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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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Band Contest

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 2

On Monday next, Eight-Hour Day, Berry Showground will be [?] setting for [?] [?] Band’s greatest [?]…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 7

Joe Palooka is one of those mythical well-known human characters whose adventures is the concern of so many people. The comic strip dramas have taken hold…

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Bega Players Perform. Presbyteblan Concert

The Bega District News · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 5

The quality of entertainment at the Presbyterian Concert last Monday and Tuesday evenings at the School of Arts, Bega, attained a standard…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 7

The artists in the film, “Quiet Week-end,” starting at the King’s Theatre, Bega, on Wednesday, possibly aren’t very well known to Bega audiences. However,…

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Bega Band Wins March Competition at Berry

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 3

The thirty members of the Bega Band who travelled to Berry over the week-end, returned last night with a handsome cup for winning the oval…

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Local & General the Diggers’ Ball

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 October 1947 · page 2

A final reminder is given of the Diggers Ball which takes pace at the Berry School of Arts to—morrow right (Friday)…

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Band Contest at Berry Enjoyed by 2000 People Kiama 1st, BERRY 2nd., BEGA 3rd

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 October 1947 · page 1

History was made at Berry on Monday last (Eight—Hour Day). when a band contest was staged on the Berry Showground—and…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 7

A search for fabulous treasure, turbulent romance intrepid deeds of daring on land and sea, and you have the description of that sailorman who knew…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 7

The books of tempestuous American author, Ernest Hemingway though not always the most enjoyable to read, nevertheless, are always accorded…

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Diggers’ Ball Attended by Large Crowd, Including Many Visitors

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 1

The first annual Diggers’ Ball, organised by the Berry sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, was held at the School…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 9

The film, “California,” filmed on location has brought to the screen the glories of the magnificent west coast state of America. Unsurpassed vistas of…

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Candelo Show Ball Entertaining Flnor Shows

The Bega District News · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 8

Entertaining floor shows, staged by members of Bega Apex Club were an especially enjoyable feature of the ball held in Candelo Town Hall on Thursday evening, 9th October, in aid of the building fund of the proposed new luncheon pavilion to be…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 7

“Paula,” the film for the King’s Bega on Wednesday, is a scaring drama of a tough mining engineer who is sensitive to the influence of women…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 7

Paulette Goddard plays the part of a guttersnipe from the streets of London in the King’s Theatre’s main attraction on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 7

The “Captive Heart,” the film to start at the King’s Theatre, Bega, on Wednesday, is a moving story, and tells of the personal problems of the men who…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 5

James Cagney Plays the managing editor of the largest English-language newspaper, ln Tokyo, in the film “Blood on the Sun,” which starts at the King’s…

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King’s Theatre Melbourne Cup Newsreel

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 5

A young man who has achieved a sordid reputation for slapping women is Dan Duryea. He has been beating up screen sirens practically ever since he…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 7

Scowling, melodramatic British star, James Mason, enacts the principal role of a young doctor waiting to qualify for French citizenship, in the film “Hotel…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 11 November 1947 · page 7

The checkered career of one of the most fascinating characters in a long time, provides the colourful material in the King’s Bega, film, starting next…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 14 November 1947 · page 7

Starring four very efficient artists “Devotion” starts its season, at the King’s Bega, on Saturday. The film tells a dramatic story about…

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