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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

3,578 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 179

Alhambra Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

Whitefeld's All Star Variety Company, which includes a number of artists such as Professor Knight, Mr. Will Stevens, Mr. Alf Josephs, and the Mason Sisters, will appear in a varied programme nightly…

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Two Pictures From Jockeydom

Referee · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

I heard a pretty story the other day about Madden, the jockey. When he was a small boy, he was at school at St. Neols, near Huntingdon. He left to go as an…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

There will be the usual afternoon performance at Her Majesty's Theatre to-day, when the vagaries of the donkey will doubtless amuse the many children Who always attend these pantomime performances,…

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The Australian Eleven for England. Is Trouble Brewing? Suggested Change in the No-ball Rule by the M.C.C.

Referee · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 1

THE Mary[?]bone Club has invited opinion from Australian cricketing bodies with regard to a proposal to amend the laws of the game dealing with unfair bowling…

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Special Cables. From the " HERALD'S " London Correspondents. Unrest in France. Napoleonism Glorified. Scene in a Theatre. Royalist Movements London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

A play glorifying Napoleonism was I produced at the Noveau Theatre, Paris, last night, and gave rise to an indescribable scene of enthusiasm…

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Benefit Concert and Social

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 6

There was a good attendance last night at a benefit concert and social which were given in the Glebe Town Hall. The affair, which was in aid of Mr. Thomas Hosnell, who has been…

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Miss Celia Dampier's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

Miss Celia Dampier, a talented young violinist from New Zealand, now under M. Staell's tuition, will make her Sydney debut at the Y. M. C. A. Hall next Wednesday evening. Miss Dampier will be…

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Mlle. Celinski's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

Mlle. Celinski will give an invitation concert at the Town Hall on Thursday, February 9. when his Excelleney the Governor, Viscountess Hampden, and suite will be present. The now piauist, who will be…

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Mr. Ernest Truman's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

Mr. Ernest Truman will give a concert at the Masouie Hall, Kntoomba, on Friday evening under the patronage of the Chief Justice and Lady Darley. Mrs. Ernest Truman, Miss Daisy Davies, Messrs…

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Town Hall Popular Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

Mr. Philip New bury will gvie a popular concert at the Town Hall on Saturday, when his programme will be devoted to operatic and ballad numbers. Mr. Newbury himself will sing " Spirto Gentil,"…

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Complimentary Smoke Concert to the Queensland Sailing Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 10

There was a large gathering of aquatic enthusiasts at Mr. Quong Tart's Hall in the new market-building ou Monday evening, at which the Queensland sailing men were invited by the committee of the…

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Mdlle. Celinski's Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

Mdlle. Celinski's invitation concert, which takes place on Thursday evening, 9th February, will, doubtless, prove a great attraction. This young lady has played with great success in…

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What Does "Tammany" Mean? Alderman Dymock and the Mayor. That Recent Smoke Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 6

Immediately on the City Council meeting yesterday the Mayor (Alderman Matthew Harris) said he desired to direct attention to certain remarks made by Alderman Dymock" across the…

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Concert and Tableaux Vivants at Hornsby Junction

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 1

What can be pronounced us one of the best I entertainments of its class ever held in Horns by Junction, was given in the School of Arts on Wednesday night before a. crowded…

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ORCHESTRA v. CHORUS

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Philharmonic Society a long and rambling discussion as to whether the orchestra and the chorus should be put upon the same footing in…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 6

To-morrow evening "The Forty Thieves" burlesque at Her Majesty's Theatre will be witnessed by the boys of the training ship Sobraon and their officers, who have accepted Mr. J. C. Williamson's…

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Cricket. Tile No-ball Rule

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 8

The Marylebone Club has invited from the various cricketing bodies of Australia nil expression of opinion as to the advisability of altering the no-ball rule. The suggested change is in the direction of allowing…

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The Burwood Colliery. an Arbitration. Dispute As to Working a "Band," Re Merewether's Trustees and the Scottish Australian Mining Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

In August last reference to arbitration was made to determine a dispute between the abovenamed parties in regard to the working of a portion of the Borehole seam of the Burwood Coiliery, Newcastle,…

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Benefit Concert and Social

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

A successful benefit concert and social given to Mr. J. Hosnell (who is suffering from a severe illness) by the employees of Messrs. Grace Bros., assisted by other friends, took…

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Benefit Concert at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 7

There was a large atendance at the Coogee Aquarium last night when a benefit concert was held in aid of the widow and orphans of the late Geo. Durston, the well-known jockey, who was…

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