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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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WALLY Lost Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 5

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Sea Scouts Want Bugles for Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 2

Stockton Sea Scouts were looking for bugles to form a bugle band the Publicity Officer (Mr. F. Ross) said last night…

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Domestic Comedy at Repertory Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 4

An English domestic comedy, "George and Margaret," which opened at the Colin Chapman Dramatic Art Club's repertory…

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Guard Of Honour At R.S.L. Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 6

Eight cadets and officers of Adamstown Air League Company formed a guard of honour for debutantes at Adamstown R.S.L…

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Latest Gossip From Film Worlds Vaudeville Back To Famous Theatre In New York

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 10

NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.): Famous old names of vaudeville and variety theatre are hanging around the stage entrance of the Palace Theatre, in New York. The place where…

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Flood Pictures From Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 3

TOP LEFT: Mrs. A. M. Whitehead, 80, is rescued from her home in Maitland. TOP RIGHT: High-street, Maitland,…

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Dance Hall for Kilaben Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 7

If Lake Macquarie Shire Council erected a hall in Kilaben Bay, the Joint Coal Board would assist financially, the President of Kilaben…

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Catholic Ball To Aid Charities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 5

Five charities—the Murray-Dwyer Orphanage, St. Joseph's Old Folks' Home (Sandgate), the Monte Pio Orphanage, the Deaf and Dumb…

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St. John's Ball In Parish Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 10

The committee organising St. John's juvenile ball and crowning of the winner of the queen competition have decided…

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Two Hundred Club Reunion Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 12

The "Two Hundred Club" formed in 1919, then and for many years after recognised as Newcastle's most popular dance entertainment, held a reunion last night at Legion House…

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Graphic Pictures Of Floods At Hexham And Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 6

[?] of High[?] Maitland, looking east, taken when the floods were at their height. At upper left the top of the…

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Kurri Masonic Ball for Flood Victims

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 6

The annual Kurri Masonic ball is to be held despite lighting restrictions next Wednesday night. June 29, in the…

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Red Cross Debutantes' Dance On

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 2

New Lambton Red Cross will hold a return debutantes dance at New Lambton Parish Hall next Saturday at 2.30 p.m…

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Students Present Concert, Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 6

A capacity house at the City Hall last night heard the Social Justice Forum concert and cultural display. Items were presented by…

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Tech. College Students' Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 8

Five thousand peach blossoms, made by the men's committee, will be included in elaborate decorations at the…

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St Andrew's Ball At Tyrrell Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 8

The glamor of a large hall and an applauding gallery were forgotten in the attractive presentation of debutantes at St. Andrew's Church of England Ball last night at Tyrrell Hall…

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St. Philip's Ball Proceeds to Rood Relief

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 8

Mrs. R. Derkenne will present the debutantes to the Bishop of Newcastle (the Right Rev. F. de Witt Batty) and…

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For Women... Guard Of Honour For Church Ball Debs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 5

Wearing evening gowns of red, blue and pink, and carrying matching parasols, eight girls formed a guard of honour for the debutantes at St. Andrew's (Mayfield) Church of England ball at Tyrrell Hall…

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Railways Ball Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 6

The Newcastle District Railways 12th annual ball, which was to have been held in the Newcastle City Hall on July 14 has been…

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Kurri Masonic Ball A Big Success

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 5

A feature of the Annual Combined Masonic Ball in the Kurri Ambulance Hall was the presentation of twelve debutantes to the Very Worshipful Bro. R. Russell, District Inspector of Masonic lodges…

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