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  2. RIVERINA RUST.

    "Garth has just arrived," Morna's cold, young voice announced from the window. 'Quite a gay bridegroom, with a white flower in his buttonhole. I wonder why he bothered!" ...

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  3. LETTERS EMPIRE PREFERENCE.

    Sir,—The Joint Committee for Tariff Revision expected to see some protest from bodies particularly interested to the remarks made by Mr. H. Gordon Bennett, president of the New ...

    Article : 557 words
  4. REAL ESTATE.

    There has been sustained inquiry during the past week for properties to let in and around the city. According to some agents, the demand for houses, flats, shops, and offices ...

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  5. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    Personality probably accounted for the success of John Philip Sousa, who died a few days ago in Reading, Pa. He was once asked to define personality. "I cannot," he replied. ...

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  6. BROADCASTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,790 words
  7. CURRENT LITERATURE TRAGIC AMERICA.

    Mr. Theodore Dreiser has written several novels exposing social abuses in American life. His "Tragic "America" drops the disguise of fiction, and is a vehement ...

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  8. AMUSEMENTS. THE GRAND OPERA SEASON

    The Williamson Imperial Grand Opera Company will begin its season at Her Majesty's Theatre on April 9. with a performance of Verdl's "Alda." "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "La Boheme" will ...

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  9. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    The sparkling music and comedy of "Blue Roses" at Her Majesty's Theatre, in which Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard take the leading roles continue to delight large audiences. There will be a ...

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  10. CRITERION THEATRE.

    There will be two performances to-day of "Bright Side Up," the revue at the Criterion Theatre, which continues to attract large houses. The cast is headed by Gus Bluett and Jennie Benson. ...

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  11. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

    "Possum Paddock," an Australian comedy, will be repeated at two performance to-day at the Grand Opera House. Mr. Leo Buderick, as the old selector, and Kate Howarde, as Widow Carsley. ...

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  12. "FOLLIES OF 1932."

    Headed by Athol Tier and Minnie Love, the "Follies of 1932" will commence a season at the Theatre Roval, at the matinee to-day. There will be two performances daily. ...

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  13. SIR THOMAS LIPTON.

    Shortly before his death Sir Thomas Lipton prepared his memoirs, which, edited by Mr. W. Blackwood, have now been published under the title of "Leaves from the Lipton Logs." ...

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  14. CONSERVATORIUM ORCHESTRA.

    The Conservatorium Orchestra, conducted by Dr. W. Arundel Orchard, will open its season on March 23, with a performance of excerpts from Wagner's "Parsifal." These will include the Grail Scene ...

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  15. CONSERVATORIUM STRING QUARTET.

    On Wednesday next the Conservatorium String Quartet—Messrs. Gerald Walenn, Lloyd Davies, Alfred Hill and Gladstone Bell—will give its first concert of this season. Included in the programme ...

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  16. THE INDEPENDENT THEATRE.

    The sixth performance of "The Middle Watch" will be given by the Independent Theatre organisation at the Savoy Theatre. Bligh-street, to-night, at 8 o'clock. Lending roles are played by Molly ...

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  17. "DADDY LONGLEGS."

    The comedy "Daddy Longlegs" will be produced at the Savoy Theatre on March 17 and l8, in aid of the R.S.P.C.A Mr. George Bryant is the producer, and the players include Anne Gordon ...

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  18. THE TARIFF AND TOBACCO.

    Sir,—The recent deputation in connection with the proposed duties on tobacco provides a striking example of the injury to society when a limited number of people are given ...

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  19. WIRTH'S CIRCUS RETURNS.

    Wirth's mammoth circus with 80 horses and many dens of animals, arrives from New zealand by the steamer Maunganul on Tuesday next, and will open for the Sydney season on Thursday, March 17, at ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. CHAPTER II.

    Alison Parker had in some subtle obscure way, sensed a new restlessness in her friend's manner. At first she had thought this new brilliance, this astonishing vividness, of little ...

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  21. NEW SYDNEY REPERTORY SOCIETY.

    The Spanish mystery play "Passion Flower," will be repeated at St. James Hall at 8 o'clock to-night by the New Sydney Repertory Society players. On March 19. "Naughty Anne" will be ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. "DANDIES OF 1932 "

    The Humphrey Bishop "Dandles of 1932" will present their ninth new programme of singing, comedy, sketches, ballets, and orchestral music at the Balmoral Amphitheatre each evening this week. ...

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  23. PICKWICK THEATRE GROUP.

    The' Pickwick Theatre Group will repeat the drama "Cynara" at the Savoy Theatre on,Wednesday evening. ...

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  24. OTHER NOTICES.

    "Breaks," edited by Mr. W. W. Scott, is yet another compilation of examples of "unintentional humour by tired newspapermen." Some of the lapses are plainly printers' ...

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  25. MR. SVERJENSKY'S RECITAL.

    At the Savoy Theatre on Tuesday night, Mr. Alexander Sverjensky will give a, piano recital. His programme includes "Thirty-two Variations in C Minor" (Beethoven). "Sonetto del Petrarca, Nos. 104 ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. "RARE BEN JONSON."

    The title of Mr. Eric Linklater's "Ben Jonson mid King James" is not wholly appropriate, because it suggests a closer association than actually existed. Certainly, the ...

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  27. ORGAN AND VIOLIN RECITAL.

    Miss Dara Ranolaud and Mr. Faunce Allman will give the last of the present series of midday recitals at St. James' Church' next Wednesday at 1.20 p.m. The programme will include three Chorale Preludes ...

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  28. BALMORAL AMPHITHEATRE.

    "The Dandies of 1932" will give a programme of musical items, dances and humorous interludes, under, the direction of Mr. Humphrey Bishop at the Baimoral Amphitheatre, to-night, at 8. ...

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  29. BAND MUSIC.

    The following band performances are announced for to-morrow:—Waverley Professional Orchestra, conducted by Mr. W. Buckley, Council Chambers enclosure, Waverley Park, 3.30 p.m.; Lidcombe Band, ...

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  30. GAS BILL PROTEST.

    Sir,—I am one of the many who entrusted their savings to the gas industry under the security of the present Act. I bought shares in the Australian Gaslight Co. at ...

    Article : 294 words
  31. PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE.

    The Paramount production of the famous dual personality story "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." by Robert Louis Stevenson, is proving a strong attraction at the Prince Edward Theatre, where additional ...

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  32. PLAZA THEATRE—"DELICIOUS."

    Janet Gaynor at the Plaza Theatre holds the screen in "Delicious," a new play dealing with the exciting adventures and love-story of a Scottish emigrant girl on the voyage to New York and after ...

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  33. STATE THEATRE—"PRIVATE LIVES."

    The film drama "Private Lives," adapted from a comedy by Noel Coward, replaces "Strictly Dishonourable" at the State Theatre to-day. The stars in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor production ...

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  34. ST. JAMES THEATRE—"POSSESSED."

    "Possessed," which was screened yesterday at St. James Theatre is the history of a factory girl Who became the companionate wife of a wealthy New Yorker, and after much devotion and sacrifice ...

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  35. CAPITOL—"SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK."

    Buster Keaton continues his career at the Capitol Theatre as a romantically minded millionaire with a strong inward urge towards "slapstick comedy. He is the central figure in "Sidewalks of New York," ...

    Article : 79 words
  36. SOUTH HEAD CEMETERY.

    Sir,—To-day I was present at a funeral at this cemetery, and was much impressed by the manner in which the grave had been prepared. The casket was lowered on to a ...

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  37. REGENT THEATRE—"DANCE TFAM."

    The new Fox Movietone production "Dance Team" will be screened at the Regent Theatre to-day. Played by James Dunn and Sally Ellers, it describes the dancing partnership of Jimmy Mulligan and ...

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  38. LYCEUM—"SIEGE OF THE SOUTH."

    At the Lyceum "Siege of the South" has entered on its last week. Captain Frank Hurley's remarkable pictures of incidents and scenes observed during the last cruise of the Discovery to the Antarctic ...

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  39. BRIDGE THEATRE—"ROBERT BURNS."

    On Monday a film-drama entitled "The Loves of Robert Burns" will be screened. The picture is a dramatised biography of the famous Scottish lyric poet, and unfolds his relations with Jean Armour ...

    Article : 81 words
  40. THE LIGHTS OF KING'S CROSS.

    The lights of King s Cross they are gleaming like a glittering galaxy bright; They're flooding the pavements and roadways in a blaze that makes day out of night. ...

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  41. FISH.

    Mr. E. G. Boulanger's "Fishes" will interest even those whose acquaintance with these creatures is confined to seeing them on a plate. Of late the science of ichthyology has made ...

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  42. TOLLS AND FARES.

    Sir,—On the subject of tolls and fares, it may be of interest to your readers to know that when Mr. King Short, the writer's great-uncle, inaugurated Pyrmont ferry about 1870, ...

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  43. ROXY THEATRE.

    Two new features will be presented at the Roxy Theatre to-day. In "Caught and Plastered." Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are seen in uproarious comedy work, while "The Menace," which is adapted ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. OPERATIC LECTURE-RECITAL.

    Mr. Charles Armand will give an operatic lecture-recital, at the rehearsal room and studio ot the New Sydney Operatic Society, 148 Pitt-street, on Sunday night, at 8, dealing with the ...

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  45. STATE NEWSPEEL THEATRE.

    Interesting happenings of the week in Australia and other countries are depicted at the State Newsreel Theatre. The latest programme on the newsreel shows Miss Anne Gordon and Mr. Harry Dangar ...

    Article : 79 words
  46. CHORAL COMPETITION.

    A choral competition, which is being organised by the Associated Male Choirs of New South Wales, will be hold at the Town Hall next Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. On the Saturday evening ...

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