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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1939

5,184 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Theatre Orchestras. Love of Music in South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

Mr. Albert Keats, musical adviser to African Consolidated Theatres, who arrived in Sydney yesterday in the Swedish motorship Kannngoora, said that he conducted a…

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To Make Theatre Free Interview With Victor Arnold SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 1

"Once again," said Victor Arnold, of the New Theatre League, "the Lyons government and our present State…

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Sunday Band Music

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

Taronga Park, 2.45 p.m.: Metropolitan B[?] Russell Phillips, conductor. Botanic Gardens, 3 p.m.: Petersham-Dulwich Hill District Band. S. L. Trenaman, conductor…

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First Pictures Of Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 1

FIRST PICTURES of of the crash New Guinea Airways Super Lockheed plane, Koranga, at Katherine on Wednesday. The four occupants were killed. The plane, on its way to Adelaide, lost height and fell into, the flooded Katherin e River, a few minutes after the take-off. Picture shows the Koranga-lying in the Katherine River. One of the engines in right foreground…

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Daily News In Pictures

Daily News · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

PROBLEM: Qantas Empire Airways flying boat Coogee being hauled ashore at Rose Bay yesterday. The tractor skidded on the concrete and finally the Coogee was re-anchored at her moorings after the maintenance staff had exhausted considerable effort. Hard-pressed, the Spanish Loyalists are…

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New Theatre League

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

The New Theatre League will present a play on unemplovmcnt at their premises, 36 Pitt Street, near the Quay, to-morrow at 8 p.m. The anti-Fascist play. "The the Day I Dic," will be…

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Theatre Royal—russian Ballet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

Only five more nights remain of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet's season at the Theatre Royal. To-day a matinee and an evening performance will be given of "Les Sylphides," "Coa d'Or,"…

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Tivoli Theatre—"aladdin," "Swing It."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

"Swing It" and "Aladdin" are in their last three days and nights at the Tivoli Theatre. On Wednesday. Adriana Caselotti. "the voice of Snow White," will start a season…

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Birthday Dance

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 10

MISS NELL SCOTT, of Adelaide was hostess at a dance given last night at the Pickwick Club for her niece, Miss Joyce Olsen, only…

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Given Out For "Handling Ball"

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 21

Out "for handling the ball." was the decision given against Miss E. Prosser. playing for Oldfield's in the women's cricket…

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Bib and Bub Words and Pictures

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 4

"I won't get up," the baker said, "I don't care if there is no bread." The carters said, with streaming eyes, "He's gone on strike; he will not rise."…

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Masks Were Fun At Fancy Dress Ball

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 10

SOME lovely costumes were worn at the fancy dress masquerade ball, given by Mrs. J. S. Lewis at her home, 418 Edgecliff-road, Woollahra, last night, for her daughter, Lois, who celebrated her 21st birthday…

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Golf President Wins With "Best Ever" 75 Another Keane.! Barkel's 69 Could Not Take Four-ball At Bonnie Doon

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 25

A. F. Morgan, president of the New Metropolitan Golf Club, had his "best ever" round yesterday…

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Music Notes Dorati's Viennese Concert

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 16

THERE is little music now--except from the radio, and most of that is not very important. Over the air the other night…

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Radio Band. State Theatre Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 6

Jim Davidson's A.B.C. Band, a prominent radio combination, began a season at the State Theatre on Saturday, with a musical and vaudeville presentation that received an…

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Daily News In Pictures

Daily News · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 3

PICNIC: A section of the happy crowd that attended the A.L.P. Picnic Parsley Bay yesterday. HAPPY: This little chap. was extremely busy when a Daily News photographer snapped him at the big A.L.P, picnic yesterday…

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Woolshed Walk Is New Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 10

The "Woolshed Walk," a new dance step, was attempted with much hilarity by the dancers at the Royal Motor Yacht Club,…

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Pictures to Help Bushfire Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

The full proceeds from the sale of Bush Fires, a pictorial survey of Victoria's tragic week, will go to the relief of bushfire victims…

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"The Guardsman." Independent Theatre's Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 6

Feren[?] Molnar's witty play, "The Guardsman." one of the most successful of the Viennese playwiight's comedies, was given its first public performance in Sydney by the…

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Damage at Barraba. Operating Theatre Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 11

Many country centres in New South Wales reported severe storms on Saturday. During a terrific storm at Barraba on…

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