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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939

93 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Ambulance Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

The Ambulance Ball held in the Federal Hall on Monday night was one of the most enjoyable functions held here for some time. About one hundred…

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Sutton Enjoyable Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

A most enjoyable dance was held in the local hall last Friday night, the proceeds being in aid of the hall funds. Mrs. Thornton’s orchestra supplied…

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Show Ball

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 2

The ball in the Show pavilion on Friday night, first night of the races, was a pronounced success. For years the race club had held a ball, which…

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Important Concert Albert Hall, Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

A concert by prominent artists from Sydney will be given in the Albert Hall, Canberra, on Saturday, Feb. 11 (to-morrow). It will be under the…

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Sutton Successful Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 2

A very enjoyable dance was held in the Sutton Hall on Friday night last in aid of the hall funds, and quite a large crowd attended. Kevin Gallagher’s…

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Tharwa Dance for Hall Funds

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 3

The local hall was the scene of a successful dance on Saturday night last. Visitors from all the neighbouring centres were present…

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“KING-HITTED” Youth Charges Youth A Dance “Extra”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

Like many another famous battle, when it was all over it was hard to say just what it had been all about. Two youths appeared in Queanbeyan…

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Show Ball an Outstanding Success

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

The ball in the Showground pavilion on Wednesday night last was a huge success—the most successful, in fact, in the long history of the…

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Liquor Outside a Dance Hall Shallow Crossing Case

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 6

At Bateman's Bay Court, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., Clarence Alexander Steffenson, 26, mail carrier, was charged with that at…

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After the Dance “A Bit of a Hiding”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

“There had been a dance oh at the Parish Hall, and afterwards there was a brawl in which the defendant appears to have got a bit of a hiding.”…

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BUNGENDORE Ball and Fete

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

Despite the unfavourable weather conditions Success crowned the annual St. Patrick’s Day functions and it is estimated that a nett profit of about…

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Municipal Band Gains and Losses

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 1

Although not much has been heard of the Band since Mr. Davis was appointed conductor in November last; it would be a mistake to consider that…

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Vitriolic Attack on Dance Halls by Ariah Park Man

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 6

Country dance halls are bunting grounds for prostitutes, and young people attending them are not fit to be admitted as teachers in Methodist…

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Catholic Ball Another Huge Success

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 3

Recognised far and wide as the biggest and most outstanding function of the social season, the tenth annual Catholic Ball, which took…

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Central Library Ball

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

If you bad your school days over again and went to school in these modern times what would you fervently wish for as part of the school…

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Far West Concert Excellent Entertainment

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

The concert, under the auspices of the Braidwood branch of the C.W.A., in the Institute on Friday night attracted a crowded house, all seating…

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Buffalo Lodge Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 2

The annual, ball held in the Savoy Theatre on Friday last by the Buffalo Lodge was a great success. Pogson’s orchestra supplied the music and Ricky…

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Trouble at Dance M.c. Assaulted Braidwood Man's Experience

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 1

Charges that be bad assaulted him and had used threatening words to him at a dance at Grabben Gullen on March 11 were preferred against…

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Central Library Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

Those interested in the welfare of youth are reminded that they have their opportunity of assisting in the establishment of a District School…

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Arrested at Dance Two Brothers Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

There was a disturbance at a dance in progress in a hall at Queanbeyan on Saturday night when Sergeant Gray, and other police intervened. One man…

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