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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1934

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Bib and Bub Words and Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 60

Mrs. Bear went to stay in Big Bad City And joined the Smart Set, more's the pity. When she came home she astonished the town With her cigarettes and fashionable gown…

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Can Dance A Jig And He's 114

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 9

LIKE Johnny Walker, Jack Wright, of Trangie was born in 1820 and is still going strong, after one hundred…

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Startling Bare Flesh Review Nude Dance Blondes, Brunettes and "Spots" Lights Went Out Perth

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 12

LATEST sensation at Cottesloe, Perth's classiest beach resort, is a house outside of which a man blows a whistle when…

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Adkins and His Band

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 5

The Australian Broadcasting Commission has arranged for "three additional concerts in Sydney by Captain H. E. Adkins and the National…

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Repertory Theatre. "Seventeen."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 5

Americans find the growing boy a much more fertile source of humour than any other people. Mark Twain crystallised this long ago in a story which only an American could…

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New Tivoli Theatre. Bright Programme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 5

A complete change of programme was made at the New Tivoli Theatre on Saturday, and at both the matinee and evening performances Mr. Jim Gerald and his company were…

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News From Paramount Pictures Just Imagine Gracie Allen Playing "Alice"!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 6

"It's a good thing," remarked Director Norman McLeod, "that we got started on "Alice in Wonderland before Grade Allen got here. I shudder to…

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Grand Concert Orchestral and Vocal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 2

Sunday, January 21, will witness the reappearance of Mrs. S. L. Fortescue's popular orchestra at a grand orchestral and vocal concert to be staged in the…

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The Lakes Golf Club's Four-ball Event

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 3

An all-day open tour-bull v. par competition will be played at The Lakes golf course to-morrow. Post entries will be received. Intending competitors may…

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Theatre Project Fullers May Build In Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 5

Sir Benjamin Fuller, chairman of directors of Fuller Theatres Ltd., said to-day that he is seriously considering erecting on the Bijou Theatre…

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Case for G.T.C. Put by Doyle Will Lease Theatre To Be Built On Tivoli Site Probe Clashes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 6

THERE were several heated verbal dashes between counsel at the Film inquiry yesterday, during the cross -examination of Mr. Stuart…

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Australian Girls' Brass Band

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 6

The recently-organised Australian Girls' Brass Band will give its first concert to-night at the Town Hall, under the baton of Mr. Arthur Hodgkins Mr. Lawrence Macaulay. Miss Heather Kinnaird…

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Swimmer at Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 18

Miss Joyce Cooper, the English champion swimmer, will be the guest of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., at the Theatre Royal this evening at the…

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Band Contest New Grading System

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 11

The band contest programme, opening on January 26, will be limited to three days, and grades have been arranged in an effort to avoid…

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Amusements. St. James Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 6

"Dancing Lady" will begin a season at the St. James Theatre to-day It is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, and leading parts are taken by Joan Crawford. Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, and Franchot…

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[?] Four-ball at the Lakes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 18

The [?] Club will hold its monthly open fourball, [?] v par competition to-day. Post entries [?] be accepted…

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Mayfair Theatre—"just My Lock."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 6

Ralph Lynn has the principal part in "Just My Luck " which will be broucht forward at the Mayfair Theatre to-day. Another British film on the same programme will be "The Lost Chord," in which…

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Film Inquiry. American Propaganda. Three Pictures Named

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 14

At the film [?] yesterday the cross-examination was continued of Mr. S. F. Doyle, managing director of Greater Union Theatres, Ltd., who, in answer to Mr. Abrahams. K.C…

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Home Dance In Honor Of Bride-To-Be

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 22

To farewell Miss Margaret Mackellar, daughter of Mrs. H. L. Mackellar, of Manning-road, Double Bay, who will sail on Saturday for…

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Death in Operating Theatre Coroner Exonerates Hospital APPENDICITIS

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 7

FOLLOWING the death of Mrs. Ivy May 'Matthews, 38, of Cameron, Street, Edgecliff, while under an anaesthetic during an…

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