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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1928

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Moss Vale Race Club Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 22

A fitting conclusion to the Bong Bong [?] week festivities was the ball given by the rate club at,the Moss Vale Agricultural [?] to-night. It attracted a large crowd of…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal.—"the Letter."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 12

The company headed by Miss Irene Vanbrugh and Mr. Dion Bou[?]icault will begin its Sydney season to-night at the Theatre Royal in Somerset Maugham's play, "The Letter," when Miss V[?]brugh will appear as…

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Prince Edward Theatre—"what Price Glory?"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 12

The season of "What Price Glory?" at the Pr[?] Edward Theate will close next Thursday night. It will be followed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarket…

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Talking Pictures. Not a Success. American' Producer's Opinion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 17

Talking motion pictures are not likely to be realised. They would spoil the illusion created by shadow play, which is essential to the success of the cinema…

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Theatre Trust £10,000,000 Scheme London

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

A huge financial operation, involving the expenditure of £10,000,000 to buy music halls and cinemas, with the object of…

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Striking Posies at Race Ball Bong Bong Frocks Moss Vale

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 3

THE striking feature of the lace ball at Moss Vale last night was the enormous posies perched on the shoulders of delightful frocks. In…

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Gregory's Look Showed the Way to £100 How Country Girl Found the Lost Ball Will Give Party

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

"I decided on the position of the ball by the disappointed look on Gregory's face and the position of his hands. I thought that he…

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Second Big Hunt for Missing Ball Is Now on £250 in Prizes Offered for the Correct Solution Another Chance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 3

Now that the position of the ball in Puzzle No. 1 has been disclosed -- the lucky "finders" will soon receive cheques in handsome…

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Heard by the Way Good Luck to the Band—A Classic Welcome—Slow-Motion Telegram —Train v. Horse and Cart—Silly Bees, etc. Fight Over Proposed Land Transfer

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

AN INTERESTING case is to be heard at the Land Board sitting in Pearith next Tuesday, when a application by Oriel Josephine…

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Last Scene of All in Moss Vale's Gala Week Brilliant Frocks at the Bong Bong Ball Grand Finale of Great Picnic Race Meeting -- Long Skirts Were Popular Small Vice-regal Party

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Friday. -- Everybody appeared in their prettiest frocks for the ball -- the culminating event of the Bong Bong annual race meeting -- to-night. As at Tirranna, the most attractive frocks were the loner swallowtail skirts,…

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Two Country Girls Found the Ball in Puzzle No. 1 They Divide the First Prize of £200 Success of Young Woman in City Beauty Parlor --- Cricketers Out of the Hunt Entries From All States

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 3

Where are our cricketers? The first prize of £200 in the "Daily Telegraph Pictorial's" first "Find the Ball" cricket competition was divided between two girls both from country towns…

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The Disappearing Orchestra

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 5

Just why should an orchestra be made to disappear ? Patrons of The Regent will accpet the fact that an orchestra of 60 players emerges from, the depths of the theatre and as mysteriously return to the nether regions, because they have the evidence of their own eyes…

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Flower Gardens Bloom on Dance Frocks Bong Bong Ball

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 5

Bowral is noted for its lovely gardens, and it seemed as if all the pretty girls who attended the 37th annual ball of the Bong Bong Race Club…

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After Bong Bong Ball at Bowral Golf Club Function Beautiful Flowers Bowral

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 5

Bong Bong festivities officially finished last night, but to-night Bowral has shown what it can do in the way of a ball, and staged a most enjoyable…

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New Town Hall Finest Concert Edifice in Austranasia Commission's Ambition

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 1

Citizens will applaud the exclusive announcement made yesterday to "The Sunday Times" by Mr. Fleming, Chief Civic Commissioner, that he and his colleagues are making arrangements and gathering all…

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Staff Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 4

Multi-coloured streamers and balloons decorated the Dungowan, Martin-place, on Saturday night, when members of the office and warehouse staffs of Lustre Hos[?]ery, Limited,…

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Theatre Smokers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 6

Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott, who are bringing their own company to Australia to appear in "Lady Luck," are playing at the Carlton in London…

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Band Contest. Bellbird Wins C Grade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 7

The stands at the Sports Ground were moderately well filled on Saturday night, when the contest for the Australian championship In the C grade took place, under the auspices…

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Another "Lost Ball" Second Big State-wide Hunt Change for Cricketers to Beat Fair Sex Shattered Wicket; A Disappointed Batsman and Expectant Wicket-keeper Which One Holds the Key?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 3

The first £250 offered by the "Telegraph Pictorial" in its novel "Find the Ball" competition has been won--£100 to a girl at Bungonia; £100 to a young woman at Binalong; £30 to a young woman resident of North Sydney; and 16 prizes of…

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Band Contests. "B" Grade Series

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 12

The attendance at the Sports Ground last night for the first of the "B" grade contests under the auspices of the Band Association of New South Wales was a large one…

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