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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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C. of E. Ball at The Rock

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1947 · page 4

The Church of England ball was held at The Rock on Wednesday night, and was a success from all viewpoints…

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Poor Attendance at Food for Britain Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1947 · page 4

Through generous public support, the final function for the Wagga Food for Britain Appoil—a cabaret ball, held in the Kyeamba Smith…

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Items of News CAThOLIC Presentation Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1947 · page 2

The debutantes at the Catholic Ball on Wednesday will be presented to Dr. F. A. Henschke. Bishop of Wagga. Supper will he a…

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Football Ladies' Auxiliary Dance

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 4

Owing to unforseen circumstances, the social advertised for tonight in the C.W.A. Rooms has been postponed until Wednesday night next (June 4)…

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Boyd Neel Orchestra in Wagga To-night

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

The celebrated Boyd Neel string orchestra will give a recital at the Plaza Theatre to-night. Wagga and Griffith are the only country…

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Cycle Club's Dance Presentation of Trophies

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

A very enjoyable euchre party and dance was held in the Railways Institute on Saturday right last, 31st May by the Cycle Club, the object…

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Eight Debutantes at Barmedman Diggers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 4

Roads to Barmedman on Thursday night were dotted with lights, as cars and buses converged on the town for the Diggers' ball. It was estimated that over 500 people from Barmedman, West Wyalong, Temora and the…

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The Legion Ball a Bright Function

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

The ball held in the Oddfellows Hall, Tumut, on Friday night last under the auspices of the Tumut Branch of the…

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Band to Render Items at Pleasant Sunday Afternoon

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

In the Roxy Theatre on Sunday afternoon next, a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon programme will be presented in connection with the visit of the…

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At the Adelonia Theatre "The Uninvited"

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 4

A powerful and absorbing melodrama combining some very amusing incidents, Paramount's "The Uninvited," due at the Adelonia Theatre,…

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Masked Ball Raises £52 for Boys' Club

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

The masked ball held at Stockinbingal last Friday night by the Cootamundra Boys' Club committee was a huge success, financially and socially…

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Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

One day during the next few months an enormous rubber oall will go [?] the Niagara Falls. Inside it will be dean Lussier, a French-Canadian…

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At the Montreal Theatre "They Were Sisters"

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

James Mason, probably the most popular British film star, enjoys playing "dirty dogs" on the screen; but never before has he had the…

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C. of E. Ball Largely Attended Spectacular Presentation of Debs

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

THE Dormitory Hall presented a beautiful scene on Friday night last, with its floral decorations of wistaria and roses,…

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

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

Even more moving than the films he has produced in the past such as "Wilson," "How Green Was My Valley" and "The Grapes of Wrath,"…

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1400 Hear Boyd Neel Orchestra at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 2

Last night at the Plaza Theatre 1400 Wagga people heard the Boyd Neel orchestra. They heard also a near approach to musical perfection…

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Boyd Neel Orchestra First "Taste of Australian Country at Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 3

Members of the Boyd Neel siring orchestra, who arrived in Wagga yesterday afternoon and gave a recital at the Plaza Theatre last night, said they enjoyed their first real…

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Citizens' Band Disappointing Attendance at Meeting

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 2

The roll-up of prospective hand member, last Sunday was disappointing, but it is expected there will be a larger…

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Wolseley Park Red Cross Ball

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 2

All roads will lead to Rosewood tomorrow (Friday) night,'when the ball organised by the Wolseley Park branch of the Red Cros will be…

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35 Debutantes Presented to Bishop at Wagga Catholic Ball

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 5

Thirty-five debutantes were presented to the Bishop of Wagga (the Most Rev. F. A. Henschke, D.D.) at the Catholic ball in the Cocoanut Grove and Wonderland Theatre last night…

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