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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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Cessnock Band Seeks Coal Board Grant

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 2

Cessnock Council last night decided to support an application by Cessnock Band to the Joint Coal Board for finance…

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£50 From Ambulance Ball at Boolaroo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

A profit of £50 had been made at the annual ball conducted at Boolaroo by Boolaroo branch of Lake Macquarie Ambulance…

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Bush Fair, Concert At Shortland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

A bush fair in aid of the Self Denial Appeal, held in Shortland Salvation Army Hall, was followed at night by a musical programme…

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Boys' High School Presents Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 5

Newcastle Boys' High School last night presented a choral and dramatic concert in Legion House. The programme consisted of…

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Concert By Boys' High Students

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 5

The dramatisation of "Campbell of Kilmhor" by the Senior Dramatic Group was a highlight of a concert presented by…

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Younger Matrons Organise Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 13

Mrs. Bernard James is the secretary of the ball being arranged by the younger matrons of Newcastle for Friday, Oct…

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Kurri Anglican Church Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 4

The feature of the annual Church of England ball in Kurri Ambulance Hall was the presentation of 10 debutantes…

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Wallsend Hospital Ball Raised £122

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 5

A cheque for £122, proceeds of Wallsend Hospital Ball, was handed to Matron E. Grahame by the President of the Ball Committee (Mrs…

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Masonic Choir Concert For Y.W.C.A. On

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 5

Newcastle artists will support the Masonic Choir in a concert at the City Hall on Sunday. Proceeds of the concert will…

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Goossens To Hear Mozart Orchestra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 4

The Director of Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Mr. Eugene Goossens) will hear Newcastle Mozart Society's orchestra at a…

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Dance Extended for Princess

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 23. A.A.P.—Princess Margaret danced until 3 a.m. at a ball in Dundee. The ball was timed to finish at…

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Shirley Will Try Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 10

LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R.).— Though swimmer, Shirley May France, didn't succeed in her Channel attempt, movie…

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At Radio Artists' Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 6

Mr. W. Wright, as one of Cinderella's ugly sisters, takes time off for a turn round the ballroom with a Russian dancer—Mrs. G. Edwards—at the Radio Artists' Ball at Legion House last night…

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Frankenstein And Bride At Artists 'Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 6

AMONG other people, the Radio Artists' Ball at Legion House last night attracted that well-known monster,…

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New Orchestra's First Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 5

A new orchestral combination, the Southern Gentlemen, comprising 16 young Newcastle musicians, made a successful debut in z…

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Red Cross Ball at Branxton

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 4

The annual ball of Branxton Red Cross attracted a good attendance in the local School of Arts…

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Fight After Dance; Four Men Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 9

SYDNEY.—Following a fight in which a shop window was smashed in Regent St., Kogarah. after a dance early on…

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St. Stephens Church Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 8

Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Mulholand will receive the debutantes at St. Stephen's Church of England (Adamstown) Ball…

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Park "Ideal" For Open-Air Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 4

From a civic point of view King Edward Park was an ideal site for an open air theatre, said the Deputy Lord Mayor…

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For Women . . . Ball Posters Satirise College Life

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 4

Cartoons satirising college life dominated decorations at Tyrrell Hall last night when students from Newcastle Teachers' College held their first annual ball…

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