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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1908

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The Band Dynamite Outrages Strike Leader Arrested

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—Sheridan, a strike leader at Johannesburg, has been arrested upon a charge of murder arising out of the dynamite outrages during last summer's…

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Concertina Soloist

The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 11

Miss Christine Hawkes, who hopes to revive the popularity of the English concertina, which made Regondi's name renowned through Europe 50 years ago. She is now…

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Ada Crossley Concert Tour. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 13

Mr. J. C. Williamson has engaged Madame Ada Crossley to tour with a concert party Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand in September…

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Sunday Concerts Banned a Movement in New York

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 15

The law courts, mayor, and police are all going, so it is said, to unite to stop every kind of concert in New York next sunday (writes a New York correspondent on…

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The Glaciarium—west's Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 2

Another fine programme was presented last night at the Glaciarium, when the building was again crowded. There were many new features, a notable one being…

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Newtown Brass Band How It Achieved Success

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 16

The photo of the Newtown Brass Band, champion band of Australasia, which appears in this issue, is the official photo, taken in Ballarat on the occasion of the last…

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Oxford—sunday Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 2

A special entertainment will be given to-night at the Oxford by the World Picture Company. A programme of the latest subjects is promised…

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West's Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 10

West a Pictures, which comprise one of we most superb collections of moving pictures Sydney audiences have, yet had an opportunity of admiring, attracted the customary crowd to the…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 11

Mr. Frank Thornton has brought a laughable and whim[?] piece to Australia in "When knights were Bold," and playgoers should not miss seeing his acutely modern creation of Sir Guy de vere [?]…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The adventures of sir Percy Blakeney in rescuing "the aristos" from the guillotine, and in vanquishing the sinister Chauvelin, keeps crowded audiences interested at the Theatre…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 11

The overflowing attendance at the Palace Theatre on Saturday afternoon was again a feature in the "C[?]derella" season, and later there was another good house to admire the Porcelain March, the change of a…

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Band in Hyde Park

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

The State Military Band wil play the following programme in Hyde Park to-night, at 8 o'clock:-March. "The Cuban Star" (R. B. Sail); overture, "Fra Diavolo" (Auber); song…

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The GLACIARIUM—WEST's PICTURES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 11

The seating accommodation at the Glaciarium was taxed to its utmost on Saturday night, when a change of programme was submitted. The pictures were judiciously selected, and proved thoroughly…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 11

Every part of Her Majesty's Theatre was crowded on Saturday night, when "The Girls of Gottenberg" moved gaily along, the dashing hussar costumes, the picturesque scenery, and the quaintly co[?]ic doings of…

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Mainly for Women the Social Round Afternoon Tea Chat Tirranna Race Club Ball

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 4

The annual Tirranna Race Club Ball was held in the Oddfellow's Hall, Goulburn, on Friday, and was a great success. There was an attendance of about 85 couples. Visitors…

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Police Band Concert

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

Members of the New South Wales Police Band will give a concert, weather permitting, in the Botanic Gardens, to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The following…

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West's Pictures

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

Before a crowded house at the Glaciariam last night a lengthy and well varied programme of interesting and amusing views was shown. The management put on a…

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Pictures for Swimmers

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

Last night's performance at the Glaciarium was under the patronage of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, and swimmers formed a large proportion of the big…

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Band in Wynyard Park

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

The Redfern Band will play the following programme of music in Wynyard Park, City, at 8 o'clock this evening:—March, "Moray Firth"(Rod Mackenzie); overture, "Golden…

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