The public reaction against the theatrical fare to which Melbourne has been treated during the past few years seems to be inducing a carelessness even in ...
Article : 424 wordsPERTH, Sunday.--From early morning yesterday officials of the West Australian Rowing Association spent an anxious time, as the frequent south-west squalls and ...
Article : 1,420 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) and the State Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) will on Monday complete the terms of the reference of the coal inquiry ...
Article : 87 wordsFive persons were injured, none of them seriously, at 8.15 p.m. on Saturday, when a motor lorry skidded and ran into the side of a city-bound cable tram in ...
Article : 118 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Each of the fifteen players selected for the English cricket tour next year will be paid £600. For tram and taxi fares and other incidental ...
Article : 389 wordsMusic lovers are looking forward to the second concert, of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra series, which will be held on Saturday, 11th May, under the ...
Article : 183 wordsThe new theatre, The Plaza, is to be opened on Friday evening next with a [?] performance. The entire proceeds have been donated by Hoyts Theatres ...
Article : 182 wordsMr. Leon Gordon's drama of laughs and thrills, The Ghost, Upstairs, was witnessed by large audiences at King's Theatre during the week and on Saturday evening. ...
Article : 109 wordsStrong resentment is felt by officials of the Victorian Teachers' Union at the remarkable attitude adopted by the Premier in endeavoring to prevent the mayor of ...
Article : 214 wordsBENALLA, Sunday.--While motoring to Mausfield from Benalla on Saturday Messers. W. McConnell, of Bonnie Doon, and P. Forest, of Maindample, met with ...
Article : 65 wordsMiss Nellie Stewart has delighted and charmed large audiences at the Comedy Theatre during the week with her graceful portrayal of Nell Gwynne in the ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Dove, the film version of David Belario's well-known play, which was one of the star offerings at the Regent last week, was removed to Hoyls New Gaiety ...
Article : 90 wordsUnder the direction of Messrs. J. and N. Tait, the two well-known Australian artists Mr. William Murdoch, pianist, and Mr. Harold Williams, baritone, will give ...
Article : 55 wordsKOROIT, Sunday.--An elderly man named James Hannan, employed by Mr. Kiely, of illowa, was run over by a motor car on the Dennington-road early on ...
Article : 51 wordsThe screen version of the mystery play The Ghost Train, which was produced at the Athenaeum Theatre some time ago, was the chief offering at Paramount The new programme presented at the State Theatre on Saturday is well up to the standard, and includes some very fine features. Apart from the actual pictures the stage presentation is ...
Article : 286 wordsIn her latest miniature musical comedy to be presented at the Tivoli to-day, Miss Shuron do Vries, the clever young American artist, shows in her new role that she ...
Article : 139 wordsA programme of unusual interest was given at Queen's Hall on Saturday by pupils of Miss Beryl A. J. Stevens. The pupils were heard to advantage in scenes ...
Article : 191 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Said by the police to have been travelling at 40 miles an hour, a motor lorry to-day crashed into a motor cycle at Newtown, and hurled ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Board of Control appears to have considered thoroughly certain defects which are said to have been associated with former tours. Good judgment has ...
Article : 396 wordsSir,--I and every other citizen of Footscray must feel greatly indebted to "The Age for its very substantial resistance to a proposed great injustice on the people ...
Article : 122 wordsThere was not a vacant seat for the opening of the new programme by the Connor and Paul revue company at the Bijou Theatre on Saturday, when a varied ...
Article : 107 wordsSally's Shoulders, the screen adaption of Beatrice Burton's widely-road novel, was one of the main releases at Hoyts de Luxe on Saturday. Lois Wilson appears ...
Article : 171 wordsThe violin recital given by Erica Morini attracted a large audience to the Town Hall on Saturday night. The public, susceptible to the sublime influences of music, ...
Article : 452 wordsAn enjoyable evening's entertainment was given by the Proscenium Club on Saturday night, when members of tho club presented the play Captain X. at ...
Article : 87 wordsRegulations for the control of river traffic during the heats and final of the Head of the River have been prepared by the Metropolitan Board. Moorings have been allotted to launches ...
Article : 125 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Geoffrey Jones, six years, of Earlwood, was riding in a toy cart yesterday near his home, when he collided with a motor bus. The cart was ...
Article : 47 wordsST. ARNAUD, Sunday.--There is a petition in circulation at Donald asking Mr. W. N. Pearse to contest the Kara Kara-Borung seat against Mr. ...
Article : 45 wordsMadame Anna Pavlova, the brilliant dancer, and her complete European company, will commence farewell season of 26 nights, under the management of J. C. ...
Article : 173 wordsThe annual smoke concert of the Victorian Artists' Society was held on Saturday night at the galleries of the society in Albert-street. There was a ...
Article : 67 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--When driving a motor cycle at Mosman to-day John Leslie, 21 years, of North Sydney, collided with a car and sustained a fractured skull and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 302 wordsA unique demonstration was held at Palmerston-street Methodist Church, Carlton, on Saturday evening, when mortgages, bonds and legal documents, ...
Article : 332 wordsAn entirely new programme was presented at the Regent, Collins-street, on Saturday night. There was a capacity house, the fact being announced by the ...
Article : 216 wordsThe latest batch of His Master's Voice records, released this week by Messrs. Eutrope and Co., include two delightful violin pieces played by Fritz Kreister, ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--When two motor cycles collided head on at Penrith to-day William Naylor, of Tennyson, received fatal injuries. Frank Coleman, of ...
Article : 45 wordsThe ice skating season is now in full swing, and at each of the two daily sessions at the Glaciarium last week there were large attendances of both skaters ...
Article : 105 wordsAfter a lapse of several years, J. C. William Ltd. have decided, to revive at King's Theatre for a short season. Du Maurier's famous play, Trilby. This was ...
Article : 106 wordsPERTH, Sunday.--Ralph Bathurst Hill, 22 years, a Home Missioner attached to the Methodist Church, was killed at a level crossing near Maylands railway ...
Article : 111 wordsWith the primary object of inducing tourists to make the voyage to Colombo at a period of the year that does not correspond with the busy European ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 wordsCOHUNA,Saturday.--The district farms competition, which is being being com[?] under the auspices of Cohuna Agricultural Society, and in which there are sixteen ...
Article : 118 wordsSir Benjamin and Mr. John Fuller-will present for the first time in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre on Friday evening next, Lido Lady, a musical comedy of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 wordsMr. R. H. Scott, of Bendigo, was driving a motor car in a westerly direction along Wellington-parade last night when the steering gear jammed, and the car ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Musical Society of Victoria continues to show a broadly progressive outlook, making its programmes eclectic, and bringing new works to a hearing. Minor ...
Article : 208 wordsAt the Atheneum on Saturday the Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson sustaining the leading role, entered upon its fourteenth week in Melbourne. It still attracts large ...
Article : 163 wordsA new season of high-class plays will be commenced by Sir Benjamin and Mr. John Fuller, at the Palace Theatre, on Saturday next. The opening production ...
Article : 119 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.--The Mount Elliott company, Cloncurry, is preparing for big operations, and will probably start at Mount Oxide, the "orphan" of ...
Article : 42 wordsA successful private flight from Tasmania to Victoria was made yesterday by Messrs. P. G. Taylor and R. F. Oakes of New South Wales. In a D.H. Gipsy Sea ...
Article : 152 wordsEmpire shopping week is to be celebrated throughout the Empire from 20th to 25th May, and energetic steps are being taken to ensure the success of the ...
Article : 367 wordsGEELONG, Sunday.--L. Pantoy, 31 years, of Bellbrac, was riding a bicycle along Ormond-road on Saturday evening, when he was overtaken by a motor car, ...
Article : 144 wordsFortune favored the Brighton Horticultural Society for its annual chrysanthemum show, which was held in the Wilson Recreation Hall, Middle-crescent, on Saturday night. The recent ...
Article : 486 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--When the engine of the speed boat of Mr. R. M. McDougall backfired in Taylor Ray to-day, the clothes of Mr. McDougall became ignited. ...
Article : 66 wordsYoung Woodley, a three-act play, of English public school life, which has had a long run in London, and is still being played to crowded houses, will be ...
Article : 119 wordsIt was a happy thought--an enterprise to be highly commended--which suggested to the Malvern Choral Society the presentation of The Sea Symphony, by Vaughan ...
Article : 278 wordsThe feature length, all-movietone film drama, In Old Arizona, is now in its fourth week of presentation at the Capitol, and at each session last week aud on ...
Article : 170 wordsARARAT, Sunday.--An accident occurred on the Ballarat-road, near Ararat, last night. When travelling down the eastern slopes of a bank a motor car, ...
Article : 50 wordsThat the proposed reimposition of an amusement tax on lower-priced seats in picture theatres by the Premiers' conference would intensify rather than relieve ...
Article : 268 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--There was quite an arrival of Federal Ministers to-day, among those who came from Canberra being Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister; Mr. E. Page, ...
Article : 115 wordsThe latest American musical comedy success, The Five O'clock Girl, will be produced for the first time in Melbourne, at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday ...
Article : 136 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Margaret Jean Allerton, 8 years, of Mosman, died in hospital last night from injuries received through being knocked down in ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Majestic Theatre is now undergoing alterations internally and externally, and is being fitted up for talking pictures. It will be reoncned on Friday ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 805 wordsWOOLERT, Saturday.--A car was found overturned in the creek near the bridge, and although the Civil ambulance searched they could find no trace of the driver. It ...
Article : 50 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Geoffrey Knott, 12 years, has been missing from his home at Grafton for seven days, and black trackers, boy scouts and local residents have been ...
Article : 64 wordsThere is to be a gala performance of The Student Prince at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening next (Boat Race Night). The dress circle and ...
Article : 92 wordsCHARLTON, Sunday.--A child, the daughter of Mr. R. R. Walt, of Charlton, was struck by a motor car while crossing High-street on Friday. A portion of her ...
Article : 61 wordsThe fascinating entertainment, C. B. Cochran's London Pavilion revue, This Year of Grace, drew crowded attendances to the Theatre Royal during last week. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 6 May 1929, Page 10
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