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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950

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Door Takings, £99 Baradine Show Ball

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 4

The Show Call at Baradine was a great success, door takings amounting to £99. Stardusters’ orchestra from…

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Coolah Convent St. Patrick’s Concert

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 17

There was a capacity house aft the annual concert of the Coolah Convent School held in the Regent Theatre, Coolah, when high…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 9

A highly exciting and provocative new movie, "Force of Evil," is the star picture, at the Wonderland Theatre to-night (Friday and…

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School Dance Postponed

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 4

The School Dance, which was to have been held to-night (Friday) has been postponed, owing to the rain making it, impossible for…

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Legion Race Ball

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 4

A gay crowd packed the Memorial Hall for the Legion race ball, which concluded the festivities of the first (and only) day of the Narromine…

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The Pictures. Big Easter Attraction

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 8

Memory cues will click and waves of nostalgia will sweep through the audience at the Macquarie in Easter week when…

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Younger Set Ball A Great Success In Spite Of Rain

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

The Peak Hill Younger Set ball, held in the Southern Cross Hall on Friday night, was a wonderful success in spite of the rain which continued heavily all night, but did not dampen the spirits of the dancers…

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Flood Pictures in "Liberal"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 1

A number of striking pictures of this week's flood at Dubbo will be published in the…

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Remarkable Progress of Citizens' Band Reviewed at Annual Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

THE chief executive offices of the Wellington Citizens' Band changed hands at the annual meeting in the Wellington Shire Council Chambers last night. Mr. Arthur Cocking was elected to the position of President, and Messrs A. Long and C. Rose will act as secretary and treasurer respectively. The retiring president, Rev. E. A…

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Dramatic Pictures Of Macquarie In Flood At Dubbo Schoolboy Swept to His Death in Flood Three Men Saved From Tree Tops After All-Night Ordeal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

A nine-year-old boy was swept away by flood waters and drowned near Dunedoo yesterday afternoon when he tried to wade across a flooded bridge after a lorry in which he was travelling became flood-bound in midstream…

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Concert at Coglah

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

For the last two years the St. Patrick's Day Concert has been omitted from the Coolah social programme, but it was…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 4

"Geronimo" features Preston Foster and Andy Devine and is the main picture at the Wonderland next Monday…

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Wonderland Pictures

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 9

Republic's "Wake of the Red Witch," which is the star attraction at the Wonderland to-night and on Saturday night, is a spell-binding…

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Dance Washed Out

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

Until the fine days return the School Dance has been postponed, next week-end being Easter. The School Assembly decided upon…

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Y.a. Theatre Party at Dunedoo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 3

The Dunedoo branch of the Young Anglicans held a theatre party at the Regal Theatre on Easter Saturday. Fourteen…

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Final Outdoor Band Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1

Artis's who will assist the Dubbo Band at its final outdoor Concert on Sunday night are Mrs. Johnston, Miss Margaret…

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Races and Ball

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 12

The Mendooran Turf Club races set down for April 19 and 20 promise to be successful. The Race Ball on Wednesday…

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The Pictures "Edward, My Son."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 1

Spencer Tracy, who has come to be regarded as one of the finest actors the stage or screen has ever produced, gives, an…

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School Projector Dance £29 Door Takings

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

When it became khown that the Easter Monday Diggers' Ball had been postponed, the staff of the Baradine Central School decided…

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Catholic Ball Starts 1950 Social Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

A crowd of nearly 300 people attended the annual Catholic Ball at the Royal Theatre last night—the first ball of the 1950…

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