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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1936

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Second Annual Police Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 3

The second annual police ball is to be held, on May 6 next, and all are asked to keep the date open as the proceeds are devoted to charity, and the…

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Globe Theatre “Times Square Lady”

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

Powerful modem drama, shot through with the brittle humor of Broadway, spiced with two distinct love stories running at the same…

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New Year in London Gay Crowds Dance Around Fire Engine Clock Stopped in Paris London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

A larger and gayer crowd than in recent years greeted the new year in London. Hotels were granted extensions of licensing hours. It is…

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Tarcutta Soldiers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Tarcutta Soldiers' Memorial Hall committee will be held on January 11 at 3 p.m. The business will be to receive the report…

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Unemployment Relief Assn. Dance

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 1

The Tumut Unemployment Relief Association put on a dance in the Oddfellows Hall on New Year's Eve. and it attracted a bumper attendance…

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Urangeline Dance

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

The singing with gusto of "Auld Lang Syne" at midnight at the Urangeline Peace Hall on New Year's Eve dance was only one indication…

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Sydney Band Contest

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

The entries for the Sydney Band Contest, to be held on January 22-27 are indeed very good. In 1935 there were 14 bands entered in all…

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Rio Theatre

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

The bright and vivacious little star, Shirley Temple, comes to the above theatre next Friday and Saturday, in her latest success, "Curly…

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Roxy Theatre To-night Tuesday to

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

In her new starring Paramount film, "Now I'm A Lady," which commences to-night Tuesday for three nights. Mae West undergoes the…

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The Plaza Theatre Shirley Temple in "Curley Top" To-night

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Shirley Temple seems to have no limit to her resources for winning and holding audiences. in one picture she dances, in another she sings, in…

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Picture Theatre Company

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

Riverina Theatres Ltd. has been registered in Sydney with a nominal capital of £100,000, comprising £30,000 in pereference and £70,000 in…

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The Dance

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 1

The dance at night, which was held in Mr Wilton Harris' woolshed, was largely attended. The committee are deeply grateful to Mr D. McCulloch…

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Globe Theatre “The Winning Ticket”

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 1

The Irish and the Italians get together in a big way in the hilarious Metro Goldwyn-Mayer’s uproarious comedy drama reviving about the…

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Dance at Tumut Plains in Aid of Town Band Sports Princess

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

A very successful dance and euchre party was held in the Tumut Plains Agricultural Bureau Hall on Monday night in aid of the Tumut…

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Cazna Theatre

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 5

What would you do? [?] has a love problem to [?] “Imitation of Life.” What would you do if you were a widow who had…

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Band Music Revival Movement

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

The appearance in Sydney this month of more than 900 competing bandsmen, some of whom will have travelled more than 1700 miles to…

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The Plaza Theatre "Dante's Inferno" Next Week

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

One of the best week-end programmes for some time will be presented at the Plaza Theatre to-night (Friday) and on Saturday night, viz.,…

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Roxy Theatre To-night (Friday) also Saturday And

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

The happiest picture of Shirley Temple's career, "Curly Top," comes to-night (Friday to Monday, also Matinee Saturday, 2.30 p.m. In…

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The Pictures

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

At the Capitol to-night and again for the last time on Monday, Ann Sten and Frederic March appear in the thrilling picture "We Live Again"…

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Popular Band Recital

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 4

The Wagga Citizens' Band will give another of its popular recitals in the Town Hall Gardens tomorrow night, starting at 8.45 o'clock. The public…

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