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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1941

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Marie Ney in Sydney. Suggestions For The Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 14

THE celebrated English actress, Miss Marie Ney, arrived in Sydney from Melbourne yesterday, and will begin her Sydney season on…

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New Year's Eve Ball St. John's Park School of Arts

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

The School of Arts was the scene of a very happy and successful gathering on New Year's Eve, to send the old year on Its way and welcome the New Year…

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Leger and Post Pictures at Ascot Finish—flying Welter Handicap, 6½ Furs.—SECOND DIVISION

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 19

AT THE LEGER—JUMPERS' FLAT RACE, 7 Furs FINISH—JUMPERS' FLAT RACE, 7 Furs. AT THE LEGER—TRIAL STAKES, 1 Mile. FINISH—TRIAL STAKES, 1 Mile…

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Leger and Post Pictures At Ascot at the Leger—two-year-old Handicap, 5½ Furs

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 18

FINISH—TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP, 5½ Furs. AT THE LEGER—FOURTEEN-TWO HANDICAP, 6 Furs. FINISH—FOURTEEN-TWO HANDICAP, 6 Furs. AT THE LEGER—FLYING WELTER DICAP, 6½ Furs.—FIRST DIVISION…

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Concert for Red Cross

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

A good programme is being prepared for a concert to be staged at Dungowan Theatre on 28th inst., in aid of the Red Cross, which will receive…

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Fodder Stocks Exhausted Next Drought Should Be Faced Now Concerted Action Is Essential

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

PRIMARY producers owed it to themselves and to their country, especially now that Australia was engaged in an all-in war that would brook no delay, to conserve fodder wherever possible and In whatever form would produce best results, declared the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society (Col, G. C. Somerville)…

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Rangitane Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 3

For the Rangitane Ball, to be held to-night at the Trocadero, a number of entertainment features have been planned. Harold Williams, Rebla the…

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La Belle France in Pictures

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 3

Le Courrier Australien is offering for sale special series of the artistic collection of diminutive pictures edited under the name of "Beautiful France…

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Pictures Raise £30 for Testimonial

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 16

A film show at City Tattersall's Club yesterday raised £30 for the Pat O'Leary testimonial fund. Mr. George Nathan and members of…

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Fashions, Films, And Theatre U.A. Producers at Work

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 6

Present Activity of United Artists producers will result in several topflight productions which the company will release during 1941. Hal Roach has…

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Saving Copra Industry Concerted Action Needed

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

The Australian Minister in charge of External Territories, Mr. Collins, said that the copra conference, which ended In Sydney last week, had agreed…

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Rangitane Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 7

CAPTAIN H. L. UPTON, captain of the Rangitane, with MISS HELEN and MISS VICKI GORDON, daughters of the host and hostess, Sir Thomas and Lady Gordon, at the ball at the Trocadero last night, at which the raider victims were guests of honour…

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Pioneers of Ball Bearings

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

YEARS ago an engineer named Moffat recognised the virtue in a man named Virtue. Result, a prosperous Australian enterprise…

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Rangitane Survivors Guests At Ball Last Night

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 7

Red cardboard badges with "Rangitane" printed on them were worn by the 150 members of the crew who were special guests at the "Rangitane" Ball, held at the Trocadero last night to aid King George's Fund for Sailors…

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Iron Band Around Tobruk. London, Jan. 17. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 13

The British positions around Tobruk now resemble those during the closing days of the siege of Bardia, with armoured units massed west of the…

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Air Mail Pictures From London—italian Battleship Crippled—bren Gun Exhibited to Public

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 16

St. James' Church, Piccadilly, after it had been almost demolished by German bombing recently. This added another famous structure by Sir Christopher Wren to the Nazis' toll of London buildings…

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Singapore 'Taxi-girl' Talks Shop Dancing was her job, and every night, in one of Singapore's leading cabarets, she sat at a table waiting to be hired as a partner. She was one of 120 "taxi-girls" ("dance hostesses") in that particular place, and, like the rest, she was youthful-looking, elegantly dressed, and bright-eyed

The World's News · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 7

SHE told me about the taxigirls' life, the rules of the cabaret—and her husband and daughters!…

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TROCADERO triumphs! Great Band Leader Makes His Bow Next Saturday Are Romain Brings New Dance Novelties

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 22

AFTER headlining with Harry Roy's world-famous dance band in London for four years, Abe Romain, well-known Sydney dance-band leader, returns to his native land, under a special engagement with Australia's…

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Student Delegates at Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 17

Delegates to the conference of the National Union of Australian University Students were guests of honor at a…

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Bib and Bub Words & Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 8

Mrs. Bear went walking down the street, Dressed in new clothes from head to feet. Said Mrs. Roo, "Well! What a lark! I saw that coat in the 'Daily Bark'."…

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