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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1931

5,034 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Orchard Hills Concert and Christmas Tree

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 1

To mark the break-up of school for the summer vacation, a concert and Christmas Tree were held at the local school on Saturday, 20th December…

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New Records New Dance Tunes

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 14

OUT of the flood waters of modern dance music we can always trust Columbia to fish the best of what's going. On DO 184 we have Guy Lombardo…

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Baseball. Errors Were Trumps 'Ball Teams Upset

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 7

ERRORS in baseball are things that are frowned upon by everyone, but they certainly put some thrills into the game…

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Still Another Chance for Rich Rewards Finding the Ball Is Good Fun

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 5

Eight people who successfully applied intelligence to an interesting problem will receive cheques from the "Pictorial" to the total amount…

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Only One in Thousands Found Lost "Pic." Ball ! Readers' Skill Rewarded By Bunch of Cheques

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 2

Of the thousands of leather-hunters in the No. 4 "Find the Ball" Competition, only one found the exact spot. His skill is rewarded with a cheque for £10. The winners were:--…

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The Club's Concert

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 3

THE club was on the rocks. By this, I don't mean that the club was built out on some cliffs, for our club, you must know, has its…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

In view of the coming production in Melbourne of "Sons o' Guns," the musical comedy "Turned Up," in which the company is now engaged at Her Majesty's Theatre, will conclude its Sydney…

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New Year's Eve Dance All Saints' Bellringers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

The New Year's Eve Dance held by the All Saints' Bellringers Social Club was a brilliant success. The attendance was large, and, with its customary perfect…

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A Hole in One! Trout Swallows Golf Ball

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

A 14-inch rainbow trout was found flopping about in the grass near the lake at the 15th hole on the Greenbrier Golf Course, White Sulphur Springs, by…

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Journalist Hit by Ball, Must Have It Out

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 5

Struck on the right eye by a ball during a cricket match at Ballarat (Vic.) on Saturday, Mr. W. J. Stubbs, of the "Courier" literary…

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"RED-HANDED" Early Morning Capture Auburn Theatre Sensation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The two men captured by the police in the Queen's Theatre, Auburn, in the early hours of December 28—Patrick McMahon (59) and Henry Costello (44)…

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Liverpool Concert Catholic Function Prize Presentation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

Artistically festooned with bunting and flowers, St. Mary's College hall, at Liverpool, was crowded recently, when the college held its annual concert…

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The Splendid Band of Brothers

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 6

IT has been a great education to students of the great Labor Movement, and, more generally, of human nature, to observe the splendid solidarity and loyalty of the supporters of the Government to their absent leader…

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Keen Sport is "Pic." Ball Hunt

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

The game which cannot be spoiled by rain, which takes up no more than elbow space, costs nothing, and is won by…

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Mitchell Library. New Pictures for Dixson Wing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. William Dixson, who gave to the Mitchell Library the valuable collection of pictures of early Australia which now hang in the Dixson Wing, has just added an…

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U.s.a. Films Another Theatre Deal? Fullers -- Warners World's Richest Company

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 8

It is reported that still another American film company is about to acquire a direct financial interest in Australian…

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Albatross and Her Fighting Birds Call for a Brush Up--london's New Theatre

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 10

WELL-BACKED by 400 students at a big fashion show staged at tie New York University. Mrs. Robert Pierce in the costume she…

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Trick for Tone Right Up to Concert Pitch Short Weight

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

AFTER an exasperating trot of outs. Joe Smith cracked it yesterday. Tone, after being well-supported, nicely won the…

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Organising Aquatic Dance

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 9

Miss Doris Andrews is one of the organisers of the Aquatic Dance and Harbor Tour, which is being held on February 7, in…

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The Playbox Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 11

Mr. Duncan Macdougall will revive "Saturday's Children" at the Playbox Theatre to-night…

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