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Riverina · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1946

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Broadway Theatre Robbed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday: While a capacity audience watched the performance of "Spellbound" in a Broadway theatre, two…

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Returned P.O.W. Dies at Dance

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: After having survived three and a half years with his brother, E. R. Warburton, in a Japanese…

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New Rules to Be Applied in England . Ball to Be Used for 55 Overs

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 8

A number of new cricket rules will be out into practice in first-class cricket in Britain in the coming summer as a result of decisions…

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Band Euchre

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

Results of last Saturday night's euchre tournament, held in the Hand Hall, were: Ladies' '1st prize, Mrs Kidd, 2nd prize Mrs. Jago. Men's 1st…

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Roxy Theatre Week-end Programme

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

As the electrical restrictions will not be lifted until Monday, the Roxy Theatre, using its own auxiliary plant, will be the only theatre open…

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Cazna Theatre Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne in “A Guy Named Joe”

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

“A GUY NAMED JOE” screening To-night (Friday) and Saturday is a finely acted drama with a top line cast that…

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District News Corobimilla Break-up Concert at School

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

On the evening of 7th December a large number of district residents gathered at the Corobimilla ball for the school's break-up function, and a…

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Ash Bridge News Annual Prize Giving and “Break-up Concert (From Our Correspondent)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

Various dates were proposed for the “Break—up” concert for the year but it was finally decided to hold this function on…

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Younger Set Dance

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

The Christmas dance organised by the Henty Younger Set, was an outstanding success. The hall was artistically decorated by the girls…

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Gregadoo Dance for Ambulance

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

The Superintendent of the Wagga District Ambulance acknowledges with thanks the sum of £15/9/3 from the Gregadoo Tennis Club…

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Rio Theatre News

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

A motion picture whose greatness is apparent long before "the end" is reluctantly reached, Columbia's impressively exciting new George…

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New Rules To Be Applied In England Cricket Ball to Be Used for Fifty-five Overs

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

A number of new cricket rules will be put into practice in first-class cricket, in Britain as a result of decisions announced by the Board of Control and…

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New Year's Dance at Mangoplah

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

The New Year's dance organised by the members of the Church of England Ladies Guild, and the young Anglicans Movement, in the…

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Cazna Theatre Delicious Clowning in “Nothings But Trouble”

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

Laurel and Hardy will make a welcome re-appearance To-night (Friday) and Saturday in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Success “NOTHING BUT…

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The Week-end at the Shows Roxy Theatre To-night and

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

The latest Edward Small laugh riot, 'Abroad with Two Yanks' opens at the Roxy Theatre to-niglit starring William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe…

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra May Visit Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

The matter of inviting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to visit Wagga was discussed at the meeting of the Wagga Municipal…

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Rio Theatre News

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 4

One of the year's most poignant dramas will make its local debut at The Rio on Friday, when Warner Bros.' "In This Our Life" opens. The…

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During Hot Spell Pictures Transferred to Open-air

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 3

While the present excessively hot weather lusts, the pictures will be transferred from Roxy Theatre to open-air, Roxy Gardens…

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Island Evening and DANCE

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 3

On Thursday, January 24, an Island Evening and Dance will be held in St. Peter's Hall. Admission is by invitation which can be obtained by…

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What's on at the Theatres Open-air Pictures

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

On very hot nights when the weather conditions are favourable, the programme advertised for screening at the Roxy Theatre may be…

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