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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950

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Theatre Manager Fined Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Roy F. Darling, proprietor of the Tatler Theatre, was fined £120 in the Special Court to-day for having…

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Tripped in Theatre; Boy Awarded £75

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY, Friday.—An 11-year-old boy who tripped over a rope in the aisle of a picture theatre was awarded £75 damages by…

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Park Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 4

Mr. W. Bird, who is to sing at the Music Out of Doors concert at the King Edward Park to-morrow afternoon, will sing in…

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Apologies For Service, Concert Clash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

An apology for holding a music out of doors concert in King Edward Park yesterday while Anzac ceremonies were taking place in the…

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Weather Marred Park Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

Unpleasant weather conditions marred the presentation of the "Music-Out-of-Doors" concert held in King Edward…

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Youth Barred From Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

Raymond James, 18, labourer, was fined £2 by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday for offensive behaviour in…

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Drove Victim From Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 1

STOCKTON (California). Monday (A.A.P).—Two armed bandits entered a drive-in theatre last night and forced…

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£36 From West Wallsend Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 4

The juvenile ball organised by West Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association realised £36. A feature was the colourful…

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Ex-Soldiers Were Led A Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 2

THE hotel bar was filled with ex-servicemen — young and old—and the beer was flowing…

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Balranald Band's Visit

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

BALRANALD SCHOOL BAND marching from the Railway Station to the City Hall where they were given a civic reception. Members of the band will inspect Newcastle industries during their visit. Below: Mayor and Mayoress of Balranald (Aid. and Mrs. L. V. Bodinnar), band leader E. Glover (headmaster of Balranald school) and Mr. F. J. McLeod (President of B.H.P. Bowling Club) and Mrs. Mcleod, who met the visitors at Newcastle Station. (See story.)…

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Civic Welcome For Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

The school band from Balranald, south-west New South Wales, will be given a civic welcome by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald…

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Balranald School Band Welcomed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

Balranald School Band, winners of the Paling Trophy at the Combined Schools' Band Festival in Sydney yesterday, was given a civic welcome by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H.D. Quinlan) today…

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Army Style Accommodation For Belmont Band Festival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 9

Bandsmen visiting Belmont for the band festival on the "King's Birthday holiday will be accommodated in "army style." Officials of Swansea-Belmont Band which is organising the…

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Soccer Manager Is on the Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Mr. David Johnson, of Cardiff, will leave Perth on Tuesday as Manager of the Australian Soccer team to tour South Africa. He should know his job. He has been in soccer for 45 years…

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Balranald School Band Welcomed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 6

A school band from Balranald, in South-west New South Wales, spent a day in Newcastle yesterday. The band, comprising 36 players,…

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Modern Theatre Commemorates The Bard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford on the banks of the Avon…

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Film Workers Plan To Make Own Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Sal (O.S.R.) : Britain's film technicians have decided to solve Britain's film crisis by producing their own films. They are forming a cooperative unit because so many of…

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Ian Healy's Suburbia, This Week A Family Band...And A Cross

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5

When members of the Mc Ewan family decided to form a pipe band at Belmont in 1946, they agreed that the best way to solve the problem of where to play on Anzac Day would be to accept the first request they received…

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"Lost Ball!" Was The Cry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 4

The baseball game, Kangaroos v. Rebels, at the Perway Oval was held up while players searched for a ball in the long grass. It was found—when a player stood on it…

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Theatre Proprietor Fined £1500 on Tax Charges; Kept Deductions

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY—Royston Frederick Darling, proprietor of the Tatler Theatre, Sydney, was fined a total of £1500 in Central Summons Court today on three tax charges…

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