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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1894

2,567 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 129

The Belle Cole Concert Party

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 31.—The Belle Cole Concert party will leave for Australia by the R.M.S. Ormuz on March 9…

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Amusements. La Meslee Fund Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 6

The concert to be given at the Town Hall this evening under vice-regal patronage will be attended by General Hutton and officers of the staff in uniform. Members of the Ministry, the Mayor,…

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The Belle Cole Concert Party. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 5

The Belle Cole Concert party will leave for Australia by the R.M.S. Ormuz on 9th March. The concert party referred to was organised by…

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The La Meslee Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 6

The promoters of the concert to be given at the Town-hall to-night in aid of the children of the into Mr. and Mrs. La Meslee present a fine array of artistes and an…

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Lyceum Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The pantomime "Beauty and the Beast" will be played at the Lyceum Theatre this afternoon and evening for the last time. Last night it was performed to a large…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 221
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"The Cannon's Mouth" is a startling title for what, after the sensational plays which the Sydney stage has mounted, is below the average in excitement, excepting in the novel episode of an English…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr. Slade Murray's reappearance is the event of the Tivoli programme to-night, the songs for which he is announced being "When the Missus is Out," "I didn't like to mention…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 10

The first matinee of "Charley's Aunt " will take place at the Criterion Theatre next Saturday, and already there is every sign that the house will be crowded. Throughout the week the attendance at…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 221

The holiday-making public mustered in large numbers on Friday, 26th ultimo, to take farewell of the pantomime. Miss Marietta Nash, who has been so successful as the Giant Killer, was in excellent…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 221

Although in their sober senses a large number of the frequenters of the Criterion at the present time would confess their belief with Lord Bab's declaration that the whole thing is "Tommy Rot" (which…

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The Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 221

"Beauty and the Beast," the last pantomime to appear, and, after a prolonged life, the last to be withdrawn, kept its popularity to the last, and deservedly so, for all that the management could do they…

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£40 for Pictures. Photographic Competition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 10

A very large number of our subscribers in all parts of Australasia are interested in photography, as was demonstrated by the success of the photographic competition which was held in connection with the…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 10

"True as Steel " will be repeated at Her Majesty's Theatre to-night, when the great mechanical effect at the old sluicehouse, in its now perfected form, will doubtless lead to a repetition of the excited applause…

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Vanity Fair Demand for Men Who Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 10

The growing dislike of men for the pleasures of the dance brings sorrow to many a fominine heart. An up-to-date young woman thus voices their general plant: 'The…

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Amusements. "Current Cash" at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3

Scudamore's drama, in which the comic, the sensational, and the military elements are well mixed, will be played at the Theatre Royal to-night, with particular…

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The Bridge-street Burglary. Rewards for the Police. Senior-Constable Ball to be Promoted

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 6

The Premier is very much pleased with the bravery displayed by the police in the recent affray, and considers that such meritorious conduct should not be passed over…

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The Midnight Affray Burglary in Bridge-street. The Wounded Constables. Their Present Condition. One Seriously Hurt. The Burglars' Weapons. Constable Ball's Story

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

During yesterday there was many inquiries at Sydney Hospital as to the condition of Constable Bowden, who was so seriously injured by burglars in Bridge-street in the morning. At 5…

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