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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1934

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Turn Your Wit Into Money Bright Titles for Pictures Will Share £1000 "Give It a Name" Contest No. 10 Also Carries Daily Prizes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 10

IF you have ever been funny about other's people's awkward situations--and who hasn't--now is the time to apply that wit to money-making. For writing a funny title for…

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GEEGEEGOSSIP & Guffaws a Par on Literature—w. H. McLACHLAN Keeps Himself Fit—no Time for Bat and Ball—peter Pan's Perky—worth Following. Good Thing Went West

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 6

IF you had your cash on Camargo in the Sefton last Saturday and don't follow up next time, you're about as foolish as the cove who…

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Local and General New Guard Concert

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 4

The concert arranged by, the New Guard to be held at Custlereagh this Saturday has been postponed until further notice…

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Sunday Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 12

A concert in aid of the Nurses [?] will be held at the Arcadia Theatre at 8.15 tomorrow night. The artists will be Miss Betty Stuart (contralto), Miss Amy Brown (planist), Miss…

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A Good Orchestra Its Foundation and Cost

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 48

WE have discussed the question of orchestral music fairly often in these notes, and it it is the general conviction of…

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Bib and Bub Words and Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 4

Young Platypus was a sailor boy, He was his mother's pride and joy. His principal hobby was hoisting flags, His friends, to tease him, called them rags…

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The Kangaroos. Brown's in Big Our Dace Joins the Famous Band ILKLEY, December 20

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 8

"WHAT'S in a name." A whole heap in these parts if it happens to be Brown, because then you're…

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Dance at "Eccles Bourne."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

The ballroom room and reception-rooms at Ecclesuuurne were massed with pink roses on Saturday night, when Mr. [?] Mrs. L. J. B. Playfair gave a dance to a number of their…

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The Russian Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 6

Mr. Don Finlay, in a lecture on the Russian theatre, at the Independent Theatre club rooms last night, commenttd on the modern trend and tendencies…

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New Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

The weekly change of programme by Mr. Jim Gerald and his company at the New Tivoli Theatre on Saturday was witnessed by large audiences at both the matinee and…

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For England Band Conductor's Farewell Performance

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 11

An exceptionally large crowd was present at the concert given by the Manly Municipal Band last night, the occasion marking the farewell…

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New Theatre At Auburn

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

A striking photograph of Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd. £50,000 theatre, "The Civic," which is now nearing completion in Auburn and which will have its Gala Premiere on Tuesday, February 13 at 8 p.m. The entire proceeds from the opening performance will be…

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Mt. Pritchard Dance Pastime Club's Effort

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

Capable organisation resulted in a successful function when Mr. Pritchard Pastime Club held a dance last week. Well attended, the effort provided a…

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Dance Hall Damaged by Fire. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

Just before the doors opened for the first dance of the season a fire destroyed the too storey of the Electra Palais, on Beach-road, Black Rock, last night. The ground floor…

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Heard Squeals Pictures and Punches "Was Keeping Company"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

As the result of certain happenings at Parramatta Cinema recenlty, Jael: Flood, of Lennox-street, Parramatta, was on Monday last, at Parramatta Police Court…

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Dance Palais Burned Fireman's Escape by 15 Foot Jump

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--For three hours last night five suburban brigades fought a spectacular fire, which severely damaged the Elektra Palais…

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Features from Filmland Roxy News Great Pictures for the Picturegoers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

The current programme at the Roxy Theatre you will find quite entertaining. The featured attraction, "My Lips Betray," features John Roles, Lilian…

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Man Shot Leaving Pictures Outcome Of Feud, Is Alleged Arrest Made Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 6

As the outcome of what is alleged to be a long-standing feud, Gordon Sands, laborer, was admitted to Mildura Hospital last…

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Empire Theatre

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 11

In the Empire Theatre advertisement in "The Sun," yesterday, the film should have read, "The Big Brain," and not "The Big Parade."…

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Travel Pictures

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 19

In the Cotswold. A nob of sheep being driven from the hill grazing pastures near Winchcombe (Eng) for the annual Washing…

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