Plain Request to Mr. Ball Refuses to Show Clause Harbor Bridge Contract
An extraordinary attitude has been adopted by Mr. Ball, Minister for Public Works and Railways, with regard to Messrs. Dorman,…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1925
5,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250
The Englishmen Three Wickets for One Run England's Thrilling Collapse After Record-breaking Stand Rayson's Success with the Ball Melbourne
THREE wicket, for 366. Four wickets for 366. Five wickets for 367. That was the sensational collapse that occurred with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Alfred O'shea's Concert
The third concert of the series announced by Mr. Alfred O'Shea is to be given at the Conservatorium to-night, when the tenor and his assisting artist[?] will appear in another attractive programme. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Broadcasters' Concert
Broadcasters, Ltd., are introducing a new form of entertainment at the Adyar Hall on Tuesday evening, when they will temporarily transfer their broadcasting studio to the concert platform. Those who are to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Western Suburbs M.c.c. Smoke Concert
The Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club will hold a smoke concert at the Haberfield School of Arts on Wednesday next. February 12, when Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Stage, Screen, and Concert Hall Mr. Battling Butler
The story of "Mr. Battling Butler," the new musical comedy to be presented at the Grand Opera House at an early date, is diverting. It deals with a Mr. Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Amy Castles Concerts
Signor Bettine Cappeill, who is returning to Sydney to sing at the Amy Castles grand opera concerts, has quite recovered from the motor accident he met with…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Dinner Dance
At a table beautifully decorated with a profusion of red and pink roses the Hon. Hush D. McIntosh, M.L.C., and Mrs. McIntosh entertained a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Pictures
With a view to increasing the production of Australian pictures, a movement has been commenced by Mr. Roy Darling, and a meeting will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Band Music
Marrickville Municipal Bond. Marrickville Cricket Oval, Livingstone-road, 8 p.m. Mr. J. H. Hawkins, conductor. Glebe Municipal Silver Band, Jubilee Park…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Village Ball
There is great excitement in the Bewitched Village, for only a few days ago a notice had been hung on a large gumtree in the market-place, and on it was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Talk of the Theatres Yesterday's Shows and Pictures
BAIN'S VAUDEVILLE. At J. C. Bain's last night a well-filled house enthusiastically receives "The Revellers," a combination of high-grade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peeps at the Pictures "Christine of the Hungry Heart."
Christine, young, beautiful, happy, trusting and idealistic, finds herself married to an unfaithful inebria[?]e. After a period of neglect and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boost! the Rule to Win Society Band of Quiet Women Philanthropists
COLONEL HELM (there we 40,000,000 colonels in U.S.A.) advises Australians to "boost a bit." Just as they do in Ahmurka. Last week "Truth" referred to a quite little organisation of women at Hurlstone Park who are working for the Peace of the World. Our notice…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pictures for "The Sun" Sheffield Shield Play Brought by Motor
Having left Melbourne at 5.2 a.m. yesterday in a 11.4 Citroen car, with photographs for "The Sun," taken late the previous afternoon at the cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Times FILM & Theatre Page Advance Australia Our Stage Beauties Conauer the World
The name of the Tivoli Theatre will forever be associated with the names of famous Australian beauties: The most famous and outstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Alfred O'shea Concerts
The E. J. Carroll management have shown a commendable enterprise in backing Australian talent of such excellent quality as that displayed by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →O'shea Concert Season Extended
The Conservatorium Hall was encouragingly packed last night, when Mr. Alfred O'Shea and his associate artists gave what was to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Pictures of the Crumbling of St. Paul's Cathedral
UNIVERSITY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE RACE—The Yale University (U.S.A.). representative., who won the inter-collegiate cross-word puzzle race against Harvard, Prince ton, Columbia, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley, and Bryn Blaw graduates, which was held in New York for a benefit. Americans, like Sydney "Evening News" readers, are taking their "cross-words" seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bark to the Short Skirt News of the Moment in Pictures
AS WE WERE.--Short skirts are coming in again. This afternoon frock of black satin, designed by Idare et Cie, is a striking example of the above- the-knee fashion in skirts. FAMOUS CHELSEA ARTS BALL.--A small child representing 1925 being carried round the hall in the parade. ("The Times" photograph)…
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