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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

6,198 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

For Women Social events of importance Busy Juniors Red Cross Efforts Bazaars : CONCERT

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 10

Two successful bazaars have been arranged recently by young members of the Under[?]fle Junior Red Cross Circle…

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Miners' Band at Leichhardt

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

THE Rothbury Miners' Pipe Band is to make its appearance at Leichhardt Stadium to-night…

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Golf Dance Bowral Club Host Bong Bong Finish

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 16

THE Bong Bong race festivities terminated with a gay little dance given by members of the Bowral Golf Club at the club house, which…

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Ended Early for a Change Bowral Golf Club Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 22

WITH two late dances, the previous evenings--the Moss Vale Golf Club, ending near 4 a.m., and the Bong Bong Picnic Race Club Ball, an…

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New Symphony Orchestra

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

The "New Sydney Symphony Orchestra," under the leadership of Mr. Fred Quintrell, and consisting of unemployed musicians, has been formed,…

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Band Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 12

The annual band contest organised by the Band Association of New South Wales will begin to-night at 6.45 o'clock at the Sports Ground. This early hour of starting has…

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Band Championship

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 11

The championship band contest will stat to-night at the Sports Ground. Moon Park Eighteen bands will compete. Including Albury, Wollongong,…

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Help for Band

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 11

Liverpool Council decided last night to give £25 annually to the local band…

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The Theatre

Referee · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 17

W.W.W. (Clarence River) asks: (a) A young man in the twenties, who always had a desire for stage life, has had no previous experience. In what way would you…

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Turret Theatre

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

The North Sydney Council last night agreed to extend for two years the lease of tho Turret Theatre, Milson's Point…

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Bexley Dance Colombo Visitors

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 12

MESSES of tall pink gladioff decorated the lounga and supper-room at a dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Richard M'Gauran, at their home at Bexley, in…

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Skating Fashionable Dance Clubs Neglected

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 21

FASHIONABLE clubs and hotels in London have had a thinner time than usual this winter, according to what one hears from overseas…

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Fashion Details Picture Dance Frocks

The World's News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 15

Printed faille, taffetas, and moire, are all used for the making of the most charming picture dance frocks for young girls, frocks of this type having an old-world look, which…

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Second Effort Amateur Film Club Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 24

THE Pioneer Amateur Film Producing Club, which so successfully held its inaugural dance at the Palais Royal a few months ago, has…

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WIRELESS. Selectivity and Quality. Band-pass Filters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 12

In any tuned circuit there are, of course, two factors that have to be taken into consideration, viz., selectivity and quality. If an attempt is made to obtain one of them to a…

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At the Pictures "Lucky Star"—Popular Team

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 20

FOR their latest release Fox Films have selected a story that comes as rather a shock in the mass of crime and musical-comedy talkies. The contrast between the glaring brightness of Broadway and the drab…

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Swansea Surf Club Dance Social Competition Reel Fund

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 7

A COMMITTEE (consisting of the lady supporters of Swansea Surf Life Saving Club) which has been called "The Reel Fund Committee."…

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Worlds Sporting News and Notes Valuable Pictures Destroyed

Referee · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 11

At Cowes early in December, by an outbreak of fire at the R.Y.S. Castle, several very valuable pictures were destroyed, though damage to the famous…

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Weekly Orchestral Concert Plan Dearth of Music "Sydney Absolutely Starves" Conductor's Views Aiding Unemployed Artists

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

"SYDNEY has very many fine musicians, and yet is absolutely starving for good music," said Mr. Fred Quintrell, one of Australia's best-known conductors, who is assisting the movement for the benefit of the…

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Stage and Screen Letters to Hollywood —- Budding Screen Stars —- Sound-recording Trucks Search New York —- Nearly Cause Riots —- Society Girls in Pictures —- Equity Has Its Turn —- Bull Montana Wrestles for Honeymoon Expenses

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 13

PICTURE producers and casting directors blame the newspapers for every rush to Hollywood. They say that, although they do everything possible to…

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