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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1946

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Railway Employees' Dance About 500 Persons in Attendance

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 2

The Railway Employees' picnic dance which was held in the Criterion Hall on Monday evening last was one of the most successful of its…

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Cazna Theatre Van Johnson Stars in Between Two Women”

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 3

So deftly are comedy and drama blended in “BETWEEN TWO WOMEN,” screening to-night and Saturday. that it emerges as one of the most solidly…

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Bachelors' Ball at Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 4

A well attended meeting of bachelors was held at the Area Hotel, Griffith, and it was unanimously decided to conduct a bachelors' ball…

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Correspondence (We do net necessarily endorse the view of our correspondents) Visit of Orchestra (To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 2

SIR,—It is to be hoped that the visit to Wagga of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra can be arranged. The cost of such a venture is high,…

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School of Arts Music Society Fine Programme at Wagga Concert

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 2

The monthly social of the Wagga School of Arts Musical Society was held in the lecture room and a very large attendance of members…

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Culling Citizens' Committee Dance

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 2

The above in aid of the Blind Ex-Servicemen's Club, Sydney, raised £31 regardless of the fact that outside patronage from some centres was very…

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Rio Theatre News

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

Keyed to present-day headlines. "The Adventures of Tartu," which comes to the Rio Theatre on Friday and Saturday, is a stirring drama…

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Bandsmen Entertained By Citizens' Band Committee

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

The Women's Auxiliary of the Citizens' Band deserve more than a meed of praise for the excellent supper which the members served at the…

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Grand Radio Parade for Food for Britain Big Concert in Plaza Theatre To-night

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 2

Local residents arc promised a real musical treat in the Plaza Theatre to-night (Tuesday), 9th April, when the Narandera War Loan…

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Basket Ball Match Efforts to Form Competition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 4

LAST Saturday, April 6, a basket ball match between teams representing the Cannery Dormitories and local girls, was…

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At The Adelonia Theatre "Mrs. Parkinson" Finds Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon Again Co-starred

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 4

One of the most colorful male screen routes of the year—the dashing, immensely rich immensely powerful Major Augustus Parkington of the Louis…

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Batlow Diggers' Ball

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 6

Batlow's annual Diggers' Ball took place on 29th March in the Literary Institute Hall. The ball was a huge success,…

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Cazna Theatre Thrilling Adventure Romance Teams James Craig, Donna Reed and Marjorie Main

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

Adventure and romance are blended to make an exciting action-packed adventure picture in “Gentle Annie,” based on MacKinlay Kantor’s popular…

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Choral Society's Splendid Concert "Cootamundra's Best Feast of Music for Years!"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

The above remark by Mr. Don. Chapple in the absence of President G. Bruderlin, when thanking the people for their attendance at the Town…

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Cullivel Talent Quest and Dance

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 4

It is many years sine Cullivel Hall has accommodated such a huge crowd as that which appeared last Tuesday night to witness the…

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Dirnaseer's Welcome Home Gymkhana and Ball Very Pleasant Success

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 5

Lovely weather combined with the efforts of the Dirnaseer district residents to make the occasion of welcoming home the returned Servicemen…

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Infant School Club's Juvenile Ball Splendid Array of Fancy Costumes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 2

Many and varied were the fancy costumes wore by the children who attended the first post-war Juvenile plain and fancy dress ball held by…

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Roxy Theatre to Be Re-decorated

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 3

Riverina Theatres Pty. Ltd., have been successful in letting tenders for the complete re-painting of the interior of the Roxy Theatre. Mr. F…

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Tumut Town Band Has 1600 in War Loans Plus Credit of £378

Adelong and Tumut Express · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

Those present at the monthly meeting of the Tumut Town Band Committee were Mr. Brn. Elphick (chair) and Messrs. J. J. Learmont…

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Another Success for Gundagai’s Cheer Up Club “Easter Parade” Delights Packed Theatre Splendid and Colorful Variety Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 2

It is grand to note that tho Gundagai Cheer Up Club is still maintaining its high standard of entertainment, and last Tuesday their new variety show “The Easter Parade” went over in a big way. It was excellent entertainment right from the overture to the final curtain…

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