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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

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Anzac Memorial Band. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 12

The New South Wales returned soldiers forming the [?]zac Memorial Band are now free to give concerts in Victoria. While the collections were for the benefit of the New…

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At the Movies Where the Best Pictures Are

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 14

Crystal Palace: "A Gamble in Souls." Lyric: "The Madness of Helen," "A Sister of Six," and "The Lady Drummer."…

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Cronulla Soldiers' Home Concert

The St George Call · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

On Monday evening a concert was held in aid of the Cronulla Soldiers' Home, at the School of Arts, Cronulla. In spite of the wet weather the hall was…

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Scottish Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 4

At the concert in the ovenlng, which took place at the Protestant Hall, a well-arranged programme, considerably augmented by oncoros, was thoroughly appreciated by a large…

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Plays and Players. Harp Orchestra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 36

Philadelphia (U.S.), has the distinction of supporting a harp orchestra. A musical organisation of this character is doubtless very unusual as a permanent institution, although a…

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West's Pictures

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 6

At [?] last night the first [?] in which the popular little actress [?] In addition to this…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 31 January 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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Long Pine Memoarial Band and Concert Co

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 2

On Tuesday evening, February 6th, in the Parramatta Town Hall, the Lone Plane Memorial Band will give, a rotined and up-to-date concert, consisting not only of…

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Criterion Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

"Fair and Warmer" Avery Hopewood's three-act comedy, said to be the funniest production for a quarter of a century, will be placed before patrons of J.C…

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National Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

On Saturday night there were further first appearances of imported artistes at the popular National Theatre, and all the new turns went with a dash and a bang…

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Moving Pictures for China

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 36

The Far East has endorsed the "movies,"' and there are already successful motion picture establishments in Hongkong, Shanghai, and other open ports of China. The films…

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Operating Theatre Curtains

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 36

A curtain-manipulating appliance has been installed in theatres. It reduces the manual labor in connection with the operation of stage curtains to simply pushing, a button or, closing…

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Opera Glasses and Moving Pictures

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 36

It has been estimated that the distance at which the human eye can, without unusual effort, look upon the whole of a picture, is one and one-half time as great as a line drawn…

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The Balkans. Roumanian Theatre

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 14

The enemy developed an offensive in the direction of Kovel and entered our trenches southward of Rudkamirinskaia. Our reserves drove them out…

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Sundry Shows. Her Majesty's Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

The merry, bright, tuneful, and brilliantly-produced "revuslcal" comedy, "The Cinema Star", is now in the sixth weeks of its run at Sydney Her Majesty's, and…

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Pictures from Roumania-- Our Ally's Stubborn Resistance

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 22

Roumanian Troops moving to take up a new position…

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Palace Theatre. Playhousue in New Dress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 8

The Palace Theater, which was temporarily closed at the conclusion of the "Peg o' My Heart" season, Is now In the hands of an army of workmen, who are transforming the…

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Concerts By Graphophone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 36

Public concerts are being given twice weekly at a park in Tacoma, Washington (U.S.), with one of the largest graphophones that has ever been built. The apparatus is a reconstructed…

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The Theatre

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 19

The wonderful popularity of "The Cinema Star" shows no signs of abating, and capital attendances are the nightly rule at Her Majesty's Theatre, where this latest…

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Adaminaby. Successful Ball and Bazaar

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 7

The recent annual ball and bazaar in aid of St. Joseph's Convent, Adaminaby, realised over £80. The ladies (Miss G. Russell and Miss…

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