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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Dance in Aid of Blind

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 24

A BIG revel and dance ("Under the Start") in aid of the Sydney Induct Blind Institution, has been arranged by the Lapstone Hotel, on the Blue Mountains…

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Fine Display Of Camera Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 13

Royal Photographic Society exhibits (of 1937). with a collection of international and Australian camera-craft are being shown in the…

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Pix 48 PAGES exciting PICTURES!

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 5

New, vivid, arresting, the modern form of pictorial journalism is coming to New South Wales…

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BIB and BUB Words and Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 4

Said Mrs. Elephant to Mrs. Giraffe, "Your long neck always makes me laugh." Said Mrs. Giraffe, "Do you suppose I never laugh at your long nose?"…

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Shorts and Slacks at Palm Beach Dance

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 10

SHORTS and slacks with colorful sun-tops and blouses were the popular choice of the women dancers at the Palm Beach Surf Club dance last night. The clubhouse, gay with Chinese…

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Race Fashions. Moth Ball Odor At Randwick

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 39

YESTERDAY'S weather for the Randwick meeting was not in keeping with the celebrations. It was too wet. There was a fairly big…

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There's More Than Meets the Eye In Placing Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 19

ONCE walls used to be a wilderness of family portraits. Then there came time when not so much as one picture was…

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Band Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 10

The Minister in Charge of Celebrations Mr. Dunningham, yesterday expressed pleasure at the splendid co-operation given by the Band Council of Control…

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Naval Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 3

Officers from the visiting warships, U.S.S. Trenton, Memphis, Milwaukee, Louisville, the Netherlands sloop Flores, the French sloop Rigauit de Genousilly, the Italian cruiser…

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Dance at Palm Beach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 3

Coloured lights set among, the trees to light the pathway, over which a covering was elected to shield the danners from the rain, were strung between the Pacific Club and…

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Queen's Club Ball "Debs"

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 11

Three of the debutantes who will make their debut at the Queen's Club Ball, to be held at the Sydney Town Hall on February 3. MISS HELEN BRUXNER (top left) is the only…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Randwick Finish—widden Handicap, 5 Furs

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 13

APPROACHING THE LEGER—CHALLENGE STAKES, 6 Furs. FINISH—CHALLENGE STAKES, 6 Furs. APPROACHING THE LEGER—JANUARY HANDICAP, 1 1/4 Miles. FINISH—JANUARY HANDICAP, 1 1/4 Miles…

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Anniversary Weekend Dance Of Palm Beach Surf Club A Prelude To Gay Week

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 11

MR. GEORGE MORRIS and his fiancee, Miss Joyce Ruskin Rowe, who announced their engagement last week, at the dance at the Pacific Club, at Palm Beach, on Saturday night. THREE SMART GIRLS: Misses Betty Munro. (left), Joyce Lotherington (centre), and Lorraine…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Randwick Approaching the Leger—trial Hurdle Race, about 1 3/4 Miles

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 12

FINISH—TRIAL HURDLE RACE, about 1 3/4 Miles. APPROACHING THE LEGER—FIRST NOVICE HANDICAP, 1 Mile. FINISH—FIRST NOVICE HANDICAP, 1 Mile. APPROACHING THE LEGER—BONDI HANDICAP, 7 Furs…

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Ball Hit Barnes on Jaw Retired, But Resumed to Get Century N.S.W.'s 371--- Slow Bowler Cleans Up "Tail" Victorian Collapse

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 18

N.S.W. carried its score to 371 against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground today, Barnes topping the list with a splendid century…

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Music Stage Radio GOSSIP from Green Room and Concert Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 14

A MUSICAL highlight of the Sesqui-Centenary Celebrations will be the Popular Orchestral Concert…

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Ryde Four Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 21

Ryde-Parramatta Golf Club will hold an open four-ball v. par event tomorrow. For times ring Ryde 124…

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The Pictures on This Page

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 13

[?] top left-hand corner the three girts are fashionable young [?]0 of 1879, and they are on their way to see Australia's [?] train. The figure immediately underneath symbolises and the young officer is talking to a lady in crinolines…

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Bowlers' Ball At Town Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 16

OVERSEAS and interstate bowlers and their wives were the guests at the ball held last night at the Town Hall, and attended by 1000 dancers…

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Pix Begins A Vogue In Story Pictures

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

Frank, daring, exciting, the first issue of PIX will be on sale to-morrow. PIX will come to Australian…

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