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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Stage Purge in Russia Famous Theatre To Close LONDON

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 5

The Soviet has ordered the immediate liquidation of the famous Meyerhold State Theatre in Moscow as an institution alien to…

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Leger and Post Pictures at Moorefield Finish—peter Moore Cup, 1 Mile

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 15

APPROACHING THE LEGER—MOOREFIELD HANDICAP, 1 1/4 Miles. FINISH—MOOREFIELD HANDICAP, 1 1/4 Miles. APPROACHING THE LEGER—FLYING WELTER HANDICAP, 6 Furs.—FIRST DIVISION. FINISH—FLYING WELTER HANDICAP, 6 Furs.—FIRST DIVISION…

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Good Speech Rare in Theatre. Bernard Shaw's Complaint. LONDON, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 10

In a message to the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama, Mr. Bernard Shaw says: "Your dramatic work does not interest me in the slightest. All the professions speak…

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Leger and Post Pictures at Moorefield Approaching the Leger—three and Four-year Old Handicap, 1 Mile

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6

FINISH—THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP, 1 Mile. APPROACHING THE LEGER—JUVENILE HANDICAP, 5 Furs.—(COLTS AND GELDINGS). FINISH—JUVENILE HANDICAP, 5 Furs.—(COLTS AND GELDINGS). APPROACHING THE LEGER—JUVENILE HANDICAP, 5 Furs.—(FILLIES)…

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Leader Of The Band

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

American boxer JIMMY LETO plays a solo for the Rushcutters Bay Tramway Band. Leto fights Jack Carroll at the Sports Ground on Tuesday night…

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Won't You Come To The Ball?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 1

A HUMANE movement (on the surface) has been mooted in the Traffic Department…

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Clue to Theatre Takings Theft Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 10

Fingerprints on an abandoned dark blue sedan car, which was found in a lane off Latrobe Street, City, to-day, may, in the opinion of the police,…

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Soviet Theatre to Close. M. Meyerhold Denounced. (Published in "The Times.") RIGA, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 12

The Soviet Government has ordered that the famous Meyerhold State Theatre in Moscow must close, and the actors must find work elsewhere…

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To Give Dance for Sister

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 16

THE Royal Sydney Yacht Club at Kirribilli has been chosen by Miss Aileen Britton for the dance which she will give to-night in honor of…

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Grimmett's New Mystery Ball BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 20

CLARRIE GRIMMETT, nightmare of English batsmen on their home wickets, has not done scheming, even at his age…

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Crinolines And Bustle Gowns for Pioneers" Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 11

MISS NINA FLOOD, in the powder blue Pompadour frock which she will wear at the Pioneers Ball. Miss Flood is joint ticket secretary of the ball, to be held at the Town Hall on January 28 in…

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At the PICTURES— —And Notes on Revivals "Riding On Air"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 20

ONE of the phenomena of the screen is the ability of comedians to retain all of their essentially robust youthfulness while they are actually growing old. Joe E. Brown is 45…

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Pictures from Overseas the King and Queen Attend a School Play

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 41

On December 20 last Their Majesties the King and Queen attended the annual performance of a play in Latin given by the boys of the Westminster School. Their Majesties were escorted through the Quadrangle by students…

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Pictures of Panay Bombing Incident — Country Week Tennis — British Rowers at Practice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 20

H.M.S's. Ladybird (left) and Bee, lying off the bund of Hankow. It was the Bee which hurried to the assistance of the American gunboat which was sunk by the Japanese near Nanking…

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Things That Happened Here One Hundred Years Ago Extracts from the "Sydney Herald" of January 8 and 11, 1838. English as She is Spelt The Theatre

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 7

THE free list one day last week had the words "Bay Scoin" opposite the name of one of the prisoners. This was rather a puzzler, but it turned out…

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Musicians Coming Home For Joint Concert Tour MARRIAGE & Careers Combined Both Achieved Great Success While Abroad Rare Talent

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 9

ONLY in rare instances do a husband and his wife successfully follow careers--and rarer still when they follow the same profession…

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Pipe Band Dance Granville Success

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 13

Granville and District Scoitish Pipe Band held another popular dance in the Granville School of Arts on Saturday night…

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New Theatre

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Plans for a modern theatre of the new intimate type at Old Northern-road, Castle Hill, have been approved by the Baulkham Hills Shire Council…

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Red Cross Ball

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 8

The recently-formed Lidcombe branch of the Australian Red Cross Society, at its last meeting, decided to hold its first annual ball in the Lidcombe Plaza on…

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Dance and Card Party

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 3

On Wednesday, January 26th (Anniversary Day) the above function will be held in the Cronulla Hall. Proceeds are in aid of the Shire…

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