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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

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Talkies at Crescent Theatre

The Biz · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

The feature film at the Crescent, Fairfield this Friday and Saturday is the all-talking picture "The Voice of the City," with Robert Ames, Sylvia…

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Rothbury Miners Band in the Domain

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

A big demonstration in support of the miners will be held in the Domain on Sunday next, under the auspices of the international Class war…

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Masters' Pictures of Royalty and Big Personalities

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

PORTRAITS OF ROYALTY AND OF PERSONALITIES big in current history collected by Mr. Richard N. Speaight, F.R.P.S., court photographer, London, from 27 of the master photographers of Europe, to be exhibited by Kodak (Aust.), Ltd., at David Jones', opening at 3 p.m., Monday. Top row (1. to r.): Viscountess Lascelles, Prince George, Lady Louis Mountbatten, Princess Elizabeth. Centre: Benito Mussolini (left), Queen Mary (right). Bottom row (1. to r.): Bernard Shaw, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth, the Prince of Wales…

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More Men Ball at Bong Bong Lovely Frocks Goulburn

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 15

MISS ETHEL CAMPBELL and Miss Mollie McLeish were warmly congratulated on the decorations for the Moss Vale Golf Club Ball (of which…

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Latest Modes Bong Bong Dancers Golf Club Ball Moss Vale

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 12

THERE was no evidence of picnic frocking at the Moss Vale Golf Club Ball, which started off the evening festivals after the Bong…

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Real Estate to Be Sold Tivoli Theatre May Become Shops

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Possibly the "talkies" will be responsible for the erection of a new business block in Castlereagh-street, for the Tivoli Theatre is…

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First Day of the Bong Bong Picnic Races—pictures by "Herald's" Special Photographer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 16

Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. Rutledge (left), Miss Philippa Stephen and Mr. Alister Stephen, with Colonel Rutledge's Chivalry, just before the Cup. Finish of the Bong Bong Cup, won by Kinaird (Mr. F. Bennett), with Chivalry (Mr. S. Graham) second and Yambacoona (Mr. J. Melvil) third…

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Concert at Cabramatta

The Biz · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

A grand concert will be held in Cabramatta Picture Theatre, on February 4, to provide domestic facilities at the Cabra. C. of E. vicarage…

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Band Contest

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The annual band contest will open at the Sydney Sports Ground next Wednesday. The A Grade test selection is "Carmen" (Bizet) arranged…

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Fullers' Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 12

Mr. Ernest Lotinga and his company at Fuliers' Theatre will make another change of programme at to-day's matinee, when a mystery comedy, "The Mouse Trap," will be produced. This piece is in…

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Race Club Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 21

The brightest event of the race week was the ball given to-night by the members of the Bong Bong Picnic Race Club. It took place in the showground pavilion, and the…

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The Playbox Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 12

"Strange Interlude" will be again performed this evening by Mr. Duncan Macdougall and his company at the Playbox Theatre. Crown-street. The second cabaret at this theatre is announced for…

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The Turret Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 12

There will be another performance of "Alice in Wonderland" at the Turret Theatre, North Sydney, this afternoon. "The Silver Cord" will be played in the evening…

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The Fancy Drew Ball

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 17

RUTH WILKIE (Mackavills).—If by chance you had walked into the Majestic Theatre, in Mackaville. one Friday night, a few weeks ago, you would have been confronted with a…

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Big Band Contest Opening on

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 8

THE annual band contest, which will take place at, the Sports Ground, commencing next Wednesday, will provide band music enthusiasts…

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Italy's Art. World's Greatest Pictures. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 13

Come, let us hear of something different about pictures; let us listen to something about pictures that move not, neither do they talk, nor squawk[?]…

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Little Pictures. Stay-at-home Travellers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 13

Often have I heard Australians sigh in vain for the sight of other lands, for just one glimpse of England, with its fields of primroses and its shady lanes, for the charm and…

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Mystery Drama State Theatre To-day

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 8

CONAN DOYLK'S wonderful, worldwide mystery tales concerning the exploits of that most popular of fictional detectives, Sherlock Holmes…

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