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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Anzac Day Ceremonies Municipal Band’s part in Canberra Service

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

The selection of the Municial Band to provide the incidental music for the official ceremonies on Monday is an honour of which any band might feel…

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G.f.s. Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 3

The annual debutante ball held under the auspices of the Queanbeyan Girls’ Friendly Society eventuated in St. Gregory’s Hall on Friday night last…

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Young Artists St. Gregory’s School Concert Attractive Programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

As a box office attraction there is nothing to equal a school concert, an experience which was proved again in Queanbeyan on Tuesday night, when…

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Convent School Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

Sir,—Would you grant me space to express my appreciation of a musical treat received at the Catholic School Concert on Tuesday night list. The…

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Municipal Band and The Centenary

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

Sir,—The report in your last Tuesday’s issue of the Centenary Committee meeting gave prominence to the Secretary’s remarks concerning the…

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Why Did She Fall for the Leader of the Band ?

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

Ann Sothern has been married for [?]ghteen months. She is still on her hone moon—her first honeymoon. Th s nteresting article answers the oft…

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Catholic Ball Another Huge Success

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

"Classed as Braidwood's biggest and best function, the annual Catholic Ball eventuated in the National Theatre on Tuesday night last. This…

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Municipal Banda Sunday Concert Broadcast

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

The concert organised by the Queanbeyan Band and broadcast by 2CA on Sunday night last proved a most successful function in every way. it was…

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Police Ball Crowds Attend Function

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

St. Gregory’s Hall was crowded on Tuesday night when hundreds of dancers gathered for the first annual charity ball, organised by the Queanbeyan…

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Sutton Successful ,Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 3

The ball in aid of the C. of E. funds was held in the Sutton Hall oil Friday night last, arid, as expected, was very well patronised, and an enjoyable night…

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Legacy Club Annual Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 1

The Great War left many legacies, legacies of pain and suffering and untimely death, but legacies too of comradeship and service and…

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Ambulance Ball at Gundillion

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 2

A correspondent writes:— In spite of the almost impossible road, due to the recent rain, there was an attendance of about 40 couples at the…

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At the Ball Intruders Cause a Scene Police Court Sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 1

The story of an unseemly disturbance at St. Gregory’s Hall Saturday morning whilst the Legacy Ball was still in…

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Sutton Enjoyable Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last a dance, in and of R.C. Church funds was held in the Sutton Hall and although, owing to weather conditions, there was not a…

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C. of E. Ball Wonderfully Successful Function

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 5

The annual Church of England Ball, which took place at the National Theatre on Thursday night last, was a huge success— the most…

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Bandmaster Resigns Serious Position Arises Will There Be a Band for the Centenary?

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

The conductor of the Queanbeyan Municipal Band, Mr. H. H. Thornton, has tendered his resignation from that position and will accept a similar…

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Church of England Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 2

We understand the gross receipts from last week's highly successful Church of England Ball were £90, which included a sum of £17 raised…

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Informal Pyjamas in Paramount Pictures

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 4

One-piece pyjamas— for informal dinners at home— are introduced by Claudette Colbert, Paramount star of "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife." Travis…

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Fifty Pounds Richer Ball Proceeds Handed Over To Hospital and Ambulance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

“The support accorded your venture on our behalf was more than a public gesture in sympathy with these two institutions; it was a token of respect…

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Financial Help for Band

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 2

Sir—At last night’s Council meeting the secretary of the Queanbeyan Municipal Band made it plain that unless something is done at once we…

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