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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1918

2,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 111

Brass Band Contests. Championship of Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 9

By a special effort the Rand Association of New South Wales will again he able to hold a competition thsi year. The contest, which is to make place at the Sydney Sports Ground on…

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Amusements Her Majesty's Theatre

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 15

"The Bing Boys are Here," the brilliant spectacle revue now being presented by J. C. Williamsons' Ltd., is one of the finest productions seen here for a long time. The…

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Copy of Will, Ball-room Etiquette

The Land · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 12

Enquirer asks: (1) What steps must I take to get a copy of an old will of nine years' standing, and where would I apply for a copy, and how much would it cost?…

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Foreign Cables Imperial War Exhibition Some Notable Australian Pictures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

Field-Marshal Viscount French on Monday opened the Imperial war Exhibition, at Burlington House, London, street…

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Band Wants Aubsidy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

A letter was read at the meeting of the Granville Council on Tuesday from Mr. Branguin, secretary of the Granville Citizen's Band, applying for a subsidy for the…

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Sunday Band Music

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

[?] District Band, [?] Bandmaster [?] at Tar[?] Park [?] p.m. and Le[?] p.m. [?] Park, at [?] p.m…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 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 honrs 0 min. 0 sec. Should any error occur…

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Oriterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 15

On Wednesday and Friday next the final matinees of "Peter Pan" will be given, and on Friday night playgoers will enjoy the last opportunity of [?] J. M. Barrie's now famous fairy play, so advantageously…

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Hippodrome Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

"William Anderson's second venture into Pantomime is proving a wise step, for the handsome Wirth's Hippodrome Theatre. Campbell-street, Haymarket…

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National Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

The new programme at the National filled the house to overflowing, twice a day, during the week; the chief attraction among the new items being the…

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Theatre Royal

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

The Williamsonian juvenile pantomime, "The House that Jack Built," is announcing its last nights, and people who have not given the kiddies a…

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Bat and Ball

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

The seventh round of the first grade games was concluded last Saturday in hot weather, and upon good wickets. As anticipated last week, Petersham's…

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Picture Shows. Hoyt's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 14

Olga Petrova will be seen in "The Law of the Land" and Vivian Martin in "The Wax Model" at Hoyt's Theatre. George-street, to-day. The show is continuous from 11 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. New films will…

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Wirth's Hippodrome Theatre

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

"Jack and the Beaustalk" continues to draw good houses nightly, while the matinees every Wednesdayh and Saturday afternoon are always well…

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Ker Majesty's Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

"The Bing Boys are Here" in billed as "a dream of loveliness and liveliness" and it is all that and then some! It is the most gorgeously staged and dressed…

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In Nature's Ball-room

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

An astronomical writer has compared the journey of the earth and moon through the heavens as a sort of celestial waltz. It is wonderful dance, the distance covered…

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Sundry Shows. Criterion Theatre

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

The revival of "Peter Pan", at the Criterion Theatre, with Miss Kathlene MacDonell in the name part, has proved a lucky venture for "the firm" and a…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 15

This afternoon and evening "The Bing [?] will continue their merry career at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the production of this dazzling revue has led to packed audiences and almost unprecedented booking…

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Tivoli Theatre—ada Reeve

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 15

Although there is no abatement in the popularity of Miss Ada Reeve, the management of the Tivoli Theatre announces that the popular star will only appear in Winnie Brooke Widow until next Friday…

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Romance of the Theatre

The World's News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

ANITA, the mystery maid, whose appearances at the Tivoli, Sydney, some few weeks ago created a controversy as to her identity, found her footlight experience under the Tivoli…

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