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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1952

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Concert Honors Conductor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 2

A concert performance of the "Messiah" will be given in the City Hall, on Sunday, Nov. 23, in…

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Junior G.U.O.O.F. Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 5

Nineteen debutantes were presented to the Grand Master at the G.U.O.O.F. Adamstown Record first Junior Ball…

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Concerto Winner To Give Recital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 10

RAINER VON ZASTROW who won the 1952 A.B.C. concerto competition in N.S.W., will be the guest…

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Gardening Is Hobby Of Concert Pianist

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 11

Gardening or an afternoon's motoring are the relaxations from piano playing and housekeeping which pianist Leone Stredwick allows herself…

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Debutantes at Wallsend R.s.l. Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 16

Debutantes who will be presented at Wallsend R.S.L. ball tomorrow night in the City Hall are—Back…

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Theatre Reviews "Five Fingers"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 8

Starring James Mason and Danielle Darrieux. This is a better - thanaverage spy story, based on…

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W.E.A. Theatre Season Closing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 2

The Workers' Educational Association has announced it will close the current season of its Studio Theatre…

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Combined Music Club Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 5

The guest artist at the Combined Music Club's recital at Blackall House on Monday right will be Rainer von…

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200 Attend Church Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 5

Two hundred attended the Butterfly Ball in West Wallsend School of Arts, in aid of the Church of England…

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Music Club's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 4

Rainer von Zastrow is a pianist with original and striking ideas in his interpretation of music. He has capacity…

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Tivoli Theatre May Close

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 October 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Rather than submit to "regimented entertainment" by the Actors Equity, he would close the…

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Theatre Has Its Own Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY. The manager of New York's Radio City Music Hall (Mr. Sidney Goldman) and his Australian wife, formerly Melbourne singer Tessa Smallpage, have arrived on a holiday…

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"Ping-pong Ball" Not His Role

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Oct. 29. A.A.P.—In applying for a divorce at Chicago yesterday, Walter Ritter, 56, said he…

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News for women Deep-Freeze Supper At Matrons' Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 14

Two sucking pigs and 20 head of poultry, ordered for the Maltland Matrons' Ball last August and put into deep-freeze when floods made it necessary to postpone the ball, will…

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Theatre Reviews "High Noon" Starring Gary Cooper

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 8

An unusual and interesting feature of this film is that it occupies the same length of time to screen…

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Bag Thief Chased Into Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two men to-night chased a bag-snatcher into a Sydney theatre. They then told police,…

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Final Concert Of A.B.C. Series

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 3

The final concert in this year's A.B.C. subscription series in Newcastle will be presented at the City Hall…

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Orchestra 'Below Standard'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 4

Newcastle City Combined Orchestra's performance at the City Hall on June 15 was below standard even for an…

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Symphony Orchestra To Give 4 Extra Concerts

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 5

Four additional concerts by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, to cost the Newcastle Council £1000 a year, were approved last night at a meeting of the Band and Orchestra Committee. The Lord Mayor…

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Plan To Give Orchestra Conductor More Power

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 2

A plan to be submitted to the Newcastle Council aimed at giving the conductor more control over the Newcastle Combined Orchestra, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Armstrong) said today. It would also give the…

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