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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

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Band Music

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 12

Eastern Suburbs United, under Mr. A. B. Saunders, Government House Grounds, 3.15 : March (vocal), Our Empire Sons (A. B. Saunders); Education, Zampa; inter-nuzzo, Your Eyes Have Told Me So; selection, Smithy in…

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Princess Theatre

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 24

Among the artists who contributed to the new bill yesterday at the Princess Theatre were the Bunty Comedy Company, Lieutenant Gordon, Zigomar, Max Martini, Stirling,…

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Haymarket Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 23

The Bluebird feature entitled The Wrong Door will be screened at the Haymarket Theatre to-morrow and Tuesday. Carter De Haven and his wife, Flora Parker De Haven,…

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Waddington's Pictures the Strand

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 32

The Famous Player film Ashes of Embers features Pauline Frederick. In Ashes of Embers we have a story of two sisters—one good and one bad-both played by Pauline Frederick…

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Yesterday's Vaudeville National Theatre

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 24

Two new oversea acts were added to the bill at the National Theatre yesterday. Jeanette Spellman, a handsome comedienne with a special gift for light monologue work,…

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"The Pink Lady" Color and Dance First Night Success

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 2

"The Pink Lady" is some years old on the stage, and its Australian rights have been in Williamson's hand all the time, but last night's performance at Her Majesty's was…

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Ivy Shilling Scores Star Turn in London Dance With Fred Leslie Wins Lauder's Inexpensive Frock London, December 28

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 11

All theatrical London is now talking of Ivy Shilling and Fred Leslie, for they have made perhaps the biggest hit of the just-ending year with their "Dance du Vaurien" in Mr…

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Pictures on [?]

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 19 February 1917 · page 8

IN THEIR WINTER GAR[?].—[?] our men making their way through a in Flanders. In the tall timber [?] their homeland, and in the work in[?]…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 February 1917 · 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 15 hours 0 min. 0 sec. Should any error occur…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · 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, 15 hours 0 min. 0 sec. Should any error occur…

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Criterion Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

It is most certainly "Fair and Warmer" and the crowds at the Criterion chuckle, chortle and cheer every second minute of the period occupied by the…

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National Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

Another great programme this week at the leading vaudeville house of Australia. Fuller's National. The big theatre has been packed at every session since…

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Theatre Royal

Referee · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 14

The last nights of Miss Florence Rockwell are announced for the present season of The Misleading Lady, as on Saturday night that colossal picture. Intolerance, is to be screened…

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Soluble Golf Ball Tees

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 43

Tees which are soluble and so will not litter up the ground if left on a golf course, have been invented not only with that advantage in view, but also to do away with the handling…

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Sensation in a Theatre

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

A returned soldier from Parramatta North was seized with nervous breakdown at the Butterfly Theatre on Saturday night. He was carried out and after…

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The Eastern Theatre Minor Attacks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 13

Under cover of a snowstorm, the Germans attacked northward of Kisselin, and penetrated the Russian trenches, but were driven out again. The enemy crossed the ice of the…

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Sundry Shows. Her Majesty's Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

"The Pink Lady" is a crimson success. That's a plain statement of fact. The new comic opera caught on from its first presentation, and has packed the roomy…

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As the New York Cartoonist Pictures Les Darcy

Referee · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 16

IGOE'S IDEA OF THE DARCY SMILE.—New York World…

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Melbourne's Cricket Some Exceptional Feats with the Ball

Referee · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 12

The eighth round of district games was concluded in warm weather and on hard grounds. Under such conditions, mastery of bat over ball was to be expected, but beyond a couple, for 295 against I…

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