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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1933

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Death Flies With Ball at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

THE death of David Mitchinson, 55, a miner, in St. George District Hospital, after being hit in the stomach with a cricket…

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Pictures of the West "Daily Telegraph" Plane Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Distance was annihilated yesterday by "The Daily Telegraph" plane, which returned from a three days' tour of the Lachlan River district…

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Title Theatre Gossip He Claims to Be Original!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 20

PAINTER, sculptor, musician, in leisure; in working hours, a Macquarie Street medical man. A steward of many talents is the director of Sydney's latest little theatre, The Impressionist, which will ring up…

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Objection to National Radio Band Would Be Mistake, Says Music Director

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

The Director of the Conservatorium (Dr. Arundel Orchard) yesterday supported the suggestion that the…

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The Theatre. a Year or Recovery. Some Splendid Productions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 17

From the theatrical point of view, the year just closed has been much more lively and interesting than 1931. Last year, the J. C. Williamson management was still intimidated…

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Sunday Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

A concert in aid of the Nurses' Welfare Club will be given at the Arcadia Theatre, Pitt-street, to-morrow night at 8.15 o'clock. Those who will take part will be Miss J. fucker. Miss A…

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Pa's Evening Orchestra

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 3

"I WANT a bit of brightness in the evening," announced Pa, "a little bit of good music." To say the least, we were…

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World in Print and Pictures in "Daily Telegraph"

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 3

"The world is so full of a number of things, I am sure we should all be as happy as kings."…

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Three Hurt in Theatre Electric Fan Fell on Audience

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 2

An electric fan, with motor and shaft, weighing in all between 60lb. and 70lb. snapped from its fastening, and dropped…

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A Banksia Root Was First Ball of O'Reilly Cricket Devil

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 15

W. J. ("Bill") OReilly, latest Test terror, is the real "banksiaman"devil of cricket. He first learned to bowl in his…

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Blah Won't Win Film War For Yankees United Front by Australians Against Foreign Domination Theatre Owners Now Wide Awake To Blind Booking Extortion

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 16

ALL is not well on the talkie front Foreign distributors and Australian exhibitors are engaged in the mightiest conflict that has ever afflicted the business in the Commonwealth and the embattled power of the General Theatres Corporation, representing the huge chains of Union and Hoyta, backed up by the formidable Birch and Carroll circuit in Queensland is causing outbursts…

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Water Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

A LIGHTER and easier substitute for the medicine ball is preferred by this dainty bench girl…

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Second Test Pictures at Mayfair

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

An interesting new feature added to the programme at the Mayfair Theatre on Saturday was a British Dominion Production of the second…

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"Wendy Wakes Up." Sydney Repertory Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

In 1932 the Sydney Repertory Theatre staged a number of Grand Guignol plays, a series of mediocre forces, and some more ambitious productions, such as Martinez Sierra's "Kingdom…

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News in Brief Picture Theatre Writ

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

A writ, claiming £1000 damages, from Hoyts Theatres, Ltd., has been issued by Ernest Cohen and Linton, solicitors, on behalf of the Broadway…

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Savoy Theatre. "The School for Scandal."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

In producing "The School for Scandal," the players of the Independent Theatre took a commendable step. With the exception of a couple of Shakesperean dramas, the plays…

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Policeman Hit with Fast Ball Seriously Injured in Cricket Match

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- While playing cricket to-day Constable Norman Howard (26), of Clifton Hill, was struck over the heart, by the hall…

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Fan Crashes in Theatre Three Persons Receive Minor Injuries

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

"During the matinee performance of Jim Gerald's "Pantomime Revels" at the New Tivoli Theatre on Saturday, an electric fan Weighing about…

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Fan Falls From Theatre Roof Three Injured at City Pantomime

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

Three people were injured when an electric fan, weighing nearly 70lb., crashed 30ft. from the roof during Saturday's matinee of Jim Gerald's…

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Band Contests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

The following entries have been received for the annual band contests to be held between January 25 and January 29. A grade: Hamilton Citizens (Mr. J. J. Kelly,…

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