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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1908

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 6

To-night Mr. Edwin Geach will present for the first time in Newcastle, the sensational play, "Lured to London." The play is said to abound with vivid…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6

In "Lured to London," the sensational melodrama by Mr. Edward Thane, Mr. Edwin Geach's Premier Dramatic Company, now appearing at the Victoria…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 6

The sensational melodrama "Lured to London" was repeated by Mr. Edwin Geach's Premier Dramatic Company at the Victoria Theatre last evening. There…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 6

"Lured to London," with its many dramatic and sensational incidents, entertained a large audience in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening. Mr…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 6

"The Power of the Cross," the drama which recently had a very successful season in London was produced last night at the Victoria Theatre by Mr. Edwin…

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British Art Exhibition. Pictures for Australia. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 5

Mr. Joshua Lake, of Melbourne, has mailed by the R.M.S. Orontes, with 400 paintings, in oils and water colours, valued at £50,000…

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Pupils' Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

The pupils of Mrs. J. A. Hannell, L.A.B., assisted by Misses Elsie and Mary Kingwell, gave a very successful concert in the new Masonic Hall,…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

To-night Messrs. Dix and Baker will celebrate their third half-year of business in Newcastle by presenting an unusually strong and attractive bill. The first…

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Competitive Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

A competitive concert, in aid of the Cardiff School of Arts, is to be held in Phillipson's Hall on Friday and Saturday, Feb, 28 and 29. The programme is…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 6

The King's Hall was vacated on Saturday evening by Dix and Baker's Royal Entertainers in favour of the Victoria Theatre in order to celebrate the…

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Salvation Army Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

The Silver Band and Biorama Company of the Salvation Army will visit Newcastle to-day, after an absence of four months in Queensland. They open in the hall,…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

The pictures of the championship glove contest between Tommy Burns and Bill Squires were shown at the Victoria Theatre last night in the presence of a large and…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 6

There was a good attendance at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, when the biograph pictures were shown with further success. The films of the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

The biograph entertainment given at the Victoria Theatre, under direction of Mr. Erwin Coach, the central attraction of which is depiction of the…

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Fire in a Theatre. Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 5

A sensation was caused in the Theatre Royal at Rockhampton this evening. The Royal Biograph Company was showing a number of pictures, when one of the films…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 February 1908 · page 6

In no more definite manner has the latest trend of stage production been more exemplified than in the increasing popularity of pantomime. Bright music,…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 6

Overflowing houses are still sing experienced at the Victoria Theatre, where "Cinderella," under the direction of Mr. W. Andersen and Mr. John F. Sheridan, is…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6

The pantomime "Cinderella" still maintains its popularity at the Victoria Theatre. There was another large and appreciative audience last night, and the…

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District News. Adamstown. Brass Band Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 6

A bazaar, in aid of the Adamstown Brass Band, was opened yesterday afternoon by Mrs. A. Shaw, in the Carrington Hall, Adamstown, in the presence of a…

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Competitive Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 6

The programme of the Charlestown Literary Institute's competitive concert, to be held on Monday evening. March 2, is published to-day, Mr. John Morgan is to act an…

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