatres (Sydney) Ltd., through Mr. Maurice Diamond, for permission to erect a canvas theatre on land in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dance Hall Stolen From Village
MELBOURNE, Monday. — The shire hall in the village of Gunyah Gunyah has been systematically robbed and looted over the past…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. John Ambulance Ball Debs
Above: Debutantes to be presented at St. John Ambulance Ball on July 29 at City Hall-Front row: Vilma Hogan, Beryl Davidson, Shirley Arnall, Mrs. W. Gearside, Ethel Pitts, Joan Jennison, Valma Williams. Back row: Kathleen Haydon, Daphne Yorke, Betty Foreman, Bonnie Parkins, Nancy Connell, Dell Goldsmith, Marie Smith, Ethel Warner. Below: These children provided a study in contrast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Delegate for Belmont Ball
Mr. W. J. Sands will represent Stockton Burns Club at Belmont Club's annual ball. This was decided at a meeting of Stockton Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diocesan Badge In Ball Decorations
THE diocesan badge formed the central motif for stage decorations at St. Peter's (Hamilton) Church of England's annual ball in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twin Sisters Make Debut At Hamilton Parish Ball
Tall and fair twin sisters, May and June Wigginton, were among the 12 charming debutantes presented to the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Newcastle (Aid. and Mrs. H. D. Quinlan) at Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lunch-hour Concert
The fourth free lunch-hour concert in Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre hut yesterday was presented by pupils of the Convent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pipe Band Called "Barbaric"
Referring: to a pipe band as "barbaric," Mr. A. H. Wood, of Bolwarra, asked Lower Hunter Shire Council this morning if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Spend £497 on Strand Theatre
A recommendation of the Finance Committee that £460 be paid for recarpeting the Strand Theatre was endorsed by Greater Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concert For High School Amenities
Proceeds from last night's annual concert of Newcastle Boys' High School will be used to buy amenities for the school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cymbals, Drums Quartette From Band
These children are part of the Charlestown Public School percussion band. There are 36 in the band, ranging in age from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tights Hill Catholic Ball Debs
Debutantes to be presented at Tighe's Hill Catholic Ball on July 28 at City Hall.—Front Row: Anne Cook, Patricia White, Betty Blackwell, Alma Judge, Mrs. J. Doyle (matron of honor), June Connolly, Marjorie Calwell, Lois Queenan, Eunice Cavanagh. Middle Row: Maureen Mitchell, Thelma Irwin, Kitty O'Hea, Evelyn Grainger, Elma Gearing, Kathleen McGrath, Betty Tierney, Joan Atchett, Nancy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attendance Down At Coal Board Concert
Between 250 and 300 people attended the concert arranged by the A.B.C. and Joint Coal Board at Maitland Town Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Essie Ackland Concert Cessnock Audience Was Enthusiastic
About 500 people, most of them mine-workers and their families, brought Australian contralto Essie Ackland back to the platform eight times for encores during her concert at Cessnock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Band For Ballarat Concert
Waratah-Mayfield District Band would compete in the B grade section of the Australasian band championship, to be held at Ballarat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Masonic Concert At Central Hall
Newcastle Masonic Choir under the baton of Sylv. Martin will present a conceit in the Central Methodist Mission Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Member Paints Decorations For R.S.L. Ball
A garden scene, painted for the occasion, surmounted by a Rising Sun, formed the stage backdrop for Hamilton Returned…
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