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Northern Rivers · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

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Lynwood Band of Hope

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Lynwood Band of Hope was held in the Methodist Church on March 25. The attendance was small owing to a…

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The Dance Hand Bag

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 11

Even with the greater fullness of the new dresses there is still such a complete dearth of pockets as to suggest a conspiracy on the part of the…

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Dance Floor Collapses Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 10

Owing to the dance floor collapsing at Hepburn holiday guest house a number of guests who were jazzing were precipitated 15 feet to the…

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Preparing the Dance Floor the Perfect Surface

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 11

The time has long passed by when, it was considered that any floor would do for dancing. The surface is not the only consideration. The construction…

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Heated Coolangatta Council. Good Friday Pictures In Defiance of By-Laws, Invitation to Fight

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 2

Heated argument and an invitation to a bout at fisticuffs followed the submission of a report by the- licensing Committee to the…

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Successful Dyraaba Dance

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

A dance held in the Dyraaba public hall on Saturday last. organised by Miss Creighton and Miss K. Richardson to raise funds for the Doubtful Creek…

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Successful Dyraaba Dance

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

A dance held in the Dyraaba public hall on Saturday last, organised by Miss raise Creighton and Miss K. Richardson to raise funds for the Doubtful Creek…

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£200,000 DEAL Talking Pictures Union Theatres' Enterprise

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- A [?] over £200, 000 has been completed by Mr. Staart F. Doyle (managing director of Union Theatres)…

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Concert

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

A very fine concert prepared by the bigger boys and girls was held on Thursday afternoon last. Owing to the rain and the small attendance it was…

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General News Jubilee Concert

Northern Star · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 6

The "jubilee concert" arranged by Lismore musical bodies will be held at the Star Court Theatre on Tuesday night next. The box plan opens at…

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Theatre Fire Two Boys Arrested

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two small boys have been arrested at Bankstown, and charged with attempting to burn down the local picture theatre. According…

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Theatre Fire Two Boys Arrested

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two small boys has been arrested at Bankstown, and charged with attempting to burn down the local picture theatre. According…

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TERRANORA P. and C. Dance

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 4

To assist the funds of the Terranora P. and C. Association, a dance was held in Bungalera Hall on Saturday night last. The air was mild and…

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Pictures X-rayed Reputed Old Master Fake

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 10

The application of X-rays to the study of pictures by old masters, and reputed old masters, is as yet in its infancy, but masters, is as yet in its…

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Bridge Collapses Dance Party Drowned Another Launceston Alarm Tasmanian Floods

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Monday:— Flood waters threatened Launceston during the night. The alarm was given by ringing the post office and…

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Boys Charged Fire in Picture Theatre Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 7

Two schoolboys have been arrested at Bankstown and charged with attempting to burn down a local picture theatre. According to an alleged…

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Apollo Hall Dance

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 10

Something novel in entertainment is promised for to-night's dance in the Apollo Hall, Lismore. Mr. J. B. Charleston is the organiser and the…

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Dance at Showground

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 8

The transformation of a vacant hall into a dancing hall was the culmination of the efforts of the workers at the Manufacturers' Hall at the…

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The Jubilee Concert a Fine Programme

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 10

Throughout the whole of yesterday's proceedings in Pioneer Day one was constantly reminded of the progress that…

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Murwillumbah Town Band

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 April 1929 · page 2

During 1928, the Murwillumbah Town Band gave 39 performances in town, attended four funerals, five river excursions, and gave a programme at…

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