Band Leader From Abroad Fremantle
To fulfil a three months' engagement in Sydney, Roy Fox, a well-known dance band leader, reached Fremantle today in the Strathaird,…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939
5,184 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Noted Dance Band Leader Arrives. Local Talent Sought. FREMANTLE
An Australian dance band may go to Great Britain under the leadership of Mr. Roy Fox, the American dance band leader, who arrived here by the liner Strathaird to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Oatlands Four-Ball
An open four-ball best-ball will be played at Oatlands today. For times ring UW9111…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Daily News In Pictures
HEARTY HANDSHAKES for new Amalgamated Engineering Union secretary. Workmates at Chullora congratulating Mr. H. A. Fountain yesterday. TWO NEWCASTLE competitors in Country Week tennis at White City: Miss Joy Bramble and Mrs. V. A. Wardell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Crowd at Caledonian Dance
A large crowd attended the Parramatta District Caledonian Society's usual dance in the town hall on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ball-throwing Cumberland Enters Team
During the Sheffield Shield game next week-end a further stage of the ball. throwing championship will be advanced. and Cumberland players will be called…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Complimentary Theatre Tickets For An Opinion
Ten readers of the Daily Telegraph are today entitled to receive two complimentary tickets each for a leading city theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country News. Took Drink to Dance. Albury
William Doughton was fined £2 when he pleaded guilty at Albury Police Court to a charge of having taken wine into the Ritz dance hall. Sergeant Kelly said that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →When Drama Reigned in Parramatta World Artists in George St. Hey-day of Victoria Theatre
Bright lights, smart horse vehicles, a queue at the box-office, men and women in evening dress, the house packed with a whispering, excited audience, luxurious carpets and all the thrill of a play at Covent Garden in the height of the London season…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daily News In Pictures
WOOL AWAY! In the hands of the barber at Manly yesterday, Phil Blore (Tibooburra) one of the Far West children, knows a remedy for heat. KNUCKLING: Always new is the ancient game of marbles. A serious match in progress at the Far…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With Racquet and Ball
MANY are interested to know why Jack Crawford has changed his old favorite "square top" racquets. Crawford merely stated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Snake in Picture Theatre
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. -- Chased from its hiding place a black snake, measuring 5ft. 6in. yesterday slithered into the King's Theatre at Thirroul…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ballet at Theatre Royal
At the Theatre Royal last night, Alexandria Denisova, the 16-year-old Canadian dancer, took the roles in "Choreartium" and "Aurora's Wedding," which had been danced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →About This Bigger American Ball
SOME of us worry too much. It is a form of fear. Fear that our individual games are going to be…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Got Pictures From a Mast Adelaide
From a precarious perch aloft the 24-year-old Sydney artist D. Adams, sketched life aboard a windjammer as the Finnish barque Lawhill sped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pioneer Hairdresser. Painted Pictures on Saloon Walls
Mr. Allan Stirling, a retired business man now living at Kangaroo Point, George's River, is one of the best-known residents of St. George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nepean Theatre Talkies "Spawn of the North"
Starring George Rafft, Dorothy Lamour, Henry Fonda, Akim Tamiroff, and John Barrymore, "Spawn of the North" is a breathtaking tale of high…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Play Water Polo— No. 13 Players May Carry The Ball When Is Ball In and Out Of Play?
I HAVE met players and referees who thought that it was a foul to swim with the ball in one hand…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →With Bat and Ball When The Scoring Was Sultry
A CORRESPONDENT (R.E.W.) asks for information about fast scoring in club premierships. I presume he refers to Sydney and not to other…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Leger And Post Pictures At Victoria Park Approaching the Leger—encourage Handicap, 1 Mile
FINISH—ENCOURAGE HANDICAP, 1 Mile. APPROACHING THE LEGER—FLYING HANDICAP, 6 1/2 Furs. FINISH—FLYING HANDICAP, 6 1/2 Furs. APPROACHING THE LEGER—MAIDEN TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP, 6 Furs…
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