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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1925

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Saturday's Sport in Pictures Manly Surf Carnival -- Tennis -- Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 10

Went down to F. Kalms (N.S.W.). -- S. Wertheim, the Victorian tennis representative. A place in the test for him. -- Rock (187 not out) sends one to the fence in the match against Victoria…

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Through the Eye of a Camera-- --News of the hour in Capital Pictures

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 12

TO GO FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD.--Everywhere you met them this morning-- the gay mobs of the holiday crowd--off to spend the day where the billy boils. HAPPY! AND WHY SHOULDN'T THEY BE?--Waiting for the ferry to take them across the Harbor to some pleasant…

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Band Contests. Championship to Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

There was a fairly large gathering at the Sports Ground last night to hear the finals of the A grade band competition. The test was a selection of the band's own choice,…

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T.b. Soldiers' Benefit Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

A dance to raise funds for the production and printing of the T.B. Soldiers' Booklet, was held last night at the Ambassadors, which was effectively decorated with large…

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For T.b. Soldiers Ambassadors Dance

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 11

To defray the best of production of a booklet to be sold for the benefit of the T.B. Soldiers at Dodrington, who are not in receipt…

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Sydney Wins Contest Band Carnival Concludes Fine Playing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

The City of Sydney Band won the A grade contest last night, with 182 points, beating Kogarah Municipal, 175, and Canterbury District, 168…

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Quaint Favors Last Night's Dance for Ex=s0ldiers

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 13

IT was a cosy little party which over a hundred dancers attended at the Ambassadors last night. The Empire rooms are just the right size…

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Band Contests City of Sydney's Success "A" Championship the Judge's Criticisms

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 5

CITY of Sydney Band, with a total of 182 points (90 test and 92 own choice), last night won the A Grade Championship, in the…

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North Sydney Juniors Some Good Bowling Feats Ball Beats Bat

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

The clash between the Premiers and Broomham Bros. (A Grade leaders) provided a chapter of thrills for the large crowd at Willoughby Park. The bowlers…

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Better in I860 Eclipse Pictures May Fail New York, January 20

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

Dr. David Todd, Dean of American astronomers, fears that all Saturday's photographs of the solar eclipse will be failures. "They are…

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Series of Accidents Several Motor Smashes Cricket Ball Fractures Boy's Skull

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Quite a chapter of accidents occurred in the district during the week-end. It included motor smashes, a drowning fatality, and a cricket accident that…

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[?]hrough the Eye of a Camera-- --News of the [?]our in [?]opiral Pictures

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 16

FREAK CONSTRUCTION.--Interesting, in view of the fact that both the Railway Commissioners and the City Council are going to build giant powerhouses. The wooden form for turbine in the power-house at Wilson Dam, America, The form work calls for exact carpentering down to a thousandth part of an inch. Such thoroughness is very rarely attempted. BY THE MONCALIERI.--Types of new-comers who arrived this morning…

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All for Ashfield The Local Band

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

When the Haberfield District Association asked Ashfield Council last night to arrange for the municipal hand to give recitals in Robson Park…

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A Stockman's Pictures Of the Northern Territory

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 11

These pictures, taken recently in the Northern Territory, about 300 miles inland, afford interesting glimpses of life on the great cattle stations. Most of this country is well…

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Where It Is Cool Fancy Dance at Kosciusko

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

While Sydney was basking blissfully in the warmith of Saturday's sun, many of her sons and daughters were trying their skill in golf, 'mid the…

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Play the Ball Troublesome Rule Beating the Referee

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

Rugby League footballers are much concerned regarding the playing the [?] and it is all absorbing [?]…

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Next Australian Eleven Problem of Left-band Bowlers and Batsmen

Referee · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 12

TWELVE months hence Australia will be excited over the selection of the Australian Eleven to visit England. Meanwhile public attention focuses on…

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Manly's Carnival. Notable Pictures of the Test Match. This Week's "Sydney Mail."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 12

The Manly carnival, cricket, and aquatics are the principal features of this week's issue of the "Sydney Mail." To the first-named are devoted several pages, photographic and…

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Through the Eye of a Camera-- --News of the Tour in Topical Pictures

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 16

THE END OF A BUDDHIST HIGH PRIEST--The Venerable Dhammissara Wansapalachariya Tolagamuwa Wimalagnana Tissa, Chief High Priest of the Colombo district, died in Ceylon and was duly cremated. This impressive picture shows the funeral pyre during ignition. IT'S GONE ANYHOW.--Who says bowlers never get excited? Mr. Tye's tense look gives the lie…

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The Holiday Golf Lost Ball Ruling St. Andrew's Can't Find a Team of Amateurs

Referee · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

The chief point to remember in the natter of tension in the grip is that the muscles that control the finger action an not to be contracted…

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