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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1916

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

To-day, New year's Day, special matinees are to be held at both West's GLaciarium and Olympia Theatred, starting at 2.30, when an attractive programme will be presented. The Glaciarium feature…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

"The Rosary" will be staged at 2.15 to-day at the Palace Theatre, as well as in the evening. the story of Father Bryan Kelly's genial guardianship of a young married pair estranged by the machinations of a…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr. George Marlow's pantomime of "Dick Whittington and His Cat" has exceeded even the most sangume…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

At 2 p.m. to-day Allen Doone will give a holiday matinee of "O'Leary, V.C.," the new Irish Comedy drama at the Theatre Royal, in which the whole course of true love between the hero and dainty Edna…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

"Twin Beds" will be in evidence this afternoon, and at an extra matinee on Monday, at the Criterion Theatre, where upoarions laughter attends the perplexity of Hale Hamilton at the comic developments…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

"So Long, Letty," the new musical farce, the fun of which is linked with glittering spectacular devices and voluptuous ballets,will be performed at extra holiday matinees to-day and Monday. Dorothy…

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The Piccadilly Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

After a successful week with "The Truth Waggon," featuring that exceedingly accomplished and famous American comedian Max Figman, the management will to-day screen as feature drama "Grip," a powerful tale…

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Highland Sports and Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 14

The Highland Society of New South "Wales will celebrate New Year's Day in accustomed fashion with a great sports gathering at the Agricultural Ground, followed at night by a Scottish concert. The sports in…

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Church Concert at Mulgoa

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 4

The concert held in the Mulgoa Town Hall on Boxing night, in aid of the Mulgoa Catholic Church Funds was an unqualified success, both in…

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Enmore Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 16

The proprietors of the Enmore Theatre have secured "The Hypocrites" for the first three nights of the week, and on Thursday Miss Hilda Spong will be featured in "Divorced."…

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Band Music State Solitary

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 6

The State Military Band will play the following program in Hyde Park this evening at 8.30 : Triumphal march, "Australian Commonwealth" (V. de glergioi): overture, "Le Pre Aux Gleres" (Herold); tone pome…

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Marrickville Victoria Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 16

The fifth series of "The Clutching Hand," stories entitled "The Death Ray" and "The Life Current," will be shown at Marrickville Victoria Theatre on the early nights of the week…

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Clay's Bridge Theatre

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 13

The pantomime season at the Bridge Theatre, Newtown, is in full swing, and business is good. Last,night saw the first performance of Mother' Goose, with several new specialties. On Saturday next the third and…

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THE Clutching Hand! READ Stories Here—Then SEE them in Pictures the Last Stories

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 19

Elaine was seated in the drawing room with Aunt Josephine one afternoon when her lawyer, Perry Bennett, dropped in unexpectedly. No sooner were Elaine and Bennett alone than…

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Scots' Concert New Year's Welcome

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 13

The prevailing atmosphere at Scot concerts in Sydney has always been one of jovial enthusiasm, and no departure from the traditional spirit was indulged in by last night's big…

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Scottish Concert

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 10

The Governor-General, in his kilts, sat at the head of an immense audience last night in the Town Hall, when the Highland Society gave its annual festival of Scottish song. In…

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Amusements. Tivoli Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 6

The entertainment, as provided by the Tivoli Follies, on Saturday last was, with one or two minor0 alterations, the same as that with which the company opened their season; but this fact notwithstanding, there was no fault…

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"Clean-minded Amusement" Theatre Managers' Views Replies to the Primate

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. Hugh J. Ward, the Sydney managing director of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., is at present in Melbourne. In his absence the following statement in reply to the clerical out…

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