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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950

167 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 9

King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 5

In "Key Largo," the film which starts the King's, Bega, on Wednesday, erstwhile gangster player Humphrey Bogart is on the side of law and order…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 9

There have been heavy be-whiskered movie villains, and snarling, rough, and loud mouthed “heavies,” and the smooth, master minds who have worked…

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Wolumla Catholic Ball Good Work by Secretaries

The Bega District News · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

The ball held in the Wolumla Hall, on Easter Monday night, in aid of the Catholic Church funds, was one of the most successful, socially…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 5

"City Across the River," the film which starts at the King's, Bega, on Wednesday, deals vigorously with the problem of juvenile crime in America…

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Band News

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Our playing strength has been increased by the entry of Mr. “Hill” Reeves, our local postal clerk, who made his debt in the…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 7

Based on a man’s determination to establish a Texas cattle ranch, at the time of the American Civil War, the film “Red River,” which starts at the…

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Bemboka’s Gay Ball Mr. Jack Beale Declares Function Open

The Bega District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

Bemboka’s Memorial Ball, held last Friday evening, was a gay, colourful function which attracted a large crowd of people from all parts of…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 5

The unhappy people who have been stricken, by mental Illness are too often discarded as beyond the assistance of medical science and left by relatives…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 7

Rosalind Russell, who at intervals embarks into the more serious type of film, has returned with all her verve for comedy in “Tell it to the Judge,” which…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 5

The film version of “The Woman in White,” from Wilkie Collins’ story, which starts at the King's, Bega, tomorrow night, assurances quite thrilling…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 9

Based on one of Damon Runyon’s priceless stories about the colourful— and peculiar—characters who abound round Mannhattan Island’s Broadway,…

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Maytime Ball Opened By Dean Of Sale Bright First Big Social Function Of Season

The Bega District News · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

St. John’s Maytime Ball, at the Bega Show Pavilion, on Thursday evening last week, was the first big social funcion of this year’s dancing season. A large crowd attended the ball which was officially declared open by the Dean of Sale, the…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

Desperate outlaw characters in the rugged outdoors, giving way to every primitive emotion, are the features of “Yellow Sky,” the film starting at the…

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Weeks Of Effort By Candelo Ball Workers Rewarded St. Peter’s Function Brilliantly Successful

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

The efforts of many weeks of detailed organisation by the committee of St. Peter’s Church of England Ladies’ Guild, in connection with the Candelo C. of E. Ball, were crowned with satisfactory achievement, for the function…

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Enjoyable Concert

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

A very fine concert programme was arranged by “Margaret” of 2WL. for the Ladies Guild of St. Luke’s Church of England, Berry,…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

“The Greet Dan Patch,” the film which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow, tells a story about a young man who owns a pacer, the fastest in the…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 5

One of the rare English Technicolor films is "Saraband," which starts at the King's, Bega, tomorrow night, and it might be stated the most ambitious yet…

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King's Theatre

The Bega District News · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 9

"Fort Apache" is a film depicting the days when the American army had to wage wax against the Indian who resented losing his land to the white man's…

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Bega Catholic Ball Gets Better Each Year Secretaries And Organisers Congratulated On Fine Work

The Bega District News · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

The improvement in each succeeding year's Catholic Bega was commented upon by Rev. Father O'Shea, on Thursday evening last, when he was thanking the organisers of the ball for their work in this year's splendid function…

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King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 5

“Rachael and the Stranger,” the film which starts at the King’s, Bega, tomorrow, use the American border of 150 years ago as Its setting…

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