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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1911

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Palace Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

The Ward boom is still strongly in evi[?]dence at the Falace Theatre, where Hugh J. of that [?]end "The Girl from Rectors" supply romp away with audinences,…

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Southern Cross Pictures

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

Now attractions are being continually displayed at the Southern Cross Motion Pictures, at the corner of Rawson-place and Pi[?]-street, opposite the Central Railway…

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Bat and Ball

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 7

The Australian victory in the Second Test game was one of the most extraordinary wins on record in Test games. For a side which had just put up such a large score…

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The Theatre Royal

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

Miss Gibbs is still mashing great audiences. For months and months and months and has been drawing Sydney theatre-lovers even as a magnet draws a…

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Music and Drama, Lyceum Pictures

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

Yesterday at the matinee and again last evening saw the Lyceum play to capacity business. Among a deluge of good things the chron[?]pohone introducing [?]…

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More Temora Pictures. Delavan Stud Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 31

MESSRS. GELLING and SONS were established in Temora since 1880. Their business has been growing rapidly ever since, and the proprietors declare…

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Amusements Around the Shows. Her Majesty's Theatre

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 51

The many exciting situations and capital stage pictures which are seen in "The Whip" has made the play most popular. The house is always crowded, and the audience delighted…

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208 in Spasms. Trumper Again. Now a Band of Five. Australian's Big Score. Eight Out for 458

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Trumper batted in the test match to-day, and was 208 not out at the drawing of stumps. He is now one of five players who have made more than 200 in a test…

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Union Smoke Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 14

Riders' who have won prizes in any of the following races should note that their presence is desired at the Cyclists' Union's annual smoke concert to be held to-morrow night at the Gaiety, Athletic-hall,…

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St. Joseph's (Windsor) Primary School Concert

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 18

The entertainment given in the Windsor School of Arts by the pupils of St. Matthew's primary school was a remarkable success. The attendance in point of numbers was…

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Championship Band Contest

The Sun · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

The ninth annual championship band contest promoted by the Band Association of New South Wales will be carried out on the Sports Ground on the evenings of January…

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Orchestra on Strike. Picture Show Without Music Perth

The Sun · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

At the Queen's Hall on Saturday evening West's Pictures were presented without the usual orchestral accompaniment, owing to a difficulty which had arisen between the…

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Music. Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has planned a busy programme for this year, and the success which it has already achieved in interesting the public in its work is primarily…

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Mission Band

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

The object of a meeting held in the Methodist Church at St. Marys, in connection with the local Mission Band) was in particular to increase…

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[?] Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 14

A chance of programme was given last night at the [?] Theatre, in the presejce of a satisfactory house, [?] new picutes made a hit especially the dramatic [?] "Ononea's Vow," "Two Little Waifs," and among…

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Championship Band Contest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 18

The ninth annual championship band contest promoted by the Band Association of N.S.W. will he carried out on the evenings of January 25, 26, 27, and 28. Seventeen of the leading bands of Australia have entered, and…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 18

The successful production, "Our Miss Gibbs," will enter upon its 17th week at the Theatre Royal this evening. The attraction still draws consistently crowded houses and remarkable forward booking…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 14

Mr. Rickards announces yet another novelty to swell his long list of variety performers, in the person of Mdlle. Yetta, from the Follies Bergeres, Paris, whose speciality is wire-walking, culminating in a…

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Empire Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 14

The week's programmed at this place of amuement has attracted a large amount of patronage. The latest pictorial films are shown, and plenty of variety is introduced into the vaudeville business…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 14

To-night "The Arcadians" enters upon the final week of its successful revival at the Criterion, and this fact will probably cause a rush for seats by these who have not yet seen the comic opera, or…

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