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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

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New Year's Dance at Tarcutta

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 3

TARCUTTA, Friday: The New Year was ushered in at Tarcutta with a dance organised by the Tarcutta…

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M.G.M.'s Great Musical "The Band Wagon"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

Packed with such star talent as Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Broadway's Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan, and…

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Citizens will be at Sydney's Royal Ball

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Hills) said today that the Sydney Royal Ball would have…

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Offer of £60 a Month to Show Pictures in Memorial Hall

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

Before the last meeting of the Tumbarumba subbranch of the Returned Soldiers League, held on Saturday, December 19, were two letters concerning the showing, of pictures in the Memorial Hall -- one an…

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St. Joseph's School Concert and Prize Distribution

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

How welcome the fine weather was on Wednesday night, December 16 last, when St. Joseph's held their annual concert and prize distribution. The audience, on arriving, were a little surprised to see that the…

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Tumut Town Band

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

On Tuesday, 22nd December, the Tumut Town Band held its third annual Solo competitions and Prizegiving in the C.W.A. rooms…

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Royal Ball Invitation Rumor Denied

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY [?] alderman of the [?] City Council IMP TOM Wright denied today any move had been made to nominate two Communists…

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Top Communists May Attend Royal Ball in Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

Two of Australia’s top Communists, Ernest Thornton and Lance Sharkey, may be invited to the Royal Ball…

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Narrandera Pipe Band

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

Narrandera Pipe Band which people in Lockhart District think so much of, had a busy and eventful year in 1953…

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Narrandera Pipe Band Concludes Busy Year

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

The year 1953 will be well remembered by members of the Narrandera Pipe Band as one of the busiest and most eventful years it will ever experience."…

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Jazz Band May Broadcast

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

Cootamundra residents probably will have the opportunity of hearing the town Jazz Band over the National…

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Invitations to Lord Mayor's Ball sent out

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Almost the entire quota of 1500 invitations to the Lord Mayor's Royal Ball on…

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Open air Ban Concert

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

The Leeton Band will hold a concert at the Rotunda in Concert Place on Sunday week, January 24, at 8.30…

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Vigilant Watch for Firebug Granville Theatre Threatened

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday—Armed watchmen and police are maintaining a constant all-night vigil in Granville shopping centre following a further threat to burn the premises unless "protection…

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Band community concert at Rotunda Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

A concert organised by the Leeton District Band, will he held at the Band Rotunda next Sunday night at 8.30…

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Terror in Life of Planters Splendid Picture at Broadway Theatre

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 7

Events depicted in "The Planter's Wife," the main attraction at the Broadway Theatre to-night and again…

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"Gothic" Band Will Aid Abbey Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 4

The band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, which has played for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their voyage in the "Gothic" across the Pacific…

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Queen's band to aid Abbey appeal Special Concert at Town Hall

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marine, which has played for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during…

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Open-air community concert Enjoyed by Large Audience

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

Chelmsford Place presented a colourful spectacle on Sunday night last, when the populace, in the cool…

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Contract for Showing Pictures

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

In a local solicitor's office on Tuesday afternoon two of the three Trustees of the Memorial Hall (Messrs. G. J…

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