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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

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A Wee Scotch Night. Annual Concert at the Town Hall

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

There were a good many Scottish people disappointed last night in their annual feast of choice national melody. Early in the evening the great concert chamber in the…

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Moving Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 13

The G[?]um has been filled every evening by holiday-makers. The chief film is a representation of Dion P[?]ult's famous drama. "The Colleen Bawn," the salient points of which are all included in the film…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 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. Om. Os. Should any error occur in the…

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Adelphi Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

The farcical, pantomimical comedy, "His Majesty's Guests," in three acts, warranted to keep ones eyes skinned and one's features at work all the time, draws…

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Princess Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

The above theatre has been packed to its utmost during the week. In addition to a brilliant new minstrel first part, which included Ward Lear, Carlton and Sutton…

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Tivoli Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

Emerson and Baldwin, club juggling comedians; Henrietta and Selina, instrumental duellists; Bert Levy, the artist entertainer, deserved the plaudits…

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Music and Drama. West's Pictures

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

Dion Boucicault's famous drama, "The Colleen Bawn," was the holiday attraction at West's Pictures on New Year's Day. The play is both well staged and mounted,…

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Criterion Theatre. "Lady Frederick."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

The last three nights of "Lady Frederick" are announced, with a final matinee to-day, and those who want to see the famous English actress, Miss Ethel…

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Palace Theatre. "Inconstant George."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

The Plimmer-Denniston success at the pretty Palace Theatre is fetching all the ladies from near and far to the feast of merriment, and "Inconstant George," the…

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Bat and Ball the Cognoscenti Say

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 7

That Jack Worrall, notwithstanding all his troubles, is just as keen as ever, and is coaching a crop of colts that ere long will do the Southern State and…

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Alhambra Theatre. Picture of the Great Fight

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

As this popular picture house has earned an enviable reputation with the sporting community by its previous excellent exhibitions of great fistle…

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Theatre Royal. "The Girl In the Train."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 5

That superb holiday attraction, "The Girl in the Train," with its dainty ballets. its interesting divorce story, the giddy waltzes, and droll situations, is stuffing…

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Amusements Around the Shows. Her Majesty's Theatre

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 51

The revival of "Our Miss Gibbs" at Her Majesty's continues to attract large holiday audience. The rinking duel between Miss Blanche Browne and Mr. Bertie Wright, and the…

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The Highland Gathering. Holiday on the Harbor. Newcastle Regatta. Pictures in the "Town Country Journal."

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 4

Although the first day of the year is usually designated the Scotsman's Day, it is in Australia a generally holiday for all classes and not less keen on holiday-making are Australians…

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The John Maccormack Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 6

To-morrow and Friday night Mr. John MacCormack will make his first appearance, and also his [?] at the Town Hall, where the Covent Garden tenor, deserting the [?] fields of grand opera, will be heard…

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Mr. M'cormack's Concert. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 13

The concert given by Mr. John McCormack and his company in the Exhibition Building last night was an unbroken succession of numbers of supreme excellence. Rarely indeed…

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The John M'cormack Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 10

Mr. John M'Cormack's popularity during the tour of the Melba Grand Opera Company, of which he was the principal tenor, was so pronounced that great interest is felt in his…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

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

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Convent of Mercy, Chatswood. Annual Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 40

The Christmas concert given by the papils of the parochial school, conducted by the Sinters of Mercy, is always a red-letter event amongst the Chatswood children and…

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Misses Dearn's Pupils' Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 40

There was a large and approciative audience at the annual concert given by the popils of the Misses Dearn, in the Leichhardt Town Hall, amongst these present being…

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