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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

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Fullers' Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 7

In a dramatic comedy entitled "The Police Force." Ernest Latinga scored a further success at Fullers' Theatre on Saturday night. As Jimmie Josser, a police constable who is…

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Gold and Rose at Tirranna Beautiful Decorations For Race Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 22

GOLD and rose--these are the tones of the flowers that will decorate the ballroom, and turn the Agricultural Hall, which is a mile from…

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News of the Screen & STARS Her Majesty's Theatre and Talkies—Suggestion Discounted—Film Demand Greater Than Supply—Call For Keystone Cops—Old-Time Players To Make Picture—Henry B. Walthall Retiring—Old Law Against New Fashion

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 13

FOR three days, breathless individuals have been rushing up to ask me whether I had heard that Her Majesty's Theatre would turn talkie. To which…

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To-day's Pictures

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 13

State: "Welcome Danger." Regent: "A Woman of Affairs" and "To-night at 12." St. James: "The Trespasser."…

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A Graceful Dance Frock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

Artificial silk has made attractive and dainty frocks…

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Theatre Taxes. Appeal Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 14

Sir Benjamin Fuller stated yesterday that the theatre managers had sought legal advice upon the question of contesting the double amusement tax by an appeal to the High…

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Sporting Pictures. Cricket, Yachting, and Tennis. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 14

Pictures of sporting events of the past few days occupy a prominent place in this week's "Sydney Mall." Several pictures appear of the New South Wales-Queensland cricket…

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Is Theatre Tax Valid? Chances of Test in High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Is the State entertainment tax legal? It is rumored that a move will be made in the High Court to test the validity of the Act…

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At the Pictures Latest Films Reviewed by Iris Norton Dexter "Flight"—Good Family Entertainment

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 20

IN its way "Flight," the Columbia production at the Lyceum Theatre, is one of the most entertaining talkies seen for some time. There is a clean, vigorous, out-doorish element to the production in which action…

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News of the Screen & STARS Fuller's Theatre Will Go Talkie —- "Hollywood Revue" Next Easter —- Another Star Marriage —- Dorothy Dalton Will Return —- How Fortunes Are Missed —- £40,000 for Marilyn Miller

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 13

THE coup-de-grace to vaudeville in Sydney will be delivered next Easter, sooner, perhaps, when Fuller's Theatre, the last fortress of…

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Ball Cheque Presented

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

Members of the council of the Royal Zoological Society were entertained at an afternoon tea party, given in the private dining-room at David Jones' yesterday afternoon, by the…

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Three Times Cricket Ball Lost

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 7

"The ball was lost three tiles during it cricket match there on Saturday," said Alderman Moodie, it Auburn Council thins week, when the secretary of the…

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Race Parties Tirranna Revels Dinner : Dance Goulburn

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 14

GOULDURN is all excitement to-day, over the annual meeting of the Tirranna Picnic Race Club. The course has never looked…

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Roxy Theatre Will Open on Thursday, February 6

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 12

Plans are now finalised for the official gala opening of the Roxy Spanish theatre on Thursday evening, February 6, at 8 p.m. The opening night will be…

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World of Women Denis Allen Will Ride the Favorite at Tirranna George Lambert Arrives, and a Gay Dance Heralds the Big Day

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 23

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--The town is full of life, and the arrival of crowded trains and cars since morning has sent the population bounding forward. Tirranna races have brought visitors from all over the…

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Concert for Orphans. Our Lady of Mercy's College, Parramatta

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 33

"House full" might well indeed have been exhibited at the King's Hall when the ex-students of Our Lady of Mercy's College, Parramatta, and their friends just…

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Albury Christian Brothers Annual Report and Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 41

At St. Patrick's Hall, Albury, on the 17th ult., the 17th ult., the annual concert of the students of the Albury Christian Brothers' College took place. The hall was crowded,…

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Marist Brothers, St. Benedict's. Boys' Annual Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 23

On Wednesday, 18th ult., the Marist Brothers' boys, assisted by Mt. St. Mary's Golden Grove Orchestra, Miss Mary Judd and Vaughan Hanley (gold medallist, Royal…

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St. Clare's Infants' School, Waverley. a Brilliant Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 23

The concert given by pupils of St. Clare's Infants' School, Waverley, in the large schoolroom of St. Clare's Convent, was a pronounced success from every point of…

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Bondi Beach Concert Unemployed Musicians

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 11

SO critical has become the position, through the introduction of mechanical music in picture theatres, that various concerts have been inaugurated to…

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