Washington Ball Lavish "Mess" "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—This week's inaugural ball, the most lavish in history, may have been the last. Almost everyone agrees that…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953
421 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 22
Drum Major Leads His Band
Mr. Bob Grant, Australian champion drum-major and champion drum-major of the Highland Gathering at…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 26. A.A.P.—Eric Hanson, aged six, was killed at Paso Robles (California) yesterday when he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Dance Champion Missed School
Judith, who wept on Monday when presented with the championship cup, and who is only seven,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →T.v. 'Aid to Live Theatre'
Unlike "talkies." which nearly crippled flesh and blood entertainment for 10 years, television would build…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A safe containing about £70 was stolen from the Lyric Theatre, George-street,…
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NEW YORK, February 4. A.A.P.—Conductor Leopold Stokowski walked out of a symphony concert at New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stole Wedding Ring At Dance
An airman who removed a wedding ring from a woman's hand while dancing with her at a Newcastle dance hall was fined £5 for theft at Newcastle Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Mayor On Band Fund's Legal Position
The Newcastle Council's legal and moral position would not be altered by any injunction the Musicians' Union was considering taking out against it, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hamilton R.S.L. Annual Ball
Hamilton R.S.L. Social Committee last night decided to hold its annual ball in the City Hall on…
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The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) said yesterday that the stand of the Musicians' Union on the city council's plan to subsidise two extra visits by Sydney…
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Reviews of new films released in Newcastle will be published in "The Newcastle Sun" on Mondays…
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Mr. E. W. Burbridge, new Commonwealth representative of the British Art Council, will give an address in the lecture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awaba Dance
A dance held in Awaba Hall raised £2/0/3 for the rest room for old-age and invalid pensioners of the Toronto and…
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The A.B.C. Youth Concerts Committee will give its first recorded music concert this year in the A.B.C. Studios,…
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Lance-corporal Eddie Grady, of the Black Watch, instructs three Australians in Korea in the mysteries of the bagpipes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Room 'Not Theatre'
The Mayor of Maitland (Ald. Clyde) said last night that he would not allow the council chamber to be converted into a picture theatre…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—British Home Office permission has been given for an eight-year-old Italian girl, Giannella de Marco, to conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Manchester…
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The Newcastle Orchid Society Ball Committee decided at its annual meeting last night to hold this year's ball…
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The Northern Rivers Lancers hope to secure £1000 by public appeal to equip a new pipe band the regiment is raising at present. The unit's…
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