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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1959

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Extensions To Casualty Theatre Completed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1959 · page 1

Extensions to the casualty theatre at the Queanbeyan District Hospital have now been completed and the unit is in full operation. Board members were…

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Theatre News Broadway Hit On The Screen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1959 · page 4

One of Broadway’s most successful comedies, “No Time For Sergeants,” now comes to the screen as a…

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Theatre News Sensational Novel Comes to the Star

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1959 · page 6

“Compulsion” Darryl F. Zanuck Production’s [?] Meyer Levin's daringly…

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A New High In Dance Hall Entertainment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1959 · page 5

Rising young American pop singer, TV and movie star, Russ Arno , who is at present touring Australia…

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Apex Ball Nets £120 For Smith Family

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1959 · page 4

Apex treasure, Neil Donoghoe, presented, his audited financial statement to Tuesday night’s meeting…

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Theatre News Hardy Kruger in New Screen Epic

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1959 · page 4

Hardy Kruger’s back! The star of “The One That Got Away” makes his second film in Britain, this…

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Theatre News Another Comedy Comes to the Star

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 August 1959 · page 4

“The Captain’s Table,” screening at the Star and Triumph Theatres tomorrow, is the first Richard…

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Remembrance Concert was Outstanding

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 August 1959 · page 8

The Festival of Remembrance Concert on November 11 last year was an outstanding event in…

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Tug-o-war Contest at Woolshed Dance Creates Big Interest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1959 · page 1

Large crowds thronged to Mr. Les Gibbs’ property on the Cooma Road on Saturday night to see the Queanbeyan Rugby Union Football Club win a…

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Theatre News “Biting” Story at the Star

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 September 1959 · page 2

When Producer Dore Sehary first read Nathanael West’s novel “Miss Lonely-hearts,” he knew…

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Theatre News Alec Guinness In Colourful Role

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1959 · page 4

Alec Guinness is to' be seen in one of the most spectacular colourful roles he has ever played,…

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Record Crowd Expected at Presentation Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1959 · page 6

During the past fortnight, Rugby Union on Social Committee President Mrs. Woodger has been working like “craze” in order to ensure that the “Whites”…

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Theatre News Yul Brynner And Deborah Kerr In Exciting Film

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1959 · page 7

The popular stars of “The King and I,” [?] Anatole Litvak’s Metro-color production of “The…

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Sporting Section Pen Pictures of Bowls Personalities

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1959 · page 8

Today we continue a series of pen pictures of our local bowls personalities, commenced in Tuesday’s issue of the “Age.”…

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Theatre News Laughs Galore At The Star Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 October 1959 · page 3

There are laughs galore in the new British comedy hit, “Up The Creek,” a Byron production…

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Orchestra Conductor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1959 · page 1

NICOLAI MALKO, musical director and conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, who will direct it at the Albert Hall on Monday. Soloist at the concert will be [?] pianist, who will play…

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Tharwa C. of E. Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1959 · page 4

The Annual Church of England Ball which was held in the Tharwa Hall on Friday night, proved a…

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Over 400 Guests Attend Dinner Dance to Aid Legacy Funds

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1959 · page 2

The dock[?] party and dinner dance, held in the R. S. L. Memorial Hall on Friday night, was attended by over 400 guests. It is expected Legacy funds will…

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Theatre News Outstanding Cost in Western Drama

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1959 · page 2

Combining one of the most outstanding casts over assembled for a Western action production…

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Colourful Fancy Dress School Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 October 1959 · page 6

The Fancy Dress Ball held by the Central School last Friday night brought forward a colourful…

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