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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1925

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The Heughan Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 14

Mr. William Heughan, in his concert in the Conservatorium last night, dovoted a considerable part of his programme to operatic excerpts, interpreting with dramatic force…

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Coogee Band Contest

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 15

The following were the results of solo competitions decided at the Coogee Band Contest and Eisteddfod. Mr. H. Berry adjudicating. -- Trombone…

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The Week's Pictures Crystal Palace

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 12

Saturday will mark the return to Sydney screens of Mary Pickford, in another of those Impish roles similar to the one of the essayed in what was,…

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Band Wick L. and D. Society

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 39

At the meeting' of the Randwick L. and D. Society on New Year's Eve members debated that "There should be a bachelor tax." Prior to the debate the president, Mr. L. J. Dew…

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Band Conscribed Manly's Bad Order Union Men Object

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 5

STRONG feeling has been raised among members of the North Steyne Band at the action of the Manly Council in ordering it to…

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Sacred Pictures in the Home. Easily Purchased

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 8

Is your house like a Catholic home, or is it adorned only with nonsensical oddities^ Is the crucifix conspicuous? Have you any pictures of the Blessed Virgin, Sacred…

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

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 16

U.S.A. CONGRESS OPENS LAST SESSION. -- Rev. Mr. Montgomery, on the rostrum, is delivering the opening prayer. Federal Parliaments always open with prayer. HE LIVED THROUGH THIS. -- An incident in Tuesday's play in the test match. Oldfield has nipped off the bails and Hobbs is looking back to see how Sutcliffe got on. He had just reached his crease in time. THE LAST LINK in the interstate passenger steamer service. The steamer Levuka, of the A.U.S.N. Co., which arrived this morning from Queensland ports. She is the last passenger vessel in the coastal trade. All others have been tied up owing SHOWING WHAT A CLOSE THING IT WAS. -- Early yesterday, Sutcliffe smoked one from Malley through the slips, just out of Gregory's reach. Another inch nearer in and England wouldn't have done what she did in this second test. WHO WOULD KEEP THE LAWS when you can get this home if you break them? An interior view of the new illinois State Prison, claimed to be one of the most modern in the world. Unfortunately there is no privacy for the prisoners. IN TROUBLE, -- Sutcliffe is hit by a fast one from Gregory. He kept on scoring just the same…

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Coraki Convent School. Annual Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 39

The annual concert in connection with the Convent School at Coraki attracted a very large audience to St. Joseph's Hall on Thursday evening, 18th ult. It was an…

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The Heughan Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 12

Mr. William Heughan excited the enthusiasm of another large audience at the Conservatorium last night in a programmme which gave admirable scope for his powers as a delineator of rastic character. The…

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Boy Scouts Parade and Concert

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 11

The Deputy Scout Commissioner for N.S.W. (Mr. H. McAllister) requires all Scouters, Rovers, Sea Scouts, Scouts, and Wolf Cubs of the…

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Wil Lam Heughan's Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 11

Another of a series of farewell concerts given by Mr. William Heughan at the Conservatorium Hall last night was appreciated by an audience whose…

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Complimentary Dance

The Propeller · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 8

Last Tuesday night at B. Jolley's Depart menial Stores, Ltd., Hurstville, the firm tendered the staff a complimentary dance and supper in appreciation of the…

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Kogarah Pictures

The St George Call · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

Following the taking over of the Kogarah Pictures, in Derby Street, from Mr. A. Goode, the new proprietors have already made a start to carry out…

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Salvation Army Band

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

The inmates of Liverpool State Hospital were treated to a very fine display on New Year's Eve, by the Sydney Band of the Salvation Army. The members of…

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Pictures Worth Seeing

Arrow · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 15

Betty Compson in The Enemy Sex at the Empress to-day experiences the nightmare of being abroad improperly clad…

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Maroota. Successful Ball

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 6

The annual plain and fancy dress ball held on New Year's Eve, proved a great success this year, and easily came up to expectations. Visitors, many in fancy…

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Orama Dance. Brilliant Spectacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

More than 1000 people danced last night on the new Orient liner Orama, and the spectacle presented was one of the most brilliant of the Benson. The huge ship was ablaze with lights…

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Dance for Worthy Cause

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

A euchre party and dance will be held in the School of Arts, Blacktown, on Saturday evening next, January 10th. The function is being organised under the…

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Merry New Year Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

In the Butterfly Theatre, Merrylands, the New Year came tripping in to the strains of jazz music and the laughter of a merry dance throng. The School of…

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Manager Struck Theatre Disturbance

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 9

Charles Henry Tipping, when spoken to in the Haymarket Theatre on the evening of New Year's Day about his ticket, used objectionable language…

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