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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1926

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White Frocks Dance at Duncowan

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 19

GIRLS in white dance frocks, men in flannels, and the orchestra in white uniform, gave an appropriate summer touch to the White Dance at…

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Distinction for Jewish Theatre

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 5

The Moscow Yiddish Chamber Theatre has been awarded the Diploma of Honor for its exhibits at the Paris International…

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Jewish Theatre Recognised in Russia

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 5

The Habimah Hebrew Theatre of Moscow has again been placed on the list of Academic State Theatres, and is thus now entitled…

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Bowral Golf Club. Successful Dance. (From Our Special Representative.) Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 12

The Bowral Golf Club dance, held in the local picture theatre to-night, was the prelude to the Bong Bong race festivities. It was attended mainly by younger members of…

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Sydney Girls at Bowral Ball Beautiful Frocking Dancing in Shawls Bowral

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 22

MEMBERS OF the Bowral Golf Club held a bell in the local picture theatre last night. It was organised by Mrs. Charles Maclean…

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Through the One of a Camera-- News of the hour in Topic Pictures

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 28

WHAT ABOUT A SEA TRIP?--A typical scene on the high seas. People sunning on the deck in their deck chairs-- some reading, some talking, some snoozing, but all waiting for the next big break in the day, the bugle playing "Come to the Cookhouse Door." a AERIAL VIEW of Windsor…

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Radio Band Contest To-night's Opening Can You Pick the Winners? Big Prizes for Musical Skill All Voting on "News" Coupons

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 16

THE COUPON on which is to be recorded the public opinion of the merits of the 29 bands taking part in the Interstate broadcasting band championship, which opens at the Sydney Sports Ground to-night, is published below…

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Cathcart. a Notable Concert

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 32

One of the largest audiences ever held in the Cathcart School of Arts was seen on Friday night last, when cars from all parts of the surrounding…

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Sunday Nights. Concerts and Lectures. Minister's Intentions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 11

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Lazzarini) yesterday promised a deputation from the Paddington Council that he would secure an amendment of the Theatres and Public Halls Act,…

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Hurstville Band

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

The Hurstville Municipal Band rendered a programme of music at the Hurstville Oval last Sunday afternoon. Among the items played were the…

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Concert and Dance For Local Ambulance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

Merrylands Cinema held a large crowd on Friday night, when local organisers, staged an entertainment in old of the Parramatta-Auburn Ambulance…

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Maccabean Hall. Maccabean Orchestra. Idea Gaining Favour

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

A chorus of approbation has greeted the announcement made in these columns last week, In deference to the formation of a Maccabean institute…

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At "The Pictures"

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

Some of the thousand children organised by the Paddington-Woollahra Sunshine Club, who were entertained at the Oxford Picture…

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Band Contests Radio Prize

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

The opening session of the 23rd annual band contests at the Sports Ground last night wet devoted solely to C grade bands…

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Band Contest C Grade Opens

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

There was a fair attendance at the Sports Ground last night, when she Band Association of New South Wales opened its 23rd annual championship…

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Band Art Union Greta Collieries

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

The Greta Collieries Band has launced an art union, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to a uniform and instrument fund…

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Band Contest. Opened at Sports Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

Five bands played in the C grade competition at the Spirts Ground last night, when the New South Wales Band Association's 23rd annual championship contests were begun…

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The Theatre Current Attractions

Arrow · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

Lily Morris, the comedienne at the Tivoli, enters her last week on Monday. One of her; popular, songs is "There aint no flies on Auntie." Neither are there…

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It Was Hard Work Pictures in Tropics

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

Captain Frank Hurley and his English moving picture company returned to Sydney by the Bombala yesterday, after making a couple of pictures in…

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Boy Burglars. Result of Moving Pictures Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 10

The eldest of three boys who were charged in the Children's Court with [?]ve burglaries at Cottesloe Beach, said that he had seen people in the moving pictures breaking into…

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