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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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Theatre Engineers Get First Award

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Service engineers employed in inspecting screening equipment at picture theatres throughout Australia…

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Eraring Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 3

Cooranbong District Ambulance sub-committee held a concert in the public hall at Lake Eraring on Saturday night. The function…

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Masonic Ball Debutantes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 5

DEBUTANTES to be presented at the Masonic Ball at the City Hall on July 22. Back row (left to right): Mildred Pritchard, Dorothy Hodge, Ruth Boundy, Marlene Ford, Shirley Robertson, Mary Thurlow, Mrs. Arkell (matron of honor)…

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"Cheer-up" Concert Planned for Park

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 4

"To cheer up fellow citizens," Messrs. Les Kearns and Irwin Page are arranging a "music for the people" concert in King Edward…

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Debutantes For Combined Red Cross Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 10

DEBUTANTES TO BE PRESENTED to the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Sydney (Ald. and Mrs. O'Dea) at the Combined Red Cross Ball tomorrow night at City Hall.—Front row: Mary Beasley, Betty Baker, Margaret Holt, Betty Monckton, Audrey Philpotts, Valmir Heaps, Mrs. G, Adams (Matron of Honor), Mary Bird, Fay Drory, Anona West, Delma Rush, Dorothy Fletcher. Colleen Boughton, Joy Rush, Marie Burley, Patricia Burt, Beryl Lancy, Nancy Rowarth, Dorothy…

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Cafe Association's First Ball Was Gay

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 10

Last night was a gay one at City Hall when the Cafe and Milk Bar Association held its first annual ball. Hundreds of balloons were an…

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First Cafe And Milk Bar Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 5

AT 11 o'clock last night, 500 coloured balloons floated from the ceiling of the City Hall on to dancers at the Cafe and Milk Bars…

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Rode Horse To Polo Club Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 2

LONDON: A horseman, in top hat and tails, rode a grey mare into the Taunton Vale Polo Club's ball…

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Stolen Goods Found on Theatre Roof

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: Suit lengths, clocks and other goods valued at move than £150, which were stolen by thieves who ransacked…

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Successful St. John Ambulance Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 8

St. John Ambulance Ball last night at the City Hall, attended by a large number of dancers and a full gallery, was a successful one. Seventeen debutantes were…

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St. John Ambulance Ball Debutantes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 6

Two debutantes talk with their partners before being presented at the St. John Ambulance Brigade Ball at the City Hall last…

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Cadet Guard Of Honour At Ambulance Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 6

Fifteen ambulance cadets and 15 nursing cadets, in uniform, formed a guard of honour for debutantes and the officials party at the St…

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Odd Notes At Bankers' Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 5

INVITATIONS, issued in the form of promissory notes ("to pay the bearer one grand night's entertainment"), attracted more…

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For Women... Lord Mayor Of Sydney At Red Cross Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 5

At the City Hall last night the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald, O'Dea) received 26 debutantes presented at the annual combined Red Cross ball. Mrs. O'Dea, who is ill, was…

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Declines Offer With Symphony Orchestra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Sir Bernard Heinze has declined an offer from the Australian Broadcasting Commission to be the first conductor…

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Waratah-Mayfield Band to Play

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 4

Waratah-Mayfield Band will play at Waratah Park Band Rotunda to-morrow afternoon. The band, which collected…

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450 At Masonic Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 4

The annual Masonic Ball, organised by Lodges Cessnock, Caledonia, Paxton and Coronation Temperance, was held in the Parish Hall last…

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Ferrier Beaten in Four-ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): Bob Hamilton and Chick Harbert beat Jim Ferrier and Cary Middlecoff 2 up in the second…

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Masonic Arch of Steel at Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 6

The presentation of 32 debutantes to the Rt. War. Bro. H. L. Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler last night at the Combined Masonic Ball at the City Hall was a spectacular and dignified one…

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Masters Form Guard At Masonic Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 6

ANNOUNCED by a fanfare of trumpets, Masters of Nos. 1 2 and 3 District Masonic Lodges, in regalia, formed a guard of…

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