Gunning & District Historical Society

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), celebrated French composer and musician, at the piano.  His music, believed to have been first performed locally at a concert in Dalton in 1932, is to get another run in July this year in Gunning.   Photo Wikipedia Commons In November 1932 the Gunning Literary Institute Dramatic Company toured a three act comedy, "It Looks Like Rain”, to the citizens of Dalton. Their performance attracted a very favourable review in the Goulburn Penny Post.  Music by the Gunning orchestra under the baton of Mr McNutt also added greatly to the audience's enjoyment. The numbers rendered included “Legion Americana" (Lavelle) "The Palms" (Faure), "Sanctuary of the Heart" (Ketelby) with a vocal solo by Miss Tully and "National Guard's March" (Ryder). The orchestra comprised Mr J Power and Misses F Southwell and J Rodrom (violins), Mr Gordon (cornet), Mr S A Beer (piano), Miss D Beer (triangle) and Mr J E. Caldwell (drums). ...

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 20 September 1933 The celebrated cueist gave a very impressive exhibition, and it is expected that the local standard of play will improve as a result. After being formally introduced by Dr. W. M. Barbour, president of the institute, Lindrum engaged Mr M. Lawton in a game of billiards.  Lindrum soon accustomed himself to the run of the table and compiled a break of 318, the last hundred being knocked up in four minutes. He later scored 106 and 77 unfinished. Mr. Lawton got some difficult cannons, and made breaks of 37 and 22. Mr. Lindrum also played snooker matches with Messrs. E. B. Worden, T. Taylor, J. Power and A. Maher. His best breaks were 42, 35, 32 and 31. At the conclusion of the matches, Lindrum's trick shots amazed the audience. This remarkable cueist, who only recently attained the age of 21 years, made his first thousand break at 18, scoring 1324. He holds the world's record for snooker with a break of 139, potting every b...