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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1955

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Ambitious redhead led lawyer lively dance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1955 · page 22

Evelyn Bagby had a neat figure, plenty of ambition, lots of bad luck--and red hair. They caught her with diamonds in her possession…

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Ambitious redhead led lawyer lively dance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1955 · page 22

Evelyn Bagby had a neat figure, plenty of ambition, lots of bad luck--and red hair. They caught her with diamonds in her possession…

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Ambitious redhead led lawyer lively dance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1955 · page 22

Evelyn Bagby had a neat figure, plenty of ambition, lots of bad luck--and red hair. They caught her with diamonds in her possession…

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Ambitious redhead led lawyer lively dance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1955 · page 22

Evelyn Bagby had a neat figure, plenty of ambition, lots of bad luck--and red hair. They caught her with diamonds in her possession…

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Risk of no-ball

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 34

N.S.W. fast bowler, Pat Crawford is in danger of being "no-balled" everytime he bowls. Crawford drags his foot…

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Risk of no-ball

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 34

N.S.W. fast bowler, Pat Crawford is in danger of being "no-balled" everytime he bowls. Crawford drags his foot…

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Risk of no-ball

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 35

N.S.W. fast bowler, Pat Crawford is in danger of being "no-balled" everytime he bowls. Crawford drags his foot…

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Risk of no-ball

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 35

N.S.W. fast bowler, Pat Crawford is in danger of being "no-balled" everytime he bowls. Crawford drags his foot…

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Theatre in Australia (At the Variety)

Tribune · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 6

THREE years ago Doc. Sternberg completed for the Commonwealth Film Division an hour long…

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Student King Who Led Jive Band Died with Bullet in His Brain The Riddle fo Ananda, King of Siam

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 19

THE crack of a pistol rang through the Grand Palace at Bangkok, capital of Siam, one, hot, steamy morning in June, 1946. Two pages on duty outside the Royal Bedchamber rushed in to find their…

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Student King Who Led Jive Band Died with Bullet in His Brain The Riddle of Ananda, King of Siam

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 19

THE crack of a pistol rang through the Grand Palace at Bangkok, capital of Siam, one hot, steamy morning in June, 1946. Two pages on duty outside the Royal Bedchamber rushed in to find their…

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Student King Who Led Jive Band Died with Bullet in His Brain The Riddle of Ananda, King of Siam

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 19

THE crack of a pistol rang through the Grand Palace at Bangkok, capital of Siam, one hot, steamy morning in June, 1946. Two pages on duty outside the Royal Bedchamber rushed in to find their…

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Book Review Vivid Pictures of Vanished Jewish Life)

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 2

Very few books by Jewish authors are published in Australia, therefore, each of them deserves special…

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Le Theatre “Port- Royal” d'Henry de Montherlant

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 6

AFTER deux heures durant du public avec un fragment de l'histoire…

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Nepean District Pipe Band

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1955 · page 6

There was a rest period for the Band over the Christmas and New Year period, so there is not much to report, except that…

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Penrith-St. Marys Brass Band

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1955 · page 5

After a well-deserved holiday the band will be back in operation this Saturday morning, a programme will be given in…

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Books and Comment Clemence Dane Writes A Great Novel Of The Theatre

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 23

Clemence Dane made her mark in the British literary world when she wrote Broome Stages, nearly 20 years ago. Since then she has…

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Nepean Theatre News This Friday, Saturday, and

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 8

In addition to its human stars, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary, Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Paramount's lavishly produced…

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Pioneers of Habimah Hebrew Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 3

“Habimah wrote a page in Jewish history, for it was the first Hebrew theatre ever established.” HENEVER the theatre or the Hebrew stage in Israel is mentioned the inevitable reaction is “Oh yes,…

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Mr. Weislitz and Yiddish Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 4

Last Sunday night the Yiddish Dramatic Group held a meeting in the Folk Centre. The main object of…

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