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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1910

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Before a Dance

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 10

Try the effect of an hour's rest in the afternoon before going to a dance, and before doing so procure a basin of boiling water, add to it a teaspoonful of simple tincture of…

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Fitzsimmons-lang Pictures

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

The pictures of the Fitzsimnions-Lang contest, which have been shown in the Stadium for the past week, will be exhibited in the Oddfellows' Hall, Goulburn, on Monday…

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Bijou—moving Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

Among the new pictures which are being shown at the Bijou "The Girl who Joined tho Bushrangers" is the most sensational. The other fine films include…

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Glaciarium—west's Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

"The Murder of the Duke of Guise" was the strongest of the dramatic subjects last night, and "Lily Boheme," with a diving act, the most sensational picture…

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Advertising Australia in Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

Under the title "Real Australia," there is to be a public exhibition of the Pathe Freres Commonwealth pictures at the Glaciarium on Thursday evening, 13th inst…

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Fitzsimmons-lang Pictures on Tour

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

The pictures of the Fitzsimmons-Lang contest, which have been shown at the Stadium for the past week, and which are now being shown at the Victoria Hall,…

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Weird Noises. Motor Orchestra in the City—why Isn't It Suppressed?

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

Every sort of violent death from asphyxiation to mutilation has coma in the wake of the motorist, and he is rapidly developing a new line, which, if it is not…

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Boxing. Lang-fitzsimmons Fight Pictures at Newcastle

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Saturday Night.—Bob Fitzsimmons appeared at the Victoria Theatre this afternoon, and met with a cordial reception, Addressing those present, the ex-champion said he was…

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Here and There. Pictures of the Commonwealth

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 4

It is expected that great interest will be taken in England and on the Continent in Pathe Frere's Australian cinematograph pictures for advertising Australia…

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Music and Drama Sundry Shows and Greenroom Gossip. a Royal Divorce. Musical and Farcical Comedy Vaudeville Novelties. Modern Moving' Pictures. Theatre Royal

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 3

In the drama of real life there has rarely been a more striking personality than that of the great Napoleon. Hence the episodes in his career furnish material for the…

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The Theatres. Theatre Royal—napoleon on the Stage

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 2

From the gloom of "The Corsican Brothers" Mr. Julius Knight stopped last night into the glamor and glitter of the Napoleonic period. In other words, the…

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

There were two striking films at the Claciarium on Saturday, when the big building was packed One was "Lord Kitchener at the Liverpool Camps," and the other, a Pathe, art stud, "The Murder of the…

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Bijou Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

"Redwing's Gratitude" was a star film at the B[?]jou Picture Palace on Saturday. It was a series which consisted of many exciting situations, and told how an Indian girl sacrificed her life for the sake of a white…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

At this place of amusement standing room only was the announcement on Saturday evening, when "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" was carried along on the tide of tumultuous merriment. As there is no "misfit"…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

The newcomers at the Tivoli Theatre on Saturday were Miss Gwennie Hasto and Mr. Walter Emerson. The former is of the song and dance cult, the song being aprop[?]s of nothing in particular, but serving to…

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Theatre: Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

It is not very long ago that Mr. Julius Knight staged "A Royal Divor[?]e" in Sydney, but that it has not become stale was proved by the large audience that assembled at the Theatre Royal on Saturday…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 3

"The Girl Behind the Counter" continues to provide an infallible specific for anyone suffering from a [?] of the blues, and on Saturday night the Criterion was crowded long before [?] curtain rose on the first…

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Open Air Band Music

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 7

Newtown Band will play the following programme of music on Newtown Bridge at 8 o'clock to-night:—March, "Simplicity" (Hume); selection, "Mikado" (Sullivan); waltz,…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 10

Miss Beatrice Day, who has bean enjoying a holiday since her visit to New Zealand, has returned to the Theatre Royal stage as the Empress Josephine in the revival of "A Royal…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Julius Knight's Great Character. "Girl Behind the Counter" Booming. Vaudeville and Picture Shows. Theatre Royal

The Star · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 8

There are few plays that reflect more faithfully the atmosphere and the character of the times around which they are written than does "A Royal Divorce."…

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