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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953

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Russian's Strange Idea Of U.S. Theatre "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, July 8.—Comrade Kraminov, special correspondent of "Pravda" in New York, has picked up some strange ideas about the American theatre. He claims that in nearly…

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Clerk's Death at Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 9

Noel Frederick Smith, 24, clerk, of Bulwer-street, Maitland, suddenly slumped to the floor and died while dancing…

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Candlelight Supper At Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 5

Supper at Newcastle Legacy Ball at the City Hall Last night was caten by candlelight, an innovation introduced by…

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1500 Balloons At Legacy Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 5

Fifteen hundred balloons and 250 while candles were used to decorate Newcastle City Hall for the Legacy Ball last night. The candles were in…

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Paid To Get Dog Into Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 3

LONDON.—A man who took his dog to the pictures was fined £2 at Nottingham for being…

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Masonic Ball At Kurri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 4

Ten debutantes were presented to the Secretary of the Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (Very Wor. Bro. C. Tregear)…

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Coronation Masonic Ball At Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 9

More than 500 dancers attended the Kurri Masonic Coronation Ball, which was an outstanding social function. A feature was the…

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Instruments For Band Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 4

Lambton Central Progress Association will ask the Orchestra and Bands Committee of Newcastle Council to…

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City Orchestra Plan Approved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2

Newcastle Council Band and Orchestral Committee last night approved of the draft constitution of the new…

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Hockey Ball At City Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 6

At the Newcastle Hockey Ball at the City Hall last night were (from left) Mesdames N. Hansen, N. Fennell and B…

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Novel Decorations At Hockey Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 6

Caricatures of hockey players and peach blossom and floral triangles decorated Newcastle City Hall last night for the first Newcastle Hockey Ball. The ball was organised by a…

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45 Injured In Theatre Panic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 4

LONDON, July 14. A.A.P. —Forty-five people were injured after 50 feet of plaster fell from the ceiling of a…

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Concert By Chinese Boss

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

The Chinese bass YiKwei Sze, one of the great singers to come to this country under A.B.C…

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College Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 5

Debutantes presented to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Ald. and Mrs. Purdue) at the Teachers' College Ball…

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Theatre Prices For Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 4

Northumberland Council of Progress Associations decided last night to seek a conference with the Newcastle…

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Concert Manners Slated

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 3

One of the worst displays of concert bad manners he had ever seen in…

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Masonic Ball At Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1953 · page 4

More than 500 guests attended the Masonic Ball sponsored by Lodges Cessnock, Caledonian, Paxton and…

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Everything Shipshape; Apex Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1953 · page 4

The natural atmosphere at Newcastle Apex Club's "Cruisetime" ball at the City Hall last night was carried…

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Goalie Hugs Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 4

R. Roth, Greta Austral's goalkeeper, hugs the ball as he crashed into a Cardiff player during the State Soccer premiership match, which was drawn, one-all, at Adamstown on Saturday…

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Shipping Ball Had Nautical Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 4

More than 600 people attended the Newcastle Shipping Ball at the City Hall last night. The ball was in aid of the Wakehurst Flying Angel…

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