The Theatre "The Great Sinner"
The depths to which a man can sink in the relentless grip of gambling are fully and deeply disclosed in this…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950
555 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 28
Cessnock Plans Band Contest For October
Cessnock Band committee plans to stage a band contest on Cessnock Sports Ground in October with prize money totalling more than £200. The Joint secretary (Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Band To Visit Tenterfield
After it finishes its programme at Friday night's trotting meeting, Newcastle Citizens and Ex-servicemen's Band will travel by bus to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Band to Play Twice at Beach
Waratah and Mayfield District Prize Band will play at Newcastle Beach next Sunday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Children's Theatre To Be Formed
A children's theatre, in which the 10-16 age group will be trained in branches of dramatic art, will be formed in Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Concert Committees to Be Formed
A meeting to form a 1950 celebrity concerts committee will be held at Newcastle A.B.C. premises on February 2 at 7.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£25 Voted for Pipe Band Competition
Newcastle City Council adopted a recommendation by the Band and Symphony Orchestra Committee, that £25 be voted to Stewarts and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Meeting On A.B.C. Concerts
A public meeting will be held tomorrow at the A.B.C. premises in Newcastle to form a 1950 International Celebrity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Band Back From Northern Tour
Newcastle Citizens and Ex-servicemen's Band has returned from visits to Armidale and Tenterfield At Tenterfield the band gave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →3 Threatened With Pistol At Theatre
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man drew a revolver and threatened to shoot a police constable and two theatre ushers at Crow's Nest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violin Soloist Suggested For A.B.C. Concert
Newcastle 1950 International Celebrity Concerts' Committee will recommend to the A.B.C. that Newcastle violinist Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ronald Woodcock May Be Symphony Orchestra Soloist
Newcastle violinist Ronald Woodcock may appear as soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra during its March and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orchestra's First Rehearsal
The Civic Orchestra, which will give a recital in King Edward Park on Sunday afternoon, April 2, had its first rehearsal in the City…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Band Wrestler From Its Games Team
AUCKLAND, Tues. (O.S.R.): Lightweight wrestling champion Bill Adams was dismissed from the N.Z. Empire Games team yesterday and told to quit the Games village, Ardmore…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Today's Maitland Flood Pictures
Today's pictures of Maitland floods showing the position at noon. Top: Groups of children playing in Ann St., where the flood waters were six feet high in the deepest parts. Below: A line of traffic waiting for an opportunity to be towed through the floodwaters in Newcastle St., East Maitland. Some went through under their own power. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Theatre Manager Gets 3 Summonses
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Roy Darling, Manager of the Tatler Theatre, was served three summonses to-day as a result of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Star Of Red Shoes May Dance In Second Film
LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R.): It is now practically certain that ballerina, Moira Shearer will make her second film appearance in the British production of Offenbach's opera, "The Tales of Hoffman." Ever since the spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belmont Plans Big Band Contest
Eighty brass bands in New South Wales have been invited to enter the first Belmont Band Festival, which will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →59 Performances By Band In 1949
The Waratah-Mayfield District Band Rave 59 public performances during 1949. the organiser (Mr. Fred Wright) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Girls Than Boys Join New Youth Theatre
Two-thirds of the 68 juveniles who enrolled at the Colin Chapman Youth Theatre on Saturday morning were girls…
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