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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

508 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 26

Ball Beats Batsman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 12

The ball beats Bruce Anderson, batting for Wickham against Merewether in the schools' vacation cricket at No. 2 Sports Ground yesterday…

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Dance Display By Migrants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

About 40 migrants, mostly children from Lativa, Poland and Yugoslavia will exhibit national dances in costume in…

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Theatre Blaze

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 28. A.A.P.—Fire destroyed the Granat Theatre in Mexico City, following an explosion…

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"Beach Girls" On Theatre Stage

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

Finalists in the Newcastle Surf Club's "Beach Girl of the Year" contest will be introduced from the stage of the Century Theatre next Friday night…

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Final Guests Invited To Royal Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—No more invitations to the Royal Ball on February 5 would be issued, the Lord Mayor (Ald,…

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Wangi Gravel Tipman "Told To Play Ball"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 6

A detective said in Newcastle Court today that a railway tipman had told him that he had had to "play ball or else" in the falsification of dockets issued for gravel deliveries at Wangi power station. The tipman had said…

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Concert On Lawns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Australian Broadcasting Commission will stage a special Royal tour concert on…

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A.B.C. Celebrity Concert Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 15

The box plan for the A.B.C.'s 1954 International Celebrity Concert series is now open for present…

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Queen Didn't Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh did not dance at the Lord Mayor's Ball in the Town Hall to-night…

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Queen At The Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 1

The Queen (top) looked radiant at the Lord Mayor's Ball in Sydney last night…

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Crowds Wait At Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sydney was thronged again last night with people waiting to see the Queen drive to the Royal gala performance at the Tivoli…

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Concert Gesture By Musicians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 4

The free orchestral concert in the City Hall to-morrow night was being donated by the Professional Musicians'…

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Royal Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—Raymony Clarke, 42, a King Island fisherman, has shot six pheasants for the Royal…

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Royal Visit Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

TO-MORROW'S "Newcastle Morning Herald" will contain a full pictorial record of to-day's visit by…

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Practice for Halle Orchestra Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 5

HALLE-LUJAH! Salvation Army lassie Maisie Ringham practises her trombone at home in preparation for a concert by the Halle Orchestra, of which she is a member. Maisie is reported to be…

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Two Pages Of Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

ORDERS for additional copies of to-day's issue, with its special pages of pictures of the Royal…

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Princess at Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 3

PRINCESS Margaretha of Sweden went to the annual Cadet Ball at the Military School at…

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Politicians "Back Seat" At Elizabethan Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has been told he must take "a back seat" at Canberra's most lavish and expensive post-war private function—The Elizabethan Ball. All politicians have been…

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Celebrity Concert Bookings

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

The box plan for new subscribers to the A.B.C.'s 1954 International Celebrity Concert series opened at…

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Gothic Band To Visit Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

In the event of wet weather tomorrow afternoon, arrangements have been made for the band…

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