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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

6,198 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Theatre of Youth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

Misses Joan and Betty Rayner will close the year's activities at the Theatre of Youth to-night, before leaving on a caravan tour which will include Sutton Forest and various country centres…

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Prince Edward Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

The Prince Edward Theatre announces a change of programme for next Friday night. This change will bring forward "The Love Parade," a new musical talking film, in which Maurice Chevalier…

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Dance Farewell Bon Voyage Party

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 8

PRIOR to her departure on a world tour, Miss Betty Lanceley was the guest of honor at a party held at Farmer's yesterday afternoon. It was…

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Theatre Royal.—" Married in Hollywood."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

"Married in Hollywood." the Fox talking film now being screened at the Theatre Royal, has highly elaborate settings and attractive music. The background passes from Vienna to the Balkans, and…

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State Theatre Attraction "Show Boat" Songster

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

MR. Colin Crane, the eminent Australian baritone, whose singing of "Old Man River" in the recently-concluded Williamson's production at…

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Struck with Paste Brush. Theatre Proprietor and Billposter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 12

Herbert Riley, 36, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday before Mr. MacDougal, S.M., with having assaulted George Marlowe on December 17…

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In Seats of Great for a Day Mr. Ball Presides Over Cabinet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

For the first time since he achieved office, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Ball) was "head man" yesterday…

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The WORLD of Women Light Hearts in the Dark Moss Vale New Year's Eve Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 24

IT was a little "current" rumor, that's all. Everything was bright, and dancers were merry at…

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Ball Leads Cabinet Weaver Apes Praxiteles Rothbury As Niche Nucleus Tear Gas for Multitude

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

IN the absence of the Premier, Mr. Bavin, and also the Deputy Premier Mr. Buttenshaw, Mr. Ball, the Minister for Lands, had an hour of supremacy yesterday. He presided at a Cabinet meeting for the first time since the anti-Labor Coalitionists, took office…

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Ball Beats Bat All Day at Sydney Cricket Ground Bowlers Get 16 Victims on Perfect Wicket N.S.W. Collapse Followed By Queensland Procession Hurwood's Outstanding Success

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

Yesterday was a day of thrills at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where, on a perfect wicket, sixteen batsmen were out for a total of 361 runs. For this extraordinary result there were two reasons--…

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Concert for Musicians

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

A concert by 100 locally-selected instrumentalists will be given at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. January 12, to [?] the situation of distressed theatre…

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Monster Concert Musicians' Benefit

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

A MONSTER concert by over one hundred locally selected instrumentalists will be given at Bondi each on Sunday evening, January 12,…

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Concert to Aid Musicians

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

A concert by over 100 locally selected instrumentalists will be given at Bondi Beach to-morrow evening. Mr. Will Prior, of the State Theatre, will…

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The Golfer Who Could Have Holed in One--and Didn't the Fooziliers Another Miracle on the Links Ball Lifted on to Hat Brim What Best and Worst Golfers Are Doing

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 9

IT'S nonsense to talk of the age of miracles being past. Playing in a three ball match at Mosman the other day the club's popular secretary, W. B. Stevens, lobbed his tee shot to the short 6th hole on the road short…

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After the Ball Golfer Fined £15 Drove While Drunk

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 16

NEW Year's Eve, 1929, will live long in the memory of George Frederick Hoyland, 47, an electrical engineer, for, after leaving…

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Pick a Theatre Seat to Match Your Frock!

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 3

WOMEN theatregoers of London may now pick seats of a color to harmonise with their gowns, provided…

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Mirth and Jollity at Coogee Tattersall's Club Stages Successful Dance

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 17

'MIRTH and Jollity" ran high at the Coogee Tattersall's Club dance on New Year's Eve, when the effort made on behalf of the Children's Hospital met…

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A Politician for a Melba What Taxing the Theatre Means

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

THE cost of running the State of N.S.W. last year was £20,542,004. This collossal amount included the maintenance of politicians, a horde of public…

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Hogmanay Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

The Hogmanay dance, associated with the Parramatta and District Caledonian Society took place in the Parramatta Town Hall on New Year's Eve. The…

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Taffeta Dance Frock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

A huge butterfly bow, with long ends forming a pannier on each side, is shown on this dance frock of claret coloured taffeta. A large buckle of red stones, catching the bow…

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