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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1903

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Music in the Parks. Deputation to the Lord Mayor. Proposed City Council Band

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

The much-discussed subject of the City Council providing band music for the pleasure and education of the citizens of Sydney was again brought under the notice of the Lord Mayor of…

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Music for the Masses. Military Band in the Parks Deputation to the Lord Mayor

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 6

'A' deputation representing the Amalgamated Musicians' Union of Australasia waited on the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) at the Town Hall yesterday, the object…

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Concert at North Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 8

A successful concert in aid of the funds of the Mosman Roman Catholic School was held on Wednesday evening at the North Sydney School of Arts, and there was a good…

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The Ghost Dance

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

The, Ghost Dance has seldom been witnessed by a white man, but an American paper, describes one of them as seen from a distance by an enterprising contributor, who…

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Rockdale Five Brigade Band

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 3

THE fourth annual meeting of members of the Rockdale Fire Brigade Band was held in the Rockdale Fire Station on Tuesday evening last…

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The Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

"The Fortune Teller," the newest musical arrival in Australia, will be presented by Mr. Geo. Musgrove's Comic Opera Company at the Theatre Royal to-night. It is announced that the…

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The Lyceum Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

Mr. Bland Holt is reaping the reward of his well-known managerial enterprise in "The Breaking of the Drought." The piece is drawing a crowded and undeniably, an enthusiastic…

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The Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

The usual matinee will be given to-day, at half-past two. The chief announcement in to-day's published programme of the Tivoli Theatre is the first…

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Criterion Theatre.—"cinderella."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

Mr. Sheridan finds the patronge accorded to his amusing pantomime of, "Cinderella" so satisfactory that he has not even commenced to think of changing the bill. Last Wednesday's matinee drew…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

The pantomime of "Cinderella," at the Criterion Theatre, is bringing Mr. J. F. Sheridan excellent business. The matinee performances arc especially well patronised, hundreds being…

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A Municipal Band. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 14

Sir,--In the general military retrenchment the taxpayers of the Commonwealth are being saved the expense of 12 musicians by the reduction in numbers of our New South Wales R.A.A. Band,…

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Amusements. the Palace Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

During the week the melodious and successful opera "Paul Jones" has been Ailing the Palace Theatre each night. Notwithstanding the marked success of this musical production, Mr…

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Carlyle's Pictures of the French Revolution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 12

To improve, to correct Carlyle's pictures of the French Revolution is the work C. R. L. Fletcher. M.A., recently set before himself. His ideas are now embraced in three volumes. In justification…

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Umbrellas Lent to Theatre-goers

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

The manager of the Baker Theatre at Rochester, New York, has made arrangements that any member of the audience may borrow an umbrella in case rain should be falling at the close of a…

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The Palace Theatre.—"paul Jones."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

It is somewhat difficult to say anything novel or fresh as us to the production of Planquetto's comic opera. It is proving a worthy successor to "Dorothy," and the Palace Theatre is crowded every night by…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal.—"the Thirty Thieves."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

The pleasant depredations of "The Thirty Thieves " were brought to a conclusion at the Royal last night, and a crowded and [?]nthusiastic house afforded demonstrative evidence that the Christmas…

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Lyceum Theatre.—"the Breaking of the Drought."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

What may be termed the local adaptation of Arthur Shirley's London drama, "The Breaking of the Drought," is still at the flood tide of its success at the Lyceum in Theatre,…

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The R.a.a. Band. a Popular Institution. Threatened with Reduction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

It appears certain that if the proposal of the federal military authorities to reduce the R.A.A. Band to half its present strength of 25 is acted upon it will have the effect of making the band a much…

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The Romance —Of— Our First Century. Vivid & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part Xiv

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 8

One of the abet notable gangs of boahrangers, in the early days of the early days of the settlement of Van Diemen's Land, was organised and lef by a convict named Brady. This fellow…

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“ RENIRA,” The Blacksmith’s Daughter. Abounding in thrilling incidents and intensely. dramatic situations ;placing before the reader a continuity of life pictures, at once entrancing and interesting. CHAPTER V.

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

‘ I am afraid of paining you, mother.’ I desire you to be explicit, Vale Say on, ’…

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