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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1905

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Local Brevities Penrith C.C. concert on 1st March

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

Municipal nominations on Tuesday next. To hand: "Stray Jottings," by "Rip." These will appear next issue. Schedules for the Nepean Show will be…

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A Quarterly Smoke Concert

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

The members of the Womerah Branch of the Australian Natives' Association, No. 24, East Sydney, last night held another of their enjoyable quarterly smoke concerts at Read's…

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The Parkina-foldesy Concerts

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

Miss Elizabeth Parkina, the soprano, who, in conjunction with Foldesy, the Hungarian 'cellist, is to head Mr. J. C. Williamson's new concert company, arrived by the Sierra…

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My Japanese Prince. (Being some extraordinary passages in the Diary of Miss Hilda Armstrong, formerly of Meriden, Connecticut, but at present on a journey to the Far East.) Episode the First. -- the Water Fete at Tokio. Chapter I. -- the Actor of the Kabukiza Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 11

The time was yesterday. "Come on, Angel," cried Miss Pinkie Caldwell, "the Kabukiza Theatre and a picnic on the river won't do you much harm, even without a…

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Countess in Ballet. Young Nobleman Married to Theatre Belle. Berlin, December 28

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 8

Count Wolfskeel von Reichberg, the son of an intimate companion of the Prince Regent of Eavaria, and scion of one of the most ancient and wealthy of South…

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Band Concert

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 8

A well-arranged, programme was submitted by the Vice-Regal Military Band, under the baton of Mr. L. de Groen, in the Town Hall, on Sunday afternoon, before a packed house. The…

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Vice-regal Band

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 6

The Vice-regal Military Band, conducted by Mr. L. De Groan, gave a recital at the Town-hall yesterday afternoon. As is customary on these occasions, the hall was densely crowded,…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

There was an excellent attendance at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, when "The Best of Friends" entered upon the second week of what promises to be a substantial run. Mr. Bland Holt has a capital part…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 3

"The Pirates of Penzance" was again received with enthusiasm on Saturday at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the tuneful opera now enters upon its last nights. Miss Dolly Castles will sing the part of…

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Amusements. Lyceum Theatre.—"old Heidelberg."

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 8

For the first time in Sydney, "Old Heidelberg," an English version of Wilhelm Meyer-Forster's comedy "Alt Heidelberg," translated and adapted by Rudolf Bleichmann, was…

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Amusements. "Old Heidelberg," at the Lyceum Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 6

There would not be too much "Hoch!" figuratively, and not literally, in the German play, "Old Heidelberg," if its simple love tale had been told in fewer acts than five. As it is, its…

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A Desperate Game. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Vii.--at the Ball--and After

The Australian Star · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 8

Eva was as good as her word. She met day one morning and handed him a list of the people who were invited to her birthday dance. And among them he found the name…

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Town-hall Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 6

There was a good attendance at the Town-hall on Saturday evening, when the city organist presented a popular programme, with the assistance of well-known singers. Mr. Arthur Mason's…

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Public Band Performances. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 7

Sir,--Referring to the letter from the secretary of the Professional Musicians' Union to Mr. Ricketts, published in your Friday's issue, respecting the numbers of the bands that he says he…

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Theatre Royal

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"The Best of Friends," at the Theatre Royal, is drawing record houses. The play is gorgeously mounted, and staged with Bland's well-known attention to detail. The realistic…

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Tivoli Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Tivoli ventriloquist and Millis, an Australian just returned from [?] and supplies the star turn. His six figures [?] a loquacious O'Reilly, who is bound to become a…

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Lyceum Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

This afternoon the first matinee of "Old He[?] berg" will be given at the Lyceum Theatre, where [?] run of the new comedy is necessarily limited to [?] wecks. The play gives a fresh and natural picture…

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