Princess at Ball
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 5
Princess Elizabeth danced with Major David Butters at a Dorchester Hotel dance in aid of the National Playing Fields Association. She wore the emblem of the Order of the Garter on an off-the-shoulder gown in off-white, embroldered with raised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£2000 Damage In Theatre Fire
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 2
GOSFORD, Sunday.—Two operators at the Valencia Theatre were burnt when film caught fire in the projection room at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Celebrity Concerts For Newcastle
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 2
Newcastle is to have six concerts in the A.B.C. celebrity season, including two visits by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, directed by…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 3
Six concerts will be presented during the 1949 A.B.C. Celebrity Season, the box clan for which will open at Paling's next…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 4
Laurence Godfrey-Smith, a Sydney pianist, with Marjorie Cotterell (contralto) and John Snowden (flautist) will be the artists at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adamstown R.S.L. Annual Ball
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4
Adamstown sub-branch of the R.S.L., will hold its annual ball in the City Hall on June 17. Young women desiring to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30 Debutantes At First Ball Of Season
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5
ATTENDED by two flower girls (Jan Bailey and Margaret Tynan), 30 debutantes were presented to the Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bevin Told Funny Yarns At Concert On Board Ship Fred Peterson's London Diary
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 8
LONDON, Thurs.—The star passenger, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, did a comedy turn on the liner Mauretania on the way back to Britain. The occasion was a ship's concert for seamen's charities…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bookings Heavy For Concert Series
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5
Season bookings for the A.B.C. concert series were being renewed by last year's subscribers in record time, the Newcastle Manager for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theatre Not Possible Till Company Trained
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 11
SYDNEY, Friday.—An Australian National Dramatic Company would have to be trained abroad before an Australian theatre could…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Concert For Scout Week
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 7
As part of the Scout Week celebrations from May 22 to 28, Maitland District Scout Association will stage a concert at the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Killed: Truck Crash After Dance
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 5
ADELAIDE: Two men were killed and two injured when a track crashed over a railway embankment about seven miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Collapses, Dies at Theatre
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A woman collapsed and died in her husband's arms at the Lyric Theatre, George-street, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Successful Band Contest at Nowra
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3
Secretary of Merewether District Band (Mr. W. Brown), who officiated as contest delegate at the contest at Nowra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Stockton Diggers' Ball
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 6
Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League last night decided not to hold the annual Diggers' Ball this year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A.B.C. Appoints New Concert Master
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 5
The A.B.C. announces the appointment of Mr. Ernest Llewellyn us concert master of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Llewellyn,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joke Enjoyed at Lysaght's Concert
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3
This audience at Lysaght's lunch-hour concert enjoyed the joke. The 31st in a series of fortnightly concerts, 450 employees were present yesterday. In addition to guest artists, performers are drawn from employees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Ball For Memorial Hall
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2
A "Remembrance" ball will be held in the Lyceum Hall, Cessnock, on May 20 to raise funds towards the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Ball Caused Brain Injury
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 7
SYDNEY, Friday.—A post-mortem examination to-day revealed that Mrs. Isabella Brien, 57, had died from cerebral hemorrhage at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Workers' Club Concert
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 7
Cessnock Workers' Club will conduct a concert for its members at the club's rooms on Wednesday night…
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