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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

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Science Notes and News. Talking Pictures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 3

An invention of a Swedish engineer, Sven Bergelund, in connection with talking as well as moving pictures, is exciting great interest. The…

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Victor Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

THE pictures shown on Saturday night by the ever-popular Victor Picture Co. delighted the large audience. For perfection of films, steadiness and…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

THE entertainment got up in connection with the purchase of an oil engine for the organ of St. Andrew's Church promises to be a great success. We understand the tickets…

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Swastika Electric Pictures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

The only attraction in town yesterday Prince of Wales Birthday, was the double star programme submitted in the Protestant Hall by the Swastika Electric…

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Ball at Royal Military College

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

WOULD it be fine or wet weather was the topic which commanded most interest among those who had made preparations to attend the annual ball…

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Ball at Military College

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 2

A ball, given by the Sergeants' Mess, was held at the Royal Military College at Duntroon, on Monday night last, and proved a most successful and enjoyable…

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Wireless Band Music in Mid Ocean

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. A. W. Shannon, inventor of a system of sending telephone messages by wireless telegraphy, has succeeded in transmitting musical notes, chords,…

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Euchre Party and Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

OUR Majura correspondent writes that the above pleasing function, held in the Majura Hall on Friday night last, was very successful, there being fully 80…

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Hospital Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

A meeting was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose or making arrangements for the holding of the annual hospital hall. Mr…

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Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 2

THE lady collectors for the above are taking up the movement with great earnestness, and this year's gathering promises to be very successful. It is…

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Ball Postponed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 2

Owing to the date fixed for the ball in aid of the Hall R. C. Church f[?]d clashing with the date for holding the Queanbeyan Annual Horse Parade, the…

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Euchre Party and Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

A MOST successful euchre party and dance was held on Tuesday night in the Protestant Hall under the auspices of the Hope of Queanbeyan (ladies' lodge) G.U.O.O.F. For…

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Swastika Electric Pictures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

A splendid programme was presented at the Swastika Pictures on Wednesday afternoon and evening. The programme was equal to any of the city productions,…

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Swastika Electric Pictures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

The management of the Swastika Electric Pictures recently made fresh arrangements whereby they are able to present a more varied programme. The…

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Tea Meeting and Concert

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

To celebrate the resumption of public worship in the Methodist Church at Qeanbeyan, which has been thoroughly renovated within mid without, making it…

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Methodist Concert and Tea Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

LAST night, at the Protestant Hall, a most successful function—an old-time tea-meeting, followed by a concert, in which amateur talent only figured,—took place. The object…

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Pictures That Make Merry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 4

The really moving pictures for the office, home, or "don," are those that make for merriment. You want to laugh, and you want to make your…

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Cinema Pictures That Talk. Wizard Edison's Very Latest Wonder

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 6

An amazing development of the cinematograph is that which has been outlined by Thomas Edison in a description of his latest talking cinema…

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Swastika Electric Pictures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 2

At the Friday and Saturday sessions of the above a programme brimful of good things was released. The star drama was ''A Fight for Fortune," a photo…

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Ball at Duntroon. An Enjoyable Function

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 2

THE first annual ball (Civilians' Mess) was held in the Gun Park Hall, Duntroon, on Friday night last, and proved a…

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