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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1914

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Pictures That Catch the Sportsman's Eye

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3
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TOM McCORMICK, who fights Johnny Summers to-night, after coming 13,000 miles for the purpose. AN EXCITING MOMENT IN FRONT OF GOAL (SOCCER)…

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Poses Plastiques at the Tivoli Theatre

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

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Pictures of Travel the Bellinger to Port Macquarie. Iii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

The great epic of physical science remains yet unwritten, but the miracle of creation is being daily enacted under our very eyes, while the allegory of this dear earth is…

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The "Coolltan" Waltz. Partners to Dance at Aroms Length in This Season's Ballrooms

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

Romping and horSE play are more more ia evidence in ballroon[?] as [?] goes by, and Mr. R. M. Crompton, the president of the Imperial Society of…

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In Family Council the Vagaries of Fashion Flounces Again Favored Mode of the Dance Dress of the Future Tight, Narrow, and Comfortless Sheath Skirt Evidently Doomed

Globe · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 11

The question of evening dresses for the Summer is one that should not be overlooked, as youthful matrons and girls are ever on the look out for the latest idea with which in…

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Caledonian Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 17

At the Concordia Hall this evening the Caledonian Society will hold a reunion and concert. The programme will include piping selections by the Highland Society's Pipe Band, dancing sketches, and vocal…

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Moving Pictures. Crystal Palace Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 27

"The Mystery of the Silver Skull" is a Vitagraph star, to be screened at the Crystal Palace Theatre to-morrow. It features the favorite picture-actor, Maurice Costello. The silver…

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Empress Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 27

"Mary" will be seen at the Empress Theatre again to-morrow in "A Proposal From Nobody," which is one of the series "Whom Will Mary Marry ?" The adventures that have…

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Australian News Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 6

The following recent happenings in Australia are included in the "Australian Gazette" of news pictures now showing at the Crystal Palace Theatre : Hobart. Welcome to the Fleet…

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Yesterday in Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 1

FATHER AND SON KILLED. THE SCENE OF THE HEARTRENDING TRAGEDY AT DOUBLE BAY YESTERDAY MORNING. WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF MR. W. H. HARDY AND HIS SON ALAN. THE SON'S BEDROOM. IN WHICH THE DEEDS WERE COMMITTED, IS ON THE LEFT-HAND…

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Colonial Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 27

There is no more picturesque period of American history than the days of the American frontiersmen's "war with the Indians. "The Fall of Black Hawk," which is one of the…

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Princess Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 6

Eddie McGoorty, champion middle-weight boxer of the world, will be the biggest draw at the Princess Theatre this week. Mr. Bain has engaged the vanquisher of Dave Smith for a…

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Wells-carpentier Fight Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 6

Ruffell's Exclusive Limited have purchased the rights of the film featuring the contest between Bombardier Wells and G. Carpentier at the National Sporting Club London, for £2000…

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Clay's Bridge Theatre

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 13

Clay's Theatre, at Newtown Bridge, is experiencing satisfactory patronage. There are continuous changes mode in the programmes. The artists appearing this week are the…

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Imperial Theatre. "For East is East."

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 9

Tomorrow evening the feature at the Imperial will be "For East is East," a fascinating romance of the Eastern world, illustrating Rudyard Kipling's famous quotation,…

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EDDIE McGOORTY at the Princess Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 13

Eddie McGoorty, the famous American middle-weight, will to-morrow night commence a short season at Baine's Princess Theatre, opposite the Central Railway Station. "Battling" Taylor…

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Tango on the Kerb. Fried Fish Supper Dance to Piano Organ

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 16

The Tango is not to be the dance merely of the rich, performed at smart restaurants and in ballrooms. Recently a successful Tango supper was held…

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Seashore Dance at Manly Some Australian Club Men As Excellent Hosts

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 7

The little dance hall at Fairy Bower, Manly, was gay on Friday night, when 18 guests of the Pacific Hotel, chiefly members of the Australian Club, gave a merry dance to about 80 Sydney…

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