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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

3,019 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 151

Dance at Toronto The Yacht Club Entertains

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

The scene at the Toronto Hotel pavilion last Saturday night was very gay, when the Newcastle Royal Motor Yacht Club held a plain and fancy dress party…

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Sixty-nine Deaths in Theatre Tragic Sequel to False Alarm of Fire Stampede Among Children Near Glasgow Smoke Issuing from Cinema Operator's Box (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, December 31

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Sixty-nine children last their lives and 37 were injured in the worst cinema disaster in the history of Great Britain, which occurred this afternoon at Glen Cinema, Paisley, six miles from Glasgow…

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Civic Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

The last screening of Fox Follies 1929 will be made at the Civic Theatre to-day. Patrons will not have the opportunity of witnessing this successful musical…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

"The Unholy Night." an all-talkie, which has won generous praise throughout the week, will be screened finally at to-day's sessions at the Victoria Theatre…

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Amusements Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

To-day will be the last day of the screening at the Royal Theatre of Moran and Mack's happy screen story. "Why Bring that Up?" "Stark Mad," Warner…

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Broadway Scandals At the Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Carmel Myers and Sally O'Neil are the featured players in Broadway Scandals, the spectacular talkie at the victoria Theatre to-morrow…

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Paisley Mourns Theatre Disaster Death Roll Reaches 70 Danger Did Not Exist (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

With the death to-day of a lad whose younger brother was killed yesterday, the number of victims of the Paisley Cinema disaster increased to 70…

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Band Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

An operatic recital has been arranged by the Hamilton Citizens' Band for King Edward Park to-morrow night. Some old favourites will be played, including…

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Band Contests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 8

The Merewether Municipal Band has accepted an engagement from the Australian Broadcasting Company to broadcast a programme of music from the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

"Broadway Scandals," featuring Sally O'Neill and Carmel Myers, will be screened at the Victoria theatre to-day. The first session will commence at 11 o'clock…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

"Stark Mad," with H. B. Warner, Jacqueline Logan and Louise Fazenda in the chief roles, will commence a season at the Theatre Royal to-day. It is described as…

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Amusements Civic Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

A spectacular romance crammed with thrills is descriptive of "Four Devils," which will be screened at the Civic Theatre for the first time to-day. This feature…

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Lyric Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6
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Suave criminals who mingle with the well-to-do and comport themselves with apparent ease and refinement in their polished environment are ever popular with…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Broadway, with its brilliant lights and world of make-believe, supplies the background of "Broadway Scandals," the all-taking production, which is the chief…

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Theatre Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

In few other pictures have the possibilities of the uncanny been exploited more successfully than in "Stark Mad," the synchronised-sound feature of the…

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Strand Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 8
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

In The Return of Sherlock Holmes, the attraction at the Strand Theatre to-day. Clive Brooks plays the…

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Civic Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 8

In its premiere performance at the Civic Theatre on Saturday, the 4 Devils was accorded an enthusiastic reception, and unstinted applause was…

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Amusements Civic Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Daring feats on the trapeze, under the huge dome of an indoor circus, depicted in "Four Devils." thrilled Civic Theatre the circus scenes and the excellence of…

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