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Riverina · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1941

1,263 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 64

Band at Narandera Easter

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

REQUESTS for the Band's services were the chief business before the monthly meeting of the Band Board on Tuesday night…

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Band at Narandera Easter

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

REQUESTS for the Band's services were the chief business before the monthly meeting of the Band Board on Tuesday night…

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21St Light Horse Ball

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

The music far the Regimental Ball. 21st Light Horse, which was held in in Cocoanut Grove. Wagga, on Wednesday night. was supplied by Billy Hill's Riverina…

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Spitfire Shoot and Dance Amd Euchre

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

In last week’s issue were few lines about a Spitfire euchre party and dance to be held on Wednesday, 2nd April. This has now grown to a clay…

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St. Patrick’s Ball. Monday Next

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

St. Patrick’s Day, Monday next, 17th March, will be celebrated in Ganmain by a ball which will be held in Hennessy’s Haal. No effort is being…

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The Plaza Theatre "Strange Cargo" Tonight

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

Tonight (Friday) and on Saturday that great adventure story, "Strange Cargo," starring Clarke Gable and Joan Crawford, will be…

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War Pictures Issued by the Department of Information

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

INSIDE INFORMATION: Britain’s Royal Navy seldom wastes a torpedo, and its torpedo-men receive most careful Instructions. Here, in the torpedo room of a British warship, a torpedo is shown dismantled in the course of this training. WHERE THE BRITISH NAVY RECEIVES ITS RITE, With on ear splitting race and a dense cloud…

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Roxy Theatre To-night (Friday) and

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

If you never saw a hair-raising comedy before don't miss bubbling. Bob Hope and sparkling Paulette Goddard in Paramount's "The Ghost…

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Cazna Theatre “Tail Spin” Tells Thrilling Story of Women Fliers

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

Reported to be a smashing romantic melodrama of adventure, telling the story of three women who fly, the thrills that come with their split…

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Successful V.a.d. Dance

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 3

Despite tne threatening weather there was a very satisfactory attendance at the V.A.D dance held at the New Moon Gar­dens last night. The rain during the…

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St. Patrick Day Concert

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 3

A treat is in store for concert lovers next Wednesday night. when the annual St. Pat­rick's Day concert will be held In the Wonderland Theatre Not will a…

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Church of England Ball

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

The Church of England ball will be, held in the Wonderland Theatre and Cocoanut Grove, Wagga, on Wednesday. May 30. Tenders are called for…

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N.e.s. Dance for St. John's Ambulance Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

St. John's Ambulance Brigade, a worthy organisation recently formed at Cootamundra for the benefit of the civil population in wartime, will…

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Wagga Citizens Band

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

The wagga Citizens Band will render a programme of appropriate music at the St. Patrick's race meeting to-morrow. All bandsmen are asked to…

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Younger Set "Spitfire" Dance

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 6

On Saturday evening the Wagga C.W.A. Younger Set held a very successful dance at the Half Holiday Tennis Club house in aid of the Wagga Police and Citizens…

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Punched Soldier at Dance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

Stated by Cst. Ritchie, at Leeton court yesterday, to have started an argument with a soldier in uniform, and to have punched the soldier,…

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The Plaza Theatre

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 3

Beautiful women, plus intrigues of the smart set. Plus a man's sacrifice to save one of the beautiful girls from prison, are the components…

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Roxy Theatre To-night (Tuesday), also Wednesday, and

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

Breath-taking excitement, romance and drama, mystery and intrigue are unfolded in the thrill-packed story of Walter Wanger's "Foreign…

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St. Patrick's Day Concert

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 6

The annual St. Patrick's Day concert, to be held in the Wonderland Theatre to-­morrow night, will provide a real treat for concert-goers and all who have a taste…

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New Stage Setting for Catholic Concert

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 1

ON the eve of St. Patrick's Day Irish songs were popular numbers at the annual Catholic Concert held in the courtyard…

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