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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1914

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New Pictures. Exchanges with New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 10

During a recent visit to New Zealand for the purpose of inspecting the picture collection at the Auckland Exhibition, Mr. G. V. F. Mann, of the National Gallery, took the…

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Selecting Pictures for the National Art Gallery. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 11

Sir, -- I have received a copy of "The Daily Telegraph" of October 25, containing a letter front my friend, Mr. Julian Ashton. Amongst other things, he states that "the National…

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After Business Hours. in Leisu Re Time. Lyceum Theatre

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 15

In "Kins Charles," adapted from Harrison Ainsworth's book "Ovingdean Grange," Spencer's Pictures, Ltd., have a star of the first magnitude. The…

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Band Concert

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 3

The New South Wales [?] The programme [?] The High School [?]…

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Fight Pictures

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. W. Barrtington Miller has secured the exclusive Australasian rights of the film depicting, the brief but sensational battle between Georges Carpentier and Bombardier…

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Spencer's Pictures

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

The picturesque reign of England's Merry Monarch, King Charles, forms the subject of a particularly interesting series of motion pictures now being…

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Moving Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 14
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The reign of King Charles forms the subject of an interesting series of moving pictures at Spencer's Lyceum, The production, the management states, was enacted amid rural scenery in England. Besides this feature there…

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Waist-band Bouquets

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 11

Why has the buttonhole decreased in favor and why has the large bouquet taken its place. There is a logical reason for this interchange o popularity…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 4

The Time Bull at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m., Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time. 3honrs 0min. 0sec. Should any error occur…

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Alhambra Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

The present programme at the Alhambra is an extraordinarily good one. The fight picture of the McGoorty-Smith contest, showing how Smith met his…

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Pictures from North and Central Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 33

Sheep in the North of Queensland gathered at a waterhole…

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Sleeper-Getting: Story Told in Seven Pictures

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 25

SLEEPER-GETTING is an industry which provides profitable…

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Other Sydney Shows. Her Majesty's Theatre

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 45

An amusing feature was introduced in the revue, "Come Oyer Here," at Her Majesty's Theatre on January 10. It is a satire on our telephone system, and is entitled "A Telephone…

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Theatre Royal. "A Marriage of Convenience."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

Last night was the final production of the enthralling play, "Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner," in which Mr. Lewis Waller and Miss Titherage were accorded a most…

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Palace Theatre. "A Day at the Races,"

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

William Anderson, with his American Burlesque Company, has undoubtedly "struck ile" with the above. Although now in its fourth week, and everybody…

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The Little Theatre. "His House in Order."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

Directed by the popular actor, Hugh Buckler, the "Little" will be opened on Saturday, January 24, with the above play from the pen of the eminent…

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In Society and Out. Tirranna Picnic Ball-- A Charity Meeting-- Personal Paragraphs --Farewell Supper Party

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 6

The Tirranna Picnic Race Club's annual ball on Friday evening last was a brilliant success. Those present included:--Mrs. A. B. Chisholm, Mrs. A. L. Faithfull, Mrs. Brydon, Mrs…

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Bat and Ball. End of Seventh Round. Prospective Premiers Wiped Out. Randell's Fine Bowling. [?]Emmis Scores a Century for Balmain. Toxer for University, and Fratten for Burwood

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 7

Saturday was hot as—hello there, no swearing, please—and the fieldsmen and batsmen were tried almost beyond endurance, but like true sports, they…

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"Offensive" Pictures

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 11

"Art" is horrified: -- I see in the morning papers that Archbishop Kelly is objecting to certain pictures in the Art Gallery…

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