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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1929

204 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 11

Farewell Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 2

The Triumph Theatre should he packed to-morrow night on the occasion of the farewell concert which is being tendered to Mr. Colin Raff,…

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Hockey Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 1

You helped us before, So help us again, Pay your cash at the door, And if you don’t have a good time…

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Two Hundred New Pictures Paramount Lists New Season’s Product

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 4

Paramount will produce and release during the season 1929-1930 a total of 200 talking pictures, according to a recent announcement of Jesse L…

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Farewell Concert to Mr. Colin Raff

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 2

Desite the unsettled weather there was a fair gathering in the Triumph Theatre on Friday night oil the occasion of the farewell concert tendered…

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Cricket Dance Enjoyable Function

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 1

There were about fifty couples present at the first annual dance promoted by the Queanbeyan Cricket Club and held in the Parish Hall on…

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Sacred Concert on

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 1

Through the necessary permission not arriving in time, the Municipal Band were unable to hold their concert last Sunday as advertised. As…

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Sunday’s Sacred Concert Band’s Successful Effort

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 1

The first of their Sacred Concerts was held by the Municipal Silver Band on Sunday evening, and the attendance was sufficient to give them…

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National Theatre

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 2

The principal picture at the National Theatre on Saturday night was "Ladies of the Mob," featuring Clara Bow and Richard Arlen, two of the…

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Wild Scene at Dance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 1

A fight between two men at a dance at St. Patrick's Hall, Goulburn, on Wednesday night developed into a melee, at the height of which a knife…

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A Gay Evening at Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3

The annual Hospital Ball, which will be held in St. Gregory’s Hall on Thursday, 5th September, promises to be a pronounced success. As…

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Wattle Park Tea and Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 1

A combined tea and concert was held in Wattle Park School Hall on Wednesday, August 14th, celebrating the first anniversary of the building. The…

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Possumers Have a Ball and Willing One, Too

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 2

Australia's first 'possum shooters', ball was held at Mt. Morgan on Saturday night, and it was a great success until some of the possumers'…

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Band Ball Ladies’ Committee at Work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

For enthusiasm, the Ladies’ Committee for the Band Ball leave nothing to be desired. There was a full attendance at the meeting on Friday…

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Enjoyable Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 1

Last Friday night the Ladies’ Hockey Club held a dance at the Parish Hall, assisted by the Men’s Club, and a most enjoyable time was spent by all. Mr…

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Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

Arrangements are going ahead nicely for the Cabaret Ball in aid of Queanbeyan District Hospital which will be held in St. Gregory’s Hall on…

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Amazing Progress of Motion Pictures Demonstrated During Paramount Week

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 3

The celebration of the ninth annual Paramount Week, from September 1 to 7, brings vividly to mind the tremendous advances made in motion…

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Paramount Shows Stereoscopic Pictures on Giant Magnafilm Screen New Invention. Hailed as Revolution In Film Production First Screening Great Success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 3

Third dimension motion pictures on a giant Magnafilm screen, as large as a theatre proscenium, were triumphantly hailed by a specially invited…

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National Theatre

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

There was a particularly attractive programme at the National Theatre on Saturday night last. The two principal features were "Tumbling Aiver,"…

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Hospital Ball Something to Be Remembered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 1

With only two days to go to the Grand Annual Cabaret Ball in aid of our local Hospital, the Organisers and Committee are confident that this…

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Hospital Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 1

Baskets of trailing pink paper roses, golden wattle and greenery, suspended overhead, interspersed with gaudy coloured Chinese lanterns, together with…

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