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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1948

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Sunday Night Recitals By Band In Park

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 1

Victoria Park last Sunday night was again the venue of a very large crowd of citizens to hear another fine programme of music rendered…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 4

Starring Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison and Linda Darnell, the eagerly-awaited 20th Century-Fox film version of Margaret Landon's…

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Musical Society Orchestra

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

Recent efforts to re-form the Wellington Musical So-society's Orchestra have met with considerable success,…

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Canadian Yodeller at Monarch Theatre

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

Impersonator of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, whom he knows personally, Donn Reynolds, Canada's Champion Yodeller, came to Australia because he…

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Week on Memorial Ball Ceases [?] Frances [?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 1

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 5

Bringing to the screen all the strange emotion and power that made the Anya Seton best-seller one of the most widely-discussed…

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Local and General Twilight Dance

The Western Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

The Railway Cricket Club are holding a big novelty Twilight Dance in the Palais Royal on Saturday night, 14th February. Good…

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Band in the Park

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

Tomorrow (Sunday) night the Band will present another programme in Victoria commencing at 8.30 p.m. Vocalist will be Mr. W. Rowe who will sing,…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 7

"The Postman Always Rings Twice" is the star attraction at the Wonderland Open Air Pictures to-night (Friday) and to-morrow…

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Local and General Twilight Dance

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 4

The Railway Cricket Club are holding a big novelty Twilight Dance in the Palais Royal on Saturday night, 14th February. Good…

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Apex Club Notes. Ball Will Benefit Food for Britain

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 4

The club's "Food for Britain Fund" will benefit from this year's annual ball, to be held on…

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Another Cricketer's Ball at Peak Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

Delegates were present from all [?] ecept [?] at a meeting of the Peak Hill District Cricket Association in the AIF Hall on…

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Park Concert Draws Big Crowd

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

Sunday night's band performance in Victoria Park drew one of the largest crowds seen for a long time past. Vocal items by Mr. Rowe were pleasantly…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 7

The main picture at the Wonderland Open Air pictures to-night (Friday) and to-morrow night (Saturday) is "Heartbeat,"…

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Dubbo Band Will Attend Orange Festival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 2

At a meeting of Dubbo Citizens' and District Band Committee on Monday night, an invitation from the Orange City Band to attend the Band Festival at that city on Sunday March 7, was accepted…

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Dance Drinking Shocks Judge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

News that people drank intoxicating liquor at dances "shocked" Judge Berne in the Goulburn Appeals Court last week…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 7

When lovely woman stoops to folly there is little about the reactions of her heart that is unknown to Noel Coward. Yet never in any…

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Local and General Dance on Saturday Night

The Western Herald · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 4

To-morrow night (Saturday, February 28th) the Railway Cricket Club will run one of the popular dance series. A soft drinks stall…

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Dubbo Citizens' and District Band

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

The Band Concert on Sunday night was cancelled owing to continuous rain during the day. Patrons are reminded the Band will not play in Victoria…

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The Pictures

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

"The Perfect Marriage" will open at the Macquarie Theatre this Saturday and continue on Monday and Tuesday. It takes…

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