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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1925

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Schools' Band Contest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

The schools' band contest had attracted entries from Adamstown, Cook's Hill, Hamilton, Mayfield, and Wickham schools. The contest took place in front of the…

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Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

At the head of the new programme to be shown at the Strand Theatre to-day, William Fox will present Edmund Lowe in "The Brass Bowl," which tells…

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Union Pictures, Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

"The Trouble Shooter" (Tom Mix) and "Honour Among Men" (John Gilbert) are the leading subjects to be shown at the Union Pictures, this evening…

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Herbert's Islington Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

The new programme to be shown at Herbert's Islington Theatre this evening includes "Three Miles Out" (Madge Kennedy). "Racing Luck," and "The…

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Fullers' Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

The current programme of vaudeville and revue will be again presented at Fullers' Victoria Theatre, this evening…

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Betts' Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

"Classmates," the First National attraction, which heads the programme announced for the Theatre Royal, introduces Richard Barthelmess in what is…

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Strand Theatre The Brass Bowl

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

A beautiful woman's fortitude against the startling adroitness of a crooked master of the shrewd, a real man's battles against his own image,…

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Mr. Alfred O'shea's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

A sincere artist, gifted with a glorious voice, Mr. Alfred O'Shea, the tenor, achieved a triumph at his concert given last night in the Central…

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Amy Castles' Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

Miss Amy Castles, the well-known dramatic soprano, will give a concert in the Central Hall on Monday next. Supporting artists will be: Signor Bettino…

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Night of Song Alfred O'Shea's Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 9

A recital associated with the name of O'Shra could hardly he anything but Irish. Alfred O'Shea's offerings at the Central Hall last night were…

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Amy Castles Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 9

The box plan for Miss Amy Castles grant opera concert, which will be given in the Central Hall on Monday evening, is now open at paling's…

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Union Pictures, Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

At the Union Pictures to-night the new progranmme will include "Big Timber" (Bill Desmond) and "Honour of Men." Another of the "Fighting Blood"…

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Fullers' Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

At the Victoria Theatre this evening there will be the last presentation of the programme of vaudeville and revue which has proved an at…

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Amusements Strand Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

The remarkable resemblance between two men forms the basis of an interesting plot in "The Brass Bowl," which is the outstanding feature of the current…

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Betts' Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

The big feature of the new programme at Betts' Theatre Royal is "Classmates," in which Richard Barthelmess is seen in the chief role. Duncan Irving…

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Herbert's Islington Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

There is an abundance of incident in "Three Miles Out," which is at the head of the new programme presented last night at Herbert's Islington Theatre…

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Through the Eye of a Camera— —News of the Hour in Topical Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 12

OFF TO HAWAII.—The U.S. Naval Aircraft Squadron has left for its Pacific manoeuvres. Sixty 'planes of all types are on the way. This is one of the torpedo 'planes. WEIGHS SEVEN TONS.—One of the new type scouting 'planes which are to be used in the manoeuvres off Hawaii. They are equipped with 800 h.p. motors…

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Waratah Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

The programme to be shown at Waratah Pictures this afternoon and to-night includes "Racing Luck" (Monte Banks). "Three Miles Out" (Madge Kennedy), and…

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The Jazz Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 13

Most people, when they speak of a "jazz" band, mean a small orchestra with drums, but organisations such as the Savoy Orpheans employ more…

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Mayfield Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

For to-day's matinee and evening screenings, at the Mayfield Theatre the two prominent pictures are "The Heart Bandit" (Viola Dana and Milton Sills),…

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