EARTHQUAKE BENEFIT CONCERT.
# On Sunday adenine aast, »t the Civi« Theatre, a ipaettl oonca/t will b* held « aid oi the Earthquake Relief Fond. Aa attractive projnmme is being inupd, including tie following popular local and Ao»tralian artiata: Bioy'e Silrer Banjo Band; Jack Lockhart, Seottiah auwrtainar; Bert Bolt, elocutionist; Eddie Do well, in popular *ong* ; George Kent and 800, accordion and mouth-organ duet*; Georye Bradford'* Cr> eheetra; and eeveral "Rio Rita" art eta Ai invitation i* extended to all Wert Co—l i» fugees at preeent in the City. The concert it organised by Mr» W, J. B outer and M* | Reij. Stillwell, and ia under the patronage of the Mayor (Mr J. K. Archerl, tlw tHrro'*Mayor (Dr. H. T. 3. Thackar), and the Citizen*' Relief Committ*#. Tlw d<**» wU open at 7.80 p.m., and eitiseaa ai» ratjiieated to pay their relief donation* at <b> ticketboiea. From the time of opeßtn* to th« commencement of tlw concert, gramophone eelpction* will ba givea by Maecn Oh»*W Begg and Co. DIRT TRACK MOTOR-RACING. Ka well u the attraction of the hifh-rta—-football match, Weelorn v. Thietle, to be played at Engliah Park to-morrow afternoon, the public is aaaured of the additional thrill* of dirt track motor-cycle racing. At I*> p.m. the firat heat will commence. Expert riders, with cpccially prepared machine®, will aneed round the looee cindered corn era at Encliah Park. It ia not often that auco a diverting sport i( offered to the public. The final will take place during the football interral. The big football match which follow* will not lack in thrill* and e*riteraent, Weat. ern'e raeritorione win* Nora ada and Sumner pjwe eenelneiTely that they ar» now playinr at top form and will keep Thiatla bnrr. The meeting of the»e brilliant team* i* looked upon u the *tar attraction of tba Hurley Shield competition.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19669, 12 July 1929, Page 15
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