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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1918

2,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 111

Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · 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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Amusements. Repertory Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 8

Miss Ruby Davis's pupils will be seen at the [?] tory Theatre to-morrow night in the pantomime "Ba[?] in the Wood." The performances is in aid of the fund inaugurated by the Bondi V.A.D. for the erection…

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The Gallery Nuisance "A Theatre-goer" writes: --

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

After reading your article referring to the new play at the Criterion, I feel, as one of a long-suffering public, that I have been given an opportunity to point out the great…

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Band Contests

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 18

The Band Association of New South Wales held its annual contests last week, there being good attendances at each performance. The following were the winners in the…

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Patriotic Pictures

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 30

WE have received two composite pictures from Mr. A. Bridge, Stonehenge. They are made up of "Mail" covers, "inside" illustrations, and some striking headings. Mr. Bridge's own…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · 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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Theatre Royal

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 8

[?] the [?] with a lesson to [?] is [?] of the Theatre Royal [?] and [?] of the…

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Broadway Theatre

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 8

To-day is the final screening at the Broad way thearte George-street West of "Babbling T[?] the picture depicting the mischief caused through [?] To-morrow a new…

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National Theatre

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 8

The present all-vandaville show at the National is colver and [?] Bealts and [?] are pir[?] in their praivis [?] of which sharp[?] and blackwhip wisiding…

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Lyceum Pictures Transferred

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 8

To [?] the transfer of the Bycoum pictures to the strand Theatre Pitt-street under the management of Union Theatres Limited "Because of a Woman the first of the new [?] special…

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Parentage at the Sydney Theatre Royal

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 14

There are some subjects that have a univer-sal appeal, and when they are dramatised they command the fullest range of interest. The matter of parentage is distinctly one of these…

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The Theatre. L.F. (Sydney) : Address not known. ATHLETICS

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 13

J.W. (Mittagong) : It is a matter of opinion, I but we would narrow it down to two-J. Donaldson, and J. McGarrigal. Over the exact distance you name Donaldson would…

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Burns Anniversary Concert

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 36

On Saturday, January 26, a large attendance gathered at the Protestant Hall Sydney, on the occasion of the Burns Anniversary concert. The Anniversary Club Choir rendered part songs…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

The Time Ball at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m., Sydney standard tine corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, 15 hours 0 min. 0 sec. Should any error occur…

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The Theatre

The Catholic Press · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 30

The popularity of "The Bing Boys arc Here" at Her Majesty's Theatre continues undiminished. Nothing fresh is to be reported in connection with this play. It is…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 1 February 1918 · 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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Amusements Her Majesty's Theatre

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 15

J. C. Williamson's dashing and dazzling Revue "The Bing Boys are Here," is responsible for large attendances at this theatre, when the splendid scenes and…

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Western Theatre. Patrol Encounters. British Successes. London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:--"Our patrol successfully attacked a post north-eastward of Havrincourt killing and capturing a number of the garrison…

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Hoyt's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 15

"The Terrible Halifax Distaster," "On the Level," showing Fannie Ward, and "Hashimura Togo," [?] Japanese subject, will be the attractions of to-day's continuous show at Hoyt's, George-street. New…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 2 February 1918 · 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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