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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1914

4,723 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 237

Cold Feet Ball Players

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 1

It was pitiable to see the exhibition of baseball given by the representatives of New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday last. The Pioneers…

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Watching the Band. Child Kun Over

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 11

The coroner hold an inquest yesterday morning into the death of Alex. Ian Osborne (3½), who was run over and killed by a cab at Manly on January 3…

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Criterion Theatre. "Officer 665."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

J. C. Williamson's clever company of comedians, headed by Fred Niblo and Josephine Coban, continue nightly to win roars of laughter with the above…

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Theatre Royal. "Man and Superman."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

To-day the final performance of Bernard Show's clever epigrammatic and fascinating comedy will be staged. It has proved a laughter maker that has…

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Pictures of Life. Modern Cinema. Wonderful Development

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 13

The moving picture has come to stay. So much is, probably obvious to most people, but according to Mr. Stanly H. Twist, the new general manager for Australian Films, Ltd.,…

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Moving Pictures in Australia. Land of Brilliant Sunshine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 12

"Australia is a country wonderfully adapted for the production of moving pictures." says Mr. Stanly H. Twist, who has come from America to the position of general manager of…

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Sundry Shows. Palace Theatre. "A Day At The Races."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

William Anderson's Burlesque Company continues to hold its own against all-comers at the pretty Palace Theatre. It is a two and a half hours'…

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Pictures and Musicians. Threat of Competition. Union Proposals. General Strike Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 10

The Musicians' Union is talking of coming into competition with the picture theatre employers as a method of fighting the present dispute over the question of rates of wages in…

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Theatrical Gossip a Great Bunch. National Theatre's New Artists. Arrive by Ventura

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 3

One of the biggest bunches of vaudeville artists which has yet come into sydney arrived from San Francisco on Monday last by the Ventura. Under engagement to the…

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In Society and Out. Dance at Point Piper--Twelfth Night Celebration--Personal Paragraphs--Afternoon Tea--Town-Planning Address

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. De Courcey Russell gave a dance on Monday in honor of the coming of age of their daughter, Miss Eva de Courcey Russell, at their charming residence…

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Baseball. the Giants and the White Sox Deliver the Goods: the Real Gilt-edged Article. Over 10,000 Onlookers Dumb- Founded with the Brilliant Exposition of Ball As It Is Played in U.s.a. an Intensely Exciting Climax Gets the Audience on Their Toes. Sayi Kid! There Was Something Doing. Myi Yes, Some Ball, Sure

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

Like Caesar, each and every one of the touring baseballers can say: "I came, I saw, I conquered." The biggest thing ever in athletics has…

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School Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

There was quite n large audience at the Town Hall, Parramatta, on the occasion. of the concert given by the past and present pupils of the Marist Brothers School…

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Bat and Ball. New South Wales Defeats Victoria. Resumption of First-grade Matches. University's Big Task Middle Harbor a Surprise Packet. Centuries by Lowe, Bull, and Freeman. Dive, Moore, Barnes, and Grummett Bowl Well

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 7

In the early days of cricket many heavy wagers, the amounts often running into thousands of pounds, were made on the result of a match. Such betting where the…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 January 1914 · 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, 3hours 0min. 0sec. Should any error occur…

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Imperial Theatre

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 3

An Interesting programme of a varied character will be screened at the Imperial Theatre tonight, principal of which will be "The Dock Catastrophe."…

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The Theatre. Gossip

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 21

Childish though a great deal of the revue, "Come Over Here," is, it is attracting big houses at Her Majesty's Theatre, and appears likely to continue doing so…

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How Labor Stopped the Band

People · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

The late Sir Frederic Cowen's (the British musician) "memoirs" have been published. He relates the following incident which occurred when he was conducting an orchestra for the…

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Danger in the Golf Ball

Watchman · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 6

Boys and girls, when the covering of an old golf ball breaks, feel greatly tempted to unwind the great length of thin elastic of which the inner part is composed. But…

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The First Violin. Book V Chapter Ii.the Carnival Ball

Co-operator · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 6

As I stood, awkward and unde[?]ed. she beckoned me to her. In an Instant I was at her side, bowing but mainta[?] silence…

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Big 'Ball. Lord Denman Sets Its Rolling. Africans in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The American baseballers made their first appearance on the field in Victoria to-day, when the Giants played a team representing Victoria, which included…

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