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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 5

The cast of M-G-M’s much-discussed new picture “The Search,” opening at the King’s Theatre on Wednesday is composed largely of youngsters,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 7

Personable young Robert Stack who before he went into the service, was the adolescent leading man opposite Deanna. Durbin in several pictures, now has two…

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Numbugga’s Miniature Ball

The Bega District News · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 6

A very enjoyable miniature ball was held in the Humbugger Hall, on Wednesday, August 24, in aid of the Hospital Auxiliary…

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Delightful Candelo Diggers’ Ball Excellent Doortakings Reward Committee

The Bega District News · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 4

The largest crowd to attend a social function in Candelo this year, was seen, at the annual R.S. & A.I.L.A. Ball in the Town Hall on Thursday night of last week. The function afforded an opportunity gown diaphanous pale pink material,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 5

Some old chestnuts are not very attractive and have grown musty, with, age, but the liiting beauty of the waltzes of Johenn Strauss have a quality…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 11

The film “Every Girl Should Be Married” states a truism with which most people will agree, but the delightful situations which revolve around a modern…

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Bermagui R.g. Ball Success Fine Sum Cleared

The Bega District News · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 6

Th[?]s recent Bermagul Catholic Ball was a great success, clearing £88 after a very enjoyable social evening, with all who attended in excellent…

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Bushland Green Setting . Gay Time at Y. A. Ball

The Bega District News · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 5

Decorated in bushland green the Bega Show Pavilion was a suitable background for the colourful gowns of the St. John’s Young Anglicans…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 5

The management of the King’s Theatre has made special arrangements to screen the newsreel of flood damaged Kempsey and the surrounding countryside…

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£83 on the Door Berry Show Society’s Fancy Dress Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

There was a large attendance at the Berry A. and H. Association’s masquerade and fancy dress dance at the School of…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 9

“Captain from Castile,” the film which starts, at the King’s, Bega, on Saturday, takes the audience back to the invasion of Mexico by one Hernan…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 5

Music is the basis of the story of “Night Song,” which starts at the KIng’s, Bega, tonight. As a young composer whose career is…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 9

The producers of the film “It’s Magic” which starts at the King’s Bega, on Saturday, have taken sambas, luxury liners, gorgeous girls and rhythmic carnivals as…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 5

“Homecoming,” which starts at the King's, Bega, OIL Wednesday, is the story of post , war adjustment in which old loyalties are shattered by the experiences…

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Band News

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 2

The members have been greatly heartened by the receipt of a cheque for £30 as a subsidy from the Shoalhaven Shire Council,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 7

The mere, mention of the Iron Curtain sufficient for people of the democracies to visualise a tense, spy-ridden country, made horrible by unbalanced…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 5

Starring Esther Williams, Lauritz Melchoir, Jimmy Durante, Johnnie Johnson, xavier Cugat and his orchestra M-G-M’s spectacular Technicolor…

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Pretty Presentation At Convent Ball Excellent Performance By Juveniles

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 4

The annual ball conducted by the St. Patrick’s Convent School always springs a new surprise in presentations executed by the well trained youngsters of the school. There have been minature…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 9

For the first, time, the story of the feuding clans of Scotland—history’s bloodiest chapter, is brought to the screen In Columbia’s glorious…

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Tathra’s Seaside Ball

The Bega District News · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 2

Tathra went gay last Friday evening, over the Seaside Ball, and, due to the untiring energy and organising ability, of the lady secretaries,…

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