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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

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Spencer's Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 3

Holiday crowds attended the Lyceum on Saturday evening, when the usual varied assortment of picture [?] was shown. Of a number of dramatic, scenic, and humorous studies, "Lost in the Jungle" was one of the…

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Alhambra Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 10

At the Alhambra Theatre to-day, the M'Vea-Langford fight pictures will be shown from 9 a.m. They will be preceded by views of both men in training. A collection of miscellaneous pictures will also be exhibited…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

"The Girl in the Train" continues its career of prosperity at the Theatre Royal, and the audience on Saturday night was large as ever. There will be a matinee to-day…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

This afternoon (2 o'clock) there will be a holiday matinee of "Inconstant George" at the Palace Theatre, where hearty laughter attends the entanglements of the volatile hero. Mr. Harry Plimmer's extreme…

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Coronation Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

At the Coronation Picture Theatre, corner Cleveland and Crown streets. Redfern; on Saturday, "Lost in the Jungle" and "Adventures of Billy, A.B.," were included in a good programme. Several vaudeville…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

The English Musical Comedy Company organised by J. C. Wiliamson, Ltd., for the Christmas season at the Adelphi Theatre under the Geo. Marlow direction will give an extra holiday matinee to-day of "His Majesty's…

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Lyceum.—spencer's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

A large crowd was entertained by Spencer's pictures at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night. The programme submitted was of a high standard, the star films being "Lost in the Jungle" (a thrilling drama…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

A programme of a considerably attractive character is presented just now at the Tivel. Bert Levy, with his characteristic whistle and agreeably novel methods of drawing, is a never-failing success, while an act…

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Amusements. Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

The crowded state of the Criterio[?] Theatre on Saturday night suggested the reluctance with which local playgoers part from "Lady Frederick," the final matinee of which will be given on Wednesday, and the last…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

To-day's holiday matinee of "Our Miss Gibbs" will start at 1.45 at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the Royal Comic Opera Company is well advanced with preparations for "The Quaker Girl" a fortnight hence. The…

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Stage Song and Show Holiday Matinees at All Theatres. the Ethel Irving Season. New Vaudeville and Pictures

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 4

"Our Miss Gibbs" matinees to-day at Her Majesty's Theatre. Miss Blanche Browne is as delightfully fresh as the shop girl from Yorkshire as she was one little year ago,…

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The M’cormack Concerts

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 8

Sydney musical people are showing much interest in the two concerts to be given by Mr. John M’Cormack under the direction of Mr. H. N. Southwell in the Town Hall on…

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The Maccormack Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

Mr. John MacCormack, who will make his farewell appearance at the Melbourne Town Hall to-night, will be heard in ballad concerts at the Sydney Town Hall next Thursday and Friday, prior to his departure for…

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New Year's Night Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

The Highland Society's New Year's Night concert, at the Town Hall, as in the past, will happily windup the sports gathering of Scotchmen and their friends at the Royal Agricultural Ground during the day. Mr…

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Burns Anniversary Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 9

In the Protestant Hall on Saturday night the Burns Anniversary Club held a "Hallowe'en" concert. "House full" notices had to be placed upon the doors very early in the evening, and the spirit of the audience…

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Wollongong Band Contest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--The Wollongong Band Contest was concluded this evening. The chief events resulted as follow:-- Hymn Tune.--Wollongong, 41 points, 1;…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

The Time Ball at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m. Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, 3hrs. 0m. Os. Should any error occur in the…

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Amusements. Tiyoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 10

The Ti[?]li Theatre last evening re-echoed with the plaudits accorded the re-appearance of two former favourites. Clarke and Mostol, who appear to have lost nothing either in skill or popularity during their…

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Highland Society's Concert

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 8

An immense audience assembled in the Sydney Town Hall on New Year's Night, when the annual concert under the auspices of the Highland Society of New South Wales took place…

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