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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1908

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12

Lovers of the classic and the antique have both embodied amidst scenes of dazzling splendour at the Theatre Royal, where "Clandian" brings forward Mr. Julius Knight as the Bryzantine noble cursed with…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12
Also in Sydney Sportsman

"Lured to London," the new melodrama at the Criterion Theatre, is drawing large audiences, the principal sensational scene being a lofty dive by Miss Ethel Buckley as "Natty" into the pond at Regent's…

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Palace Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 2

The Spencer Theatrescope Company opened splendidly at the Palace Theatre on Saturday evening, the building being crowded. During his recent trip abroad…

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Victoria Hall Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12

The American Picturescope Company will show both afternoon and evening to-day at Victoria Hall, where the latest new tableaux of current events in foreign parts, and humorous and dramatic stories, will be…

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Glaciarium.—west's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12

Mr. T. J. West is showing new pictures this afternoon and evening in the vast auditorium at the Glaciarium, where De Groen's Vice Regal Band is playing elaborate incidental music. Belles of Japan,…

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On the Ball

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

The first annual meeting of the Church Rugby Union will be held at St. Barnabas', George-street west, on Thursday, February 27, at…

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The Glaciarium—west's Pictures

Referee · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12

The new programme submitted on Saturday afternoon and evening at the Glaciarium proved more than usually interesting and varied, and the large attendances…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 2

The new musical play, "The Dairymaids," continues to crowd Her Majesty's Theatre nightly, and if the piece is dot quite up to the pitch of some of…

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Killed by Cricket Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Joseph Austin, 10 years of age, was struck on the head by a cricket ball of Saturday last, and died in the Children's Hospital last night…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12

Lady Brudenell's model dairy is the scene of much vivacity under the apple-trees at Her Majesty's Theatre, and "The Dairymaids" later transformed into "Sandow Girls," continue to attract crowded audiences,…

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Music and Drama. Theatre Royal

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 2

"Claudlan," so successfully staged at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night last, in the presence of a large and fashionable audience, has every appearance…

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Bat and Ball. Knocks and Notches

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 7

The first Test match ever played between between of Australia and eleven of England took place on the Melbourne Ground in March, 1877. In this game C. Bannerman…

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An American Society Ball Goldfish and Songbirds

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 7

That famous "Butterfly Ball" at Philadelphia, when "all tho Drexels were present," has been eclipsed already, writes the New York correspondent of the London "Telegraph." This…

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Winning the Rubber Capital Series of Pictures. Excellent Souvenir of the Match

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 2

In the issue of the Town and Country Journal" published to-days, all the important happenings of the past week…

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The Week in Pictures To Barren Jack -- On Tour with a Cabinet Minister

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 27

On the roll of names of those who have helped largely in the making of the history of this country,…

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Bat and Ball. in Ye Olden Days. Interesting Interview with Nr. A. W. Sutton

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 7

The links which form the connection between mo cricketing past and the present art fast shortening. It may be gtruly said the giants of the past are forgotten, and…

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Inter-state Letters Victoria. the Autumn Racing Campaign. Gaulfield Opens the Ball. Melbourne, Monday. V.A.T.C. Races

Referee · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 3

The Autumn meeting of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club will commence at Caulfield next Saturday. The acceptances for the V.A.T.C. Oakleigh Plate are not…

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Miss Lilian Mitchell's Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 14

Before her departure for New Zealand, Miss Lilian Mitchell will give a concert at the Centenary-hall on Wednesday next. The plan is at Nicholson's…

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Band Rotunda at Cooma

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

COOMA, Wednesday.--The Mayor (Aid. T. Kaufline) opened the band rotunda recently erected in Cooma Park this afternoon, in the presence of a large gathering. The park was d…

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