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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1941

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Appreciation Concert

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 26

IN appreciation of the splendid invaluable services given by Miss Anne Marsh, of the Australian Hospitality League, for the Fighting Forces, the Navy, Army and Air…

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Stage Stars for O'leary Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 26

Stage and radio stars have responded madnificently in aid of the Pat O'Leary Benefit Fund. An outstanding variety revue show…

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Road Tragedy After Dance Kempsey

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 5

Death of two men and injury to six other men and a woman was caused when a motor-lorry swerved and somersaulted a few miles from…

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Women's News During Lull In Blitz Crowded Dance Floors London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 10

A lull of eight nights in the blitz brought our lovelies, squired by men of the fighting services, to crowd the…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Canterbury Finish—two-year-old Handicap, 5f

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 11

AT THE LEGER—CANTERBURY HANDICAP, lm. 3f. FINISH—CANTERBURY HANDICAP, lm. 3f. AT THE LEGER—HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, 7¼f. FINISH—HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, 7¼f…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Canterbury at the Leger—trial Stakes, 6f.—FIRST DIVISION

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 10

FINISH—TRIAL STAKES, 6f.—FIRST DIVISION. AT THE LEGER—TRIAL STAKES, 6f.—SECOND DIVISION. FINISH—TRIAL STAKES, 6f.—SECOND DIVISION. AT THE LEGER—FLYING HANDICAP, 6f…

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"Tuscany Wolf" Dance. London, Feb. 3. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 9

The Athens Radio, on what it terms authoritative information, states that a new dance, called the Tuscana, or "Tuscany Wolf," is becoming the vogue in many European…

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Fire Bomb Damage in London — Pictures by Clipper Mail — Italian Bombs Miss H.m.s. Ark Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 12

These pictures, which arrived yesterday by Clipper mail, show damage caused to London by fire bombs, the latest form of terror to be unleashed by the Germans in their assault on Britain. Above: Wrecked buildings and debris in the old street of Aldermanbury. Right: Only a shell remained of this building after a fire-bomb raid…

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Band Recital

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

The Parramatta Citizens' band will play the following programme of music in Alfred Square on Sunday night, commencing at 8 p.m…

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Caledonian Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

Parramatta and District Caledonian Society's dance in the Parramatta Town Hall on Saturday was largely attended. Soames's Argyle Orchestra supplied the…

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"Bluegums" Tennis Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

Member of "Bluegums" tennis club, who won two successive competitions, were cheered and chaired by the rest of the club on Saturday when they…

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A.l.p. Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

An enjoyable social evening was held by members of the Parramatta branch on the Official Australian Labor Party on Saturday in the Protestant Hall,…

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A.l.a. Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

The monte carlo prize at the Animal Lovers Association dance, held at the Caraleon on Monday was won by Miss J. Leslie and Mr. J. Mclntosh, with…

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Not Employed at Theatre

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

The management of the Civic Theatre, Auburn, states that the carminder recently sent to gaol for three days for having "milked" a bus at…

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Gay Dance Ryde-P'matta Golf Club

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

A gay dance was held by members of Ryde-Parramatta Golf Club on Saturday. Most of the guests prelerred to have their cabaret tables…

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Granville News This Is Why Italians Bolt! Pictures Show Navy's Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

What happens when Italian warships meet the Royal Australian Navy is show with grim realism in photographs sent home from the…

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Anzac Eve Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

Last week the Parramatta Town Hall was booked by the Parramatta Macarthur sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. for a concert on Anzac Eve,…

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To Play at Diggers' Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

Miss Stella Smith and her two "personalities" have been chosen to play at the Tivoli Theatre; Sydney, on Sunday at the 2UE Diggers' Concert;…

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Nothing Under 70 Wentworthville Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 3

Deploring the "poor" attendance at a concert given at Wentworthville on Monday by the Nothing Under Seventy Club, a…

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Show Dance

Liverpool News · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 2

Over 300 persons attended the Town Hall, Liverpool, last Friday night, when a most successful show dance was organised. These dances have proved very…

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