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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

6,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Theatre Train Smash. Python at Large. Snake- Charmer to the Rescue. Wild Australia Wrecked

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 12

The escape and recapture of a python, several other snakes, and an alligator added to the excitement of a collision last month between two trains at Ettingshall Station,…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 29

The last nights of the spectacular drama "Faust," have been announced, Friday evening being the closing night. At the close of the Sydney season the big company will…

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The Theatre GOSSIP

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 17

"The Sunshine Girl" is drawing big houses at Her Majesty's, and on Saturday the theatre was densely packed. The music is bright and catchy, and the comedy good…

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The Panama Canal Pictures Popular Educational Series

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 7

Again last night hundreds of people waited [?] for opportunity to get into the Crystal Palace Theatre. George-street City to [?] great picture series [?]trating the construction [?] the Panama Canal. The Crystal Palace Theatre…

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Allies' Fresh Plans. the Dardanelles. Concerted Movement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Operations by the rival armies are becoming increasingly active in the neighborhood of the Dardanelles and the Peninsula of Gallipolli…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4
Also in Evening News

The last performance of "The Monk and the Woman" will be given at the Adelphi Theatre this evening by the George Marlow Dramattle Company. To-morrow evening is will be succeeded . The Beggar Girl's Wedd[?]"…

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Stanmore Theatre

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

There was a large and interested audience at the Stanmore Theatre [?] road last night when the Australian industrial series of picture was screened for the first time at Jervis Bay…

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The Panama Pictures

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 5

The extraordinary and su[?]ed popularity of the Panama canal pictures now being shown at the Crystal Palace. George-street city has made it necessary in continue the series during the whole…

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Amusemen[?] Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 10

The last performance of "The Monk [?] the We[?] will be given at the Adelphi Theat[?] this eve[?] by the George Marlow Dramatic Company. This [?] complete the seventh week of the drams at [?]…

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The Band Did Not Play. Waterloo Postal Delay

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 8

The arrangement at Waterloo for the delivery of letters and the clearing of the postal boxes frequently form the subject of complaints to the municipal council. A few works…

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Pictures Ousting Novels. London, Thursday, 8.40. p. m

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 8

The increased popularity of biograph shows is accompanied by a decreased demand for fiction at the libraries…

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Saturday Nights at the Australia. the Theatre Suppers. Big Increase in Private Dinners

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 1

The success of M. Rouy's theatre suppers on Saturday evenings, and an extraordinary increase in the number of private dinners and suppers at the Australia during the past…

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All the World Round. Liquor Lecturer's Trip Some Pictures by the Way. Mr. Nielsen's Motor- Car

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 12

Mr. W. A Lloyd, late official lecturer for the Liquor Trades Defence Union of New South Wales, and late secretary of the Liquor Trades Defence Association of West…

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Methodist Concert

The Propeller · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

A first-class musical programme was rendered in the School Hall last evening by members of the Waterloo…

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Band Music

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

The Parramatta Citizens' Band will play the following programme of music in Alfred Square on Monday, commencing at 7.45 p.m.:—March, "Caractacus";…

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Musical Gossip the Goose with the Golden Eggs. Is the Theatre Orchestra Appreciated?

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

The remark of Judge Backhouse to the effect that the professional musicians night, in persisting in their claims for the increased pay for services with the Royal Phillharmonic Society, be…

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Spencer's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 19
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Now at the end of its sixth week, Kinemacolour shows no signs of diminishing popularity at Spencer's Ly[?] Picture Theatre. The series screened during the week included "The Unvelling of the Queen…

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