Newtown Theatre of Varieties. It drifts into Court
THIS afternoon, in the District Court, an notion was brought by Jonathan Wiley, of Pitt-street, Sydney, against Thomas Bartleett, of Moore Park, to recover a sum…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1888
1,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 53
(Reuter's Telegrams.) (The " Australian Star" is the only oily newspaper in Sydney which r[?] Reuter's Cables.) Burning of a Theatre. Many Killed and Injured. London
The theatre at Oporto has been destroyed by fire. The fire broke out during the performance, and when the building was crowded. In the crush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Amusements. Pianoforte Recital and Concert
At the new Masonic Hall, Castlereagh-street, last evening, Mons. Henri Kowalski gave a short lecture on the life of Chopin, and a recital of some of his chief compositions, assisted by Madame Boema as vocalist. The…
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THERE is always a certain amount of interest attaching to "something new" and so when M. Henri Kowaleki announced that he would give an…
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JUDOS WILKINSON was occupied all yesterday in hearing the two or three thousand or so points involved in the Newtown Theatre of Varieties case referred to in…
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It has been ascertained that 80 persons have been killed through the burning of the Oporto Theatre, besides a large number injured. The dead are mostly from…
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LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Baquet Theatre, a handsome structure at Oporto, Portugal, was destroyed by fire last night. The fire occurred during the performance,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning of a Theatre. Loss of 80 Lives. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 21
A are Droke out at the theatre in Oporto during a performance, and the building was destroyed. Eighty persons in the audience perished, the victims being chiefly occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FOOTBALL. The Randwick Football Club Smoko Concert
Any one living along the track that the last Randwick tram travelled last night will be at a loss to know what on earth the Hinging and shouting was about; but it was only a crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leichhardt Town Band
A very enthusiastic meeting was held in the Leichhardt Volunteer Fire Brigade premises on Friday evening last for the purpose of forming a town band. Mr. R. B. Cropley was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Criterion Theatre
The season of burlesque which Messes. Brough and Boucicault's company have made so popular at this theatre closed on Saturday, when the piece in which Miss Fanny Robina first appeared in Sydney was…
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The last nights of "In the Banks" are now announced, and the piece, after an unparalleled run in the history of Sydney drama, will be withdrawn next Thursday, to be followed by "Faust," for which…
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No change is yet announced at this theatre, and the play of "Jess," in which, apart from the clever book of which the melodrama is made up, there is plenty to amuse the patrons of the Gaiety. They…
Continued on Trove, page 626 →Hibernian Ball at Ashfield
A VERY pleasant evening was spent on Friday last, 16th March, the occasion being the holding of the 6th annual ball in connection with St. Thomas's branch of the Hibernian A. C. B…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Music and Drama. The Theatres. Theatre Royal
The opera "Erminie," with its pleasant ballads, charming scenery and costumes, picturesque groups, numberless jokes, and lively situations, all emphasised by the capabilities of the interpreters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 626 →Disgraceful Ending to a Dance. Fight Between Girls. Melbourne, This Day
At a dance in the Oddfellows' Hall, Williamstown, one larrikiness accusing another of tripping her, four girls, between 18 and 22 years of age, fought after programme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Burning of the Oporto Theatre. Desperate Efforts to Escape. London
Daring the progress of the fire which destroyed the theatre at Oporto, a number of roughs, chiefly of the sailor class, made use of their flats and even knives to out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The National Concert
The efforts of the Committee to provide a good evening's entertainment and at the same time substantially supplement the funds realized by the Botany demonstration were rewarded with…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Concert in aid of St. Bridget's Convent at Temora
In the issue before our last we mentioned this concert in aid of a Roman convent, and the extraordinary number of professing Protestants who sacrificed their principles and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scotch Concert
THE "Scots abroad" turned out to goodly numbers last night to hear a few "o'oor sin sangs "at" Rab Scott's " concert in the Protestant Hall. Mr. Alexander…
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