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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953

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

The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 3

As a result of public response to the dancing of Doris Day-in “Tea For Two,” several new dance conceptions were specially created for her by Warner…

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Church Debs Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 2

The annual Church of England Ball will be held in the Parish Hall on Thursday, May 7. Debutantes will be presented to Sir Stephen…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

There’s love and laughs galore in M-G-M’s happy-go-lucky “Million Dollar Mermaid” which comes to the Star and Triumph Theatres…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 4

Joseph Cotten, who co-s’ars with Teresa Wright in “The Steel Trap” at the Star Theatre to-morrow night, describes himself as the smoo’h type…

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Queanbeyan Show in Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

Photographs of Queanbeyan’s recent record 58th Show are on display at The Age office in Crawford Street, where copies may be…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 3

“The Miracle of Fatima” Warner Bros. stirring true drama of' the miracle that occurred in 1917 in the little town of Fatima, Portugal, opens…

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Easter Monday Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 2

The annual dance held on Easter Monday for the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. Convent resulted in a profit of £40. There were 150 to 200…

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Small Crowd Diggers’ Ball Committee Disappointed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 1

Small at [?] the annual Diggers’ Ball at Queanbeyan last night was bitterly disappointing to the organisers of the function…

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Hints to Country Footballers the Art of Passing the Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 4

In our endeavour to give the country footballer some advice on the various phases of Rugby football, we preface it always with the urgent…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

Robert Mitchum and Susan Hayward are excitingly starred for the first time together, in “The Lusty Men,” the Wald-Krasna Production…

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Invitation to n Dance-in Verse

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

Lady Greaves, Mesdames R. B. Douglas, J. W. Gibbs, a; h. Hart. R. A. Hyles, W. B. Simpson, F. N. snow and P. H. Watson have…

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RSL Auxiliary Ladies Guests at Theatre, Supper

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

Fourteen members of the RSL and AILA Women’s Auxiliary and their escorts, were entertained at a theatre party by…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

A friend asked Olivia de Havilland if the romantic suspense film she made at Twentieth Century-Fox, Daphne du Maurier’s “My Cousin…

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Far West Concert

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

Music lovers will have an opportunity of hearing this high-class concert once more in the National Theatre on Tuesday, 'May 5th. The usual fine…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

In “When I Grow Up,” which will open to-morrow night at the Star Theatre, through United Artists release, Bobby Driscall has the unique…

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Anglican Debs Ball May 7

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

The annual Church of England debutante ball will be held Thursday in the arish Hall. It is expected that there will be…

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Araluen Annual C. of E. Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

The annual dance held in the Federal Hall, Araluen, on 4th April, in aid of Church of England funds, was one of the most successful functions…

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Araluen Dance in Aid of Roofing Fond

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

A feature of the dance held in the Federal Hall, Araluen, on 25th April was the music by Mrs. Stuart's orchestra, assisted by Messrs. Len…

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Far West Concert Marred by Rain

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

The concert organised by the Country Women's Association for the Far West Health Scheme on Tuesday was not nearly as successful as anticipated…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 4

From time to time there comes to the screen a film that is outstanding in its perfection and which takes its place automatically amongst the…

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