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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

456 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 23

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…

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£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…

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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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Concert Season Opens On May 26

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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Sydney Pianist for Music Club Concert

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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