In "Tamerlane, the Earth-shakes," Mr. Harold Lamb has written a most interesting account of the last of the world conquerors. Despite his victories, Napoleon does not merit ...
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Article : 61 wordsOnly six nights remain of "The Flying Squad," in which Mr. Leon Gordon is playing a leading role at the Theatre Royal. The piece will be repeated at a matinee to-day. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe comedy, "Browater's Million," will succeed "The Flying Squad" at the Theatre Royal next Saturday night, Mr. Leon Gordon will appear as Brewster, the young man who is obliged io spend ...
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Article : 249 wordsA. A. Mine's play, "The Perfect Alibi," will conclude its season at the Criterion Theatre next Friday, and on Saturday will be succaded by "Laff That Off," commencing with a matinee ...
Article : 76 words"White Magic" is a collection of verses by Miss Myra Morris, who displays therein gifts of a high order. The title is aptly chosen, for many of these poems have a haunting, ...
Article : 359 wordsThe change of programme at St. James will bring forward at to-day's matinee the amusing comedy, "The Family Upstairs," in which Miss Leona Hogarth, Mr. Leonard Doyle, and Mr. Wyrrley ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Charles Sylber, Miss Genevieve MeCormick, Mr. Forrest Yarnall, and many other principals, with chorus and ballet, continue to interest large audiences in the spectacular musical comedy ...
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Article : 65 wordsThe present season of "Outward Bound" in the Savoy Theatre will conclude with the performances this afternoon and evening. ...
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Article : 293 wordsMr. Jim Gerald and his company are the leading entertainers at Fullers' Theatre in frequent changes of revue, with diverse and amusing songs, dances, and comedy sketches. ...
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Article : 63 wordsAt his workroom in Oxford-street yesterday Mr. R. B. Smith, the maker of the Strasbourg Clock, now housed at the Technological Museum, demonstrated a new device for ...
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Article : 32 wordsMr. Duncan Macdougall will open the new playbox Theatre, near the corner of Crown and Oxford streets, on Wednesday evening next with "The Good Hope," a play by the Dutch dramatist, ...
Article : 43 wordsAt the concert of the Sverlensky Instrumental Ensemble at the Aeolian Hall on Monday next, at 1.10 pm., Schumann's Piano Quintet, op. 44, and the Andante Contabile from a String Quartet, ...
Article : 45 wordsInteresting additions to the series styled "The King's Treasuries of Literature" are "Modern Plays" and "Modern Short Stories." They are edited by Mr. A. Mordaunt Shairp ...
Article : 253 wordsMr. Ernest Long, violinist, who has been studying for several years in Paris, will give a recital at the Conservatorium on Wednesday, July 31. The programme will include a Handel Sonsta in ...
Article : 61 wordsMadame Phyllis Howe (soprano) and Mr. [?] Claridge Goss (flautist) will give a recital at King's Hill on Monday evening. Madame Howe, who was a pupil of Albert Visettt at the Royal ...
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Article : 38 wordsAn important case under the Workers' Compensation Act was heard before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Newtown Police Court, yesterday, when George Ross Parker, an officer of ...
Article : 368 wordsA five-nights' season of "La Fille de Tam[?] Major," by the Mosman Musical Society, is annonnced to begin at the Mosman Town Hall on Saturday evening next. ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. Harry Thomas announces two performances of "A Tale of Two Cities" at Mosman Town Hall this afternoon and evening. ...
Article : 30 wordsMiss Muriel Starr presented "The Donovan Affair" as a stage play during her last season at the Palace Theatre. It may be seen to-day at the State Theatre as a talking film, with [?] ...
Article : 56 wordsMary Pickford will appear at the Lyc[?] Theatre to-day in her first talking film, "Coquette." The supporting "talkies" include one in which Beniamine Gigil signs a scene from ...
Article : 48 wordsThe second number of the new review, "The Australian Quarterly," fully maintains the high standard of its predecessor. Archbishop Duhig writes of national ideals in industry, ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Fox talking film, "Through Different Eyes," at the Regent Theatre, tells the same story from three different angles, as seen by different people. It is a novel and interesting idea. The cast ...
Article : 55 wordsThe cheery personality of Maurice [?] is enlivening large audiences at each of the three daily sessions at the Prince Edward Theatre. On Saturdays only, there is a fourth session at [?] ...
Article : 31 wordsIn "West African Secret Societies" Captain F. W Butt-Thompson dispels a widespread illusion. The popular notion is that these societies are sinister fraternities given ...
Article : 821 wordsSir.—The weeks of industrial strife are lingering into months, and in timber and in coal we are not in sight of any settlement. In the meantime poverty and distress, sheer hunger ...
Article : 173 wordsThe main attraction at the Haymarket [?] is still "On Trial," a Warner Brothers talking film in which Pauline Frederick, Bert Lytell, and Lois Wilson appear. ...
Article : 35 wordsRonald Colman and Lily Damita head the [?] of "The Rescue," a new united Artists film, to be screened to-day at the Capitol Theatre. "The Million-Dollar Collar," in which Rin-Tin-Tin ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 wordsBy consent the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) yesterday made an order directing the Registrar of Trade Marks to expunge from the register a trade mark "Shandy ...
Article : 170 words"Swansea Dan," the hero of Mr. Arthur Mason's story of that name, is a tremendous fellow. From the moment he appears in the Barbary Coast drinking shop, where little ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 wordsOn Sunday afternoon the national day of Belgium, there will be a special recital of Belgian music on the University War Memorial Carillon. The programme, which will be ...
Article : 58 wordsSir,—In a letter published in a recent "Herald," Mr. F. Aarons is in error as to the derivation of the slang term "bo." "Bo" is short for the American hobo, a person whose ...
Article : 142 wordsReturning on a short visit to relatives in Sydney after an absence of nine years, Miss Aileen Alpen, a graduate of Sydney University, who claims to be the only Australian living ...
Article : 108 wordsBy the will of Mr. N. W. Bennett, [?] £500 is bequeathed to the university Adelaide to provide annual prizes and a scholarship medal for students of the Law School. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 20 Jul 1929, Page 10
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