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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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Symphony Orchestra Concert To-night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 4

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will give its first concert of the Newcastle A.B.C. celebrity season in the Century Theatre at 8 o'clock…

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Former Cessnock Violinist To Lead Orchestra

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 4

Ernest Llewellyn, the newly-appointed concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, who leads the orchestra at the…

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Mater Misericordiae Hospital Ball Debutantes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 13

DEBUTANTES to be presented at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Ball on May 31 at the City Hall.—BACK ROW (from left to right): Barbara? Hodges, Marie Hogan, Aileen. Gallagher, Mary Shelley, Patricia Smith - and Beverley Hall. CENTRE: Lois Green, Claire Rheinbcrger, Bernadette Day, Pamela Costello, Norma Ross, Cecily Stair and Beverley Brown. FRONT ROW: Katherine Stevens, May Feltis, Patricia Connors, Mrs. R. Gibson (Matron of Honor). Bertha…

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra Had Fine Reception

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 5

Eugene Goossens and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra received an enthusiastic reception last night at the crowded…

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Flying Jazz Band Plays Farewell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 5

This Newcastle jazz band made ready for its take-off with music yesterday when it left Newcastle by a Newcastle Aero Club plane…

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Big Crowd At Police Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 5

A UNIFORMED police officer opened car doors and greeted guests as they arrived for the Police Ball at the Empire Palais…

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Died Playing Cards at Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 May 1949 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Lantry, of Swan Reach, near Morpeth, who had been ill for about two years, died suddenly last night…

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New Programme at Marquee Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1949 · page 6

A change of programme was presented at the Marquee Theatre last night. It will be repeated to-night as a gala farewell…

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Symphony Concerts Popular

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1949 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon and again last night Maitland Town Hall was filled for the concerts by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra…

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West Wallsend Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 4

About 450 attended the West Wallsend Cooperative Store Guild's ball it West Wallsend School of Arts…

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52 Debutantes for Mayoral Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 8

Fifty-two debutantes, a near record for Newcastle, will be presented to the Governor of New South Wales (Lieutenant-General Northcott) and Miss Northcott at the Mayoral Ball on June 8 at City Hall…

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Stop Press £1000 Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 12

SYDNEY: In the Quarter Sessions today Judge Lamaro granted Leonard Arthur Bradshaw, 48, laborer, who has been charged with housebreaking…

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Mater Misericordiae Ball Was Gay

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 8

The Mater Mjsericordiae Hospital Ball last night at Newcastle City Hall was a bright and enjoyable function. The ball had many features…

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Alderman Asks For Review Of Band's Status

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

On the motion of Ald. Braye, Newcastle Council Finance Committee last night referred back to the Band ant Symphony…

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Stone Ball Fell On Man's Head

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

LONDON. — James William Brennan 41, builder's laborer, of Farant Ave., Wood Green, was killed when a stone ball…

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For Women . . . Nurses Presented At Mater Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

Seven nurses from the Mater Hospital were among the 19 debutantes presented to the Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland (Most Rev. Dr. Toohey) at the hospital's annual ball at the City Hall last night…

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Regalia Brightened Buffalo Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 10

Regalia worn by members of district lodges contributed color and brightness at the Buffalo Ball last night at Legion House, at which a guard of honor was formed by the Knights' Chapter as…

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Diggers' Ball At Nelson Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 4

Visitors from Sydney, Newcastle, Raymond Terrace, and surrounding districts attended the annual Diggers' Ball at Nelson Bay. More…

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Arch of Steel for Guests at Buffalo Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 5

A GUARD OF HONOUR of members of the Knights' Chapter provided an arch of steel for official guests arriving at the…

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Insurance Institute Ball At City Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 6

Flowers decorated the official loge at the Insurance Institute Ball last night at the City Hall and gleaming lights in many colors flooded the hall…

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