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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1915

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Annual Band Contest. First a Grade Night. Interesting Performances

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 4

The annual band contest, conducted under the auspices of the Band Association of New South Wales, reached an interesting stage last night at the Sports Ground with the…

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Picture Shows. the Spoilers. Enmore Theatre Features. Newtown Victoria Big Bill

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 7

The feature films heading the programmes to be screened at the Picture Block Theatres this week are as follow:--Crystal Palace, Captain Alvarez, a Vitagraph star; and Was…

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Patriotic Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 9

A patriotic concert to help procure a field ambulance for one of the Irish (Ulster) contingents drew a large audience to the Repertory Theatre last night. The programme…

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Band Competition

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 3

A large crowd at the Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, on Saturday night, enjoyed the music played by the four bands in the A Grade Competition of the New South Wales Band…

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West's Pictures

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 15

A soul-stirring Western drama; Northern Lights, is the big attraction at West's Theatres. It is a drama full of thrills and deals with the school day…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 8

The Time Ball at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m., Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, 8 hours 0 min. 0 sec. Should any error occur…

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Concerts at the Repertory Theatre

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 8

Another party of Young Australia [?], who toured the world [?] and received remarkable [?] people in Great Britain, America, and Canada, arrived in Sydney to-day…

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Tivoli Theatre

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The character songs of Mr. J. W. Rickaby at the Tivoli were among the most approved of the Tivoli offering on Saturday. Mr.Rickaby gets a lot of true humor out of the song of…

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National Theatre

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 8

An acceptable turn at the National Theatre on Saturday was that of George F. Ford,a London ventriloquist who made his first appearance here with his "little coster [?]…

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The Band Contest. Championship of Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 5

The Band Association of New South Wales continued its annual contest at the Sports Ground on Saturday. The large attendance scattered over the grounds was rewarded with an…

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Band Contests. "A" Grade Competitions. Decision Pending

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 7

The annual band contests in connection with the Band Association of New South Wales were continued at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night, when the…

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Amusements. Ulster Patriotic Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 4

A successful concert was given on Saturday evening at the Repertory Theatre, in Grosvenor-street, with the object of providing funds for a field aml[?] for one of the Ulster contingents. The enterta[?] which…

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Patriotic Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 11

A patriotic concert to [?] curing a field ambulance for one of the Irish (Ulster) contingents was held at the Repertory Theatre on Saturday evening. There was a large attendance, and a…

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Band Competitions. Spectacular Marching

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 8

Last night at the Sports Ground the fourth session of the New South Wales Band Association's Annual Contest was occupied by a marching competition. Such a contest has…

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Band Contests. Marching Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 8

The annual contests in connection with the Band Association of New South Wales, were continued at the Sydney Sports Ground last night, when the marching competitions…

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Band Contest. March Competitions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 6

The inter-State Band Contest was continued at the Sports Ground last evening, when the marching competitions were decided. The evening was again delightfully cool, and there…

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Band Contests. Result of Solo Competitions

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 7

The solo competition in connection with the annual band contest now being held at the Sports Ground Moore Park under the auspices of the Band Association of N.S.W. were…

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Fell 90 Feet. Man Injured at Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 8

Falling from a height of 90ft on the the stage at the Little Theatre yesterday afternoon, Rees Barker, 35, an electrician, residing at 106 Cooper-street, Surry Hills,…

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Concert Hall Burnt. Moss Vale

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 5

A fire broke out at Bennett's Hall—one of the finest buildings in the district—at quarter to 3 this morning. The hall was burnt to the ground, and two planes and a number of hand…

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