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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1941

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Their pictures endure

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

GERMAN bombs may damage and destroy English cities, and devastate national institutions…

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City Greets 1941. Street Carnival Song and Dance at King's Cross

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

Huge crowds of revellers, estimated to number 100,000, sang and danced in the streets of the city last night as they greeted the arrival of the New Year…

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Pictures Of Races At Mentone

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 10

After Rounding Turn—Beaumaris Handicap (1st Div.). Beaumaris Handicap (1st Div.), 5f. (1.2).—INTREPID 1, FLORETTE 2, DANAE 3. After Rounding Turn—Beaumaris Handicap (2nd Div.). Beaumaris Handicap (2nd Div.), 5f. (1.2¾). WHEATEAR 1, LEO JAMES 2. BINKER 3…

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Pictures Of Races At Mentone

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 11

After Rounding Turn—Summer Handicap. Summer Handicap, 1¼m. (2.6½).—OUR BOY 1. CON DEVON 2, BANKSHAW 3. After Rounding Turn—Sorrento Handicap. Sorrento Handicap, 6f. (1.14¾).—BEV ROSE 1, BEAUFILER 2, OLD VIENNA 3…

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Nepean Theatre Talkies "The Blue Bird"

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

Starring Shirley Temple, with Spring Eyington. Nigel Bruce. Sybil Jason. and a cast, of hundreds, this beautiful all-colour picture will be screened…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Randwick at the Leger—new Year's Gift, 7 Furs

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 13

FINISH—NEW YEAR'S GIFT, 7 Furs. AT THE LEGER—NURSERY HANDICAP, 5½ Furs. FINISH—NURSERY HANDICAP, 5½ Furs. AT THE LEGER—FLYING WELTER, 6 Furs…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Randwick at the Leger—tattersall's Club Cup, 1½ Miles

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 14

FINISH—TATTERSALL'S CLUB CUP, 1½ Miles. AT THE LEGER—TRIAL STAKES, 1 Mile. FINISH—TRIAL STAKES, 1 Mile. AT THE LEGER—ALFRED HILL HANDICAP, 1 Mile…

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Holy Cross College. Annual Concert and Prize Day

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 13

A crowded assembly greeted the students of Holy Cross College, Ryde, for their farewell concert and distribution of prizes. For the opening chorus, the…

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Marist Brothers' College, Randwick. Successful Annual Concert

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 30

So largely attended was the fifteenth annual concert of the Marist Brothers' College, Randwick, held at the Doncaster Theatre on December 13, that a…

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Scottish Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

The Highland Society of New South Wales held its annual Scottish concert in conjunction with the 73rd Highland Gathering at the Sydney Town Hall last night before a large…

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Pictures by Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

To bring to Daily Telegraph readers the pictures published today of survivors from ships sunk by Nazi…

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The Greek Ball

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

We report with much pleasure the considerable success attained by the Greek Ball. The function was held last Friday…

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"Hot" Scoring in Four-ball

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 16

Two pairs finished 11 up on par and one pair 10 up in the North Brighton Golf Club's open four-ball yesterday…

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Raider Victim Pictures. Brought to Sydney by Special Aeroplane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 7

The pictures published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" to-day of survivors from vessels sunk by enemy raiders were brought to Sydney last…

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The Theatre in America. Doris Packer's Breezy Letter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

IN a letter to Mrs. David Knox, of Neutral Bay, Miss Doris Packer, who appeared in Sydney in several plays, including "The Women" and "Elizabeth…

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Fashions, Films, And Theatre Small’s Ambitious Prog

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

Hollywood is active, and in Hollywood no one is more active than Mr. Edward Small. Mr. Small, whose picture “My Son, My Son!’ was one of the greatest…

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Raider Victims--first Pictures Survivors Tell Horrors Of Captivity On Nazi Raiders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

Survivors from the Rangitane and nine other ships sunk by enemy raiders in the Pacific, yesterday told conflicting stories of their treatment by their German captors…

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Survivors of Ships Sunk by Raider Reach Australia — Special Pictures Flown to Sydney Last Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 10

First pictures of the arrival in Australia of passengers and crews of ships sunk by an enemy raider. Nearly 500 people who were abandoned on Emirau Island were landed at an Australian port yesterday. Some of the bearded crew of the Rangitane…

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Associated Talking Pictures, of Ealing, England

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 18

AS though in answer to Hitler's aerial blitzkrieg, the British organisations are already working on their continuous 1941 programme, including:…

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Big Stars in Great Pictures Rko Radio for 1941

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 18

R.K.O.'s roster of stars includes such well-known names as Ginger Rogers, Ronald Colman. Robert Montgomery (courtesy M.G.M.), Cary Grant, Charles Boyer. Anna Neagle, Joan Fontaine, Jean Arthur, Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Dennis Morgan, Anne Shirley, Richard Dix,…

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