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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1892

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Concert at Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 20

At this theatre on Christmas Night a concert was given under the direction of Mr. Charles Huenerbein, in which the vocal music consisted of well-known items of sacred music by artists who…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 20

Unequalled in splendour is the latest version of "The Forty Thieves," now being played at the Royal. Mr. George Musgrove has with unstinted hand supplied novelties of all kinds, most striking…

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Band Contest at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--To-day was observed as a close holiday. The weather was fine and cool and the sky overcast. The centre of attraction was the brass band…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 20

"La Mascotte" seems to suit the Juvenile Opera Company better than either of the preceding works. The opera is well mounted, and the scenery for the first act, showing the farmhouse of…

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Our Photographic Competition-fourth Series of Pictures

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 26

A Bush Pub. (By Mr. W. S. Bundren, Adavale, Queensland.)…

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Music and Drama. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 20

After a brief interval, not of rest for those within the theatre, but of closed doors as regards the public, Her Majesty's Theatre opened on Christmas Eve with the pantomime "The Babes in the…

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The Band Contest. a Successful Turn-out. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

The band contest yesterday was a great success from every point of view. The weather was delightful and the attendance large, mustering between 3000 and 4000,…

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The Wollongong Band Contest. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 7

The Wollongong band contest to-day on the show ground was attended by about 3000 people. The Fourth Regiment Band, Wollongong Town, Bathurst District, Barkel's Model, Adamstown, Newtown…

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Band Contest at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The band contest was continued and concluded to-day on the Agricultural Association Grounds. The day was fine and the attendance numbered…

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Band Contest. Lambton

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 3

Great satisfaction is felt hero at the win of the 4th Regiment Band at Wollongong, and also at the Barkell Model Band carrying away the second prize…

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The Band Contest. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 4

The band contest was continued on Saturday. The weather was again delightfully fine, though warm, and the attendance was very good for an off day, numbering over…

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Moliere's Debuts on the Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 3

After a man has become celebrated and his name widely known, though it may have been more than 200 years ago, it is interesting to learn something of his earliest efforts, and to see, if it may be possible,…

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The Theatres, &c. the Kowalski Concerts

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 3

Auckland papers contain most complimentary notices of the Kowalski Concert Co. Its first appearance in that city took place on Christmas Night, in the presence of a critical…

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Footlight Flashes. the Pantomime Season. "The Forty Thieves" at the Royal Tremendous Business. "The Babes in the Wood." Continued Success at Her Majesty's. Last Nights of "La Mascotte." The Cogill Bros, at the Garrick—J. F. Sherldan's Vienna Garden Entertainment—The Misses Albu's Concerts—The Polytechnic And Theatrical Purs and Odd Notes

Referee · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 7

During the holidays the whole of the shows have been booming, and despite bad times and big-heads the managerial coffers have been well filled many a time and oft. At the…

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Footlight Flashes. the Pantomime Season. "The Forty Thieves" at the Royal. Tremendous Business. "The Babes in the Wood." Continued Success at Her Majesty's. Last Nights of "La Mascotte." The Cog[?] Bros, at the Garrick—J. F. Sheridan's Vienna Garden Entertainmen't—The Misses Albu's Concerts—The Polytechnic And Theatrical Pars and Odd Notes

Referee · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 7

During the holidays the whole of the shows have been booming, and despite bad times and big-heads the managerial coffers have been well filled many a time and oft. At the…

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"Henry Viii." at the Lyceum Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The production of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII." by Mr. Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre last night was a great success. It is…

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Queer Competitions. a Chattering Contest. Whistling and Obstruction. The Daintiest Feet--All Animals' Race--Choir v. Brass Band-- Other Strange Contests

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 8

MADAME BODIN lately organised at Brussels one of the most curious contests' on, record, being nothing less than a chattering contest for ladies at the Musce du Nord. Prizes…

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Popular Concerts for Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--An arrangement has been made by Messrs. Nicholson and Co., of Sydney, with Mr. W. J. Turner for the giving of three special concerts at the…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 71

"The Babes in the Wood" have furnished unlimited amusement to numberless babes of diverse ages in town, and already in addition to very large attendances every evening there have been three…

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The Garrick Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 71

Mr. Horace Bent has been indisposed but the Cogill combination is a powerful one, and an extra song by Mr. Charles Cogill on Saturday night was accepted with much good humour in…

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