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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

1,814 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 91

Boolaroo Band

Northern Times · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

At a meeting of the Boolaroo Band Committee, held in the School of Arts, it was decided to name the band the Boolaroo and District-Sulphide…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

At the Union Picture Theatres, Hamilton and Cook's Hill, this afternoon and to-night, a further instalment of "The Iron Claw" will be screened, and Douglas Fairbanks will…

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Broadway Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

At the Broadway Pictures, Broadmeadow, to-night. "The Dragon" will be the principal attraction. It is the story of a girl's temptation. Two comedies will also be screened…

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Newcastle Municipal Band

Northern Times · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 1

The Newcastle Municipal Band will play a programme in the Shortland Park, to-morrow evening, commencing at 8.15…

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Star Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

At the Star Picture Theatre, Junction, to-night, Pauline Frederick will be seen in the Paramount feature "Zaza." The picture will only be screened for one night. "Zaza" is a…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

To-day will see the final screenings of the great programme that has been playing to capacity houses at the Strand since Thursday. At the matinee the Strand Symphony…

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Stockton Band. Sports Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 3

Stockton is justly proud of its band, an organisation whose membership is now 30, and whose playing has won many favourable opinions. There will be a band…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 6

At the Union Picture Theatres, Hamilton and Newcastle, to-night. "The Sister of Six," a story of the old gold days in California, will be the attractive feature…

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Strand Theatre To-day. "Soul Market"—romeo and Juliet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 6

Senora Spencer will screen at the Strand Theatre for three days, commencing this morning, Olga Petrova in "The Soul Market" and Theda Bara in "Romeo and…

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Weston Red Cross Concert

Northern Times · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 4

A concert is to be bold in the Olympia Hall at Western to-morrow (Tuesday evening the proceeds of which are to go to the funds of the…

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Hebburn Miners' Band

Northern Times · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 1

The appeal by the Hebburn Miners' Band to the lodge for the imposition of a levy to provide funds to defray the band's expenses to the Glen Innes…

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Strand Theatre. Soul Market—"romeo and Juliet."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 6

The first of the "newer and better" Metro productions secured by Senior Spencer recently was screened with remarkable success at the Strand Pictures yesterday…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 8

"A Sister of Sin," featuring Bessie Love and the Triangle children, is the chief item in the current programme at the Union Pictures, Cook's Hill and Hamilton,…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 8

To-day will see the final screenings in Newcastle of Senora Spencer's fine double programme of feature films, featuring Olga Petrova in "The Soul Market," and Theda…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 8

On Saturday the Bert Bailey Company will produce the popular drama "Just a Girl," The box plans for the week's open at Paling's this morning…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 6

Another instalment of "The Iron Claw" will be screened at the Union Pictures, Cook's Hill and Hamilton, to-night. The five-act Vitagraph drama,…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 6

Notwithstanding the great popularity of "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Soul Market," Senora Spencer will not divert from her policy of changing twice a…

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Wallsend Model Band. Help From the Miners

Northern Times · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Wallsend miners, the officers were appointed as representatives to attend the annual meeting of the Wallsend Model Band…

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Victoria Theatre—"just a Girl."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 6

The popular Bert Bailey Company will open a season of one week at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night with the Anglo-Australian dramatic success,…

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Union Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 6

The Union Pictures Theatres, Newcastle, and Hamilton, were last night favoured with large audiences. A further instalment of the mystifying serial, "The Iron…

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