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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1937

5,901 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Ashfield Theatre. Imposing Structure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

About £24,000 is to be expended on the new King's Theatre to be crected at the corner of Liverpool-road and Holden-street, Ashfield, on the site of the Baptist Tabernacle,…

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From Day to Day in Sydney. Meeting for Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 4

Members of the social activities' committee for the T.B. Sailors and Soldiers' Association met at the Carlton Hotel yesterday afternoon to make arrangements for a ball to be held…

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Theatre Fire. Deaths Now Estimated at 800. LONDON, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 11

Describing the theatre fire at Antung (Mahchukuo), the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" there says: "In scorched and tattered finery, their bodies blue with cold, survivors…

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Travel Pictures

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 5

Typical Dutch Scene. Windmills are still a picturesque feature of the landscapes of Holland…

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Snow Pictures

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 40

The beauty and wonder of snow formations on trees and shrubs and ground have often been the subject of picture and verse. The photograph provides an excellent example of the way in which the snow, falling upon heath, forms a regular and effective pattern…

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Pictures from Overseas

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 9

LEFT: H.M.S. Suffolk at Portsmouth after refittal, showing the new cut-away quarter-deck and aeroplane hangar. BELOW: Herr Krupp Von Bohlen und Halbach, the…

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Theatre Shares. Bankrupt's Transactions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 10

The affairs of Edwin Lewis Betts, a bankrupt, were the subject of further examination under section 80 of the Bankruptcy Act, before the Registrar (Mr. Keaney) yesterday,…

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Sir Harry Lauder and the Aborigines' Band

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 34

Sir Harry visited the Aborigines' Camp at Wallaga, near Bermagui, last week, and was entertained by the natives with a selection of his own songs "arranged" for the gumleaf band. Sir Harry was vastly amused and interested. He subsequently endeavoured to play the gumleaf himself, as shown in the above picture, but had to admit failure…

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Suburban and Country Picture Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 16

Programmes of Suburban and Country [?] Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns…

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Earlier Theatre Hour. Proposal Not Approved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 15

Alderman S. S. Crick, managing director of the Fox Film Corporation, said last night that to begin evening performances at picture theatres at 7.30 would be unfair to…

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Special Features—CRICKET: M.C.C v. N.s.w.—world Pictures

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 1

MANLY POOL…

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New Ball Onslaught Wrecks England's Hopes Lush And Hynes on Top Barnett-Hardstaff Big Stand Chilvers' Failure

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 3

INTRODUCTION of the new ball when England had 200 on the board for two wickets completely altered the aspect of the return match against New Wales Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. They had been set to make [?]…

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King's Theatre, Marrickville N.S.W. Guy Crick & Bruce W. Furse, Architects in Association J. Nyssen, Builder

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 6

This Theatre, situated in Marrickville Road, will be the first suburban…

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Evening Concert of the "Settlers' Clocks"

The World's News · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 23

THE Laughing Jackass, or Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas), belongs to a family of birds known as Alcedinidae, or Kingfishers, of which we possess ten species…

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Interesting Concert Season

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 34

WITH the official beginning of the 1937 concert season less than a month hence, practically every week brings fresh additions to the names of artists already…

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Show Dance

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

A dance is to be held in the Dungowan Theatre on Saturday, 27th inst (second night of the Show), under the auspices of the Nepean District…

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Show Dance

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 7

A danco is to be held in the Dungowan Theatre on Saturday, 27th inst (second night of the Show), under the auspices of the Nepean District…

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Brotherhood Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 2

There was another large attendance at the School of Arts, Wentworthville, on Saturday, when the usual monthly dance was conducted by the…

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Lidcombe Druids' Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 7

Organised by the Lidcombe branch of the U.A.O.D., a dance held in the Memorial Hall, Lidcombe, on Saturday night, was an outstanding success. More than…

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