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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1911

109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

Pictures Kill Concerts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

According to the Paris "Daily Mail," the enormous and growing popularity of the cinematograph as an entertainment has had a disastrous effect on the cafe…

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His Majesty's Moving Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

WHAT should be pleasant reading to all lovers of drama is the fact that on the forthcoming show week the above clossal enterprise will begin operations…

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His Majesty's Moving Theatre

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

Next Tuesday evening the above popular organisation will begin operations for the forthcoming Show week. Mr. Phillip Lytton has completed arrangements…

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His Majesty's Moving Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

TO-NIGHT the above gigantic canvas structure will begin their Show week season located opposite the court house. Mr. Phillip Lytton, who is now the…

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The Smoke Concert

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 3

was held in the Protestant Hall on the first night of the show and undoubtedly fell short of the success achieved in the immediate past…

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The Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

The church of England Workers' Guild ball, which took place in the Temperance Hall on the 17th instant, was the most successful function held in the district for some…

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A Theatre Horror. Negro Hanged on the Stage

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

An entirely unexpected, but grimly realistic, thrill of horror was added to a tragedy that was being played at the Opera House in Livermore, Kentucky,…

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Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

THERE was a fairly good attendance of ladies present at the meeting held in the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon to make arrangements in connection with the supper…

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Queanbeyan Hospital Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 3

A meeting of ladies interested in the Hospital Ball, which is fixed for May 24, was held in the Municipal Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. Mr. E. E…

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Moving Pictures by Telegraph

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 4

Sending photographs over telephone or telegraph wires has not yet reached a thoroughly practical stage, but a French inventor claims…

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Fire Brigade Band

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

Weather permitting the Queaubeyan Band will render the following programme in the Park on Sunday next at 3 p.m. March. "Sweet[?] Sabbath…

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A Juvenile Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

Was held on Saturday, night when there was again a large. attendance. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and before dispersing partook of…

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Bungendore. Oddfellows' Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

For some time back the Werriwa branch, G.U.O.O.F. lodge members have been taking a deep interest in the workings of the lodge with the result…

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Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

PERSONS interested in our Hospital will be afforded an opportunity of showing their sympathy in a practical way next week. We refer to the hospital…

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Victor Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

TO-NIGHT in the Protestant Hall the Victor Picure Co. will give another entertainment of high-class pictures. This show is admitted to be the best of its kind that has…

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Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

IT is some years since a hospital ball has been held in Queanbeyan, and the committee therefore decided in this manner to appeal to the public for…

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Queanbeyan Hospital Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

The Annual hospital ball was held on Empire night in the Protestant Hall, when there was an attendance of about 50 couples. The gallery was also…

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Gordon's Electric Pictures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 2

THESE pictures have had considerable success in the exhibition of the latest animated subject in the northern towns of the South Court, such as Wollongong, Kiama, Now[?]a, etc., where they have…

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Moving Pictures of the Mind

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

The perfect child is coming. Every Scientist admits that every child may be developed infinitely beyond the average normal child of the present…

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