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Riverina · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

1,468 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 74

Wagga Presbyterians Annual Tea and Concert Best Assembly for Years Splendid Entertainment

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

More than 500 people, the largest gathering for years, attended the annual Presbyterian tea meeting and, concert held in the school hall last…

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Methul School Concert (From a Correspondent.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

Methul and Methul West schools presented at Methul Hall on Friday last, to a large and appreciative audience their second annual “School…

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Wagga Citizens' Band

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 6

The Wagga Citizens' Band will be taking part in the Band Sunday, organised by the Narandera Citizens' Band, to be held on April 17. Practice…

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Tarcutta Diggers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 8

Intense interest is being noted on all sides in the diggers' ball at Tarcutta on Easier Monday. April 18. The committee have announced a surprise…

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Plaza Theatre, Wagga New Manager Appointed in Cinema Business for 30 YEARS

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 3

Mr. W. (Wally) Grant. J.P., who has been appointed manager of the Plaza Theatre, Wagga, in place of Mr. Jack Fardell, who has been transferred to…

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Tea Meeting and Concert St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 9

The annual tea meeting and concert arranged by the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Women's' Guild, and held on Thursday evening was a big…

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C.y.m.c. Dance

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 6

A dance and euchre party will be held to-night in the Oxford Theatre, under the auspices of the Catholic Young Men's Club. A good orchestra…

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Military Ball At Stockinbingal Wonderful Success

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 3

The first military ball ever held in Ellwood's Hall at Stockinbingal eventuated on Friday night and was such a wonderful success that…

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Rio Theatre

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

As a special attraction for the Easter season, that great drama, "The Rosary," will be shown on Saturday and Monday next…

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Fire Ball in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

Those residents of Wagga who were awake shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning, witnessed the spectacle of a fire ball hurtling through the…

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Items of News Apex Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

The Wagga Apex Club's annual cabaret ball this year will be held at the Kyeamba Smith Hall on Wednesday, May 25, and will take the form…

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Mount Erin Ex-students' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 3

The organisers of the annual ball, to be held on May 18 by the Mount Erin Ex-Students' Association, report that arrangements are proceeding…

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Roxy Theatre To-night (Tuesday) to

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 2

Thrills, laughs, drama and romance mingle in a literal cross section of American racing life in "Saratoga," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's drama of the…

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Woman Dies During Black-out at Pictures Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, aged 58 years went to a picture theatre at Rockdale on Saturday night and during the pictures there was a black-out owing to…

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Obscene Literature and Pictures Prominent in N.Z. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

According to Father Owen Dudley, a member of the Catholic. Church in a London, who is now visiting the Dominion, it is scarcely possible to walk…

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The Plaza Theatre "Under the Red Robe" To-night

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 2

“Under the Red Robe,”a thrilling romance starring Conrad Veldt and annabella is the special attraction at the Plaza Theatre to-night…

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Concert Programme

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 2

The programme on Wednesday night revealed the ability of the children. The chairman for the evening programme was Mr. A. E. Bull…

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Celebrity Concert in Aid of St. Faith's Hospital Visit of Mr. Browning Mummery

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 2

Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm, that prevailed at the celebrity concert in the Plaza Theatre on Thursday evening last, when Mr…

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Maytime Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 3

The Maytime ball, to be held in the Kyeamba Smith Hall on June 29, promises to be one of the most enjoyable functions of the year. The Riverina…

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Wagga Police Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 4

Tickets are available now for the Wagga police ball, which will be held in the Kyeamba Smith Hall on Wednesday night, May 11. Although only…

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