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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1893

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Bachelors' Ball at Blackheath

Katoomba Times · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 2

LAST Monday evening reminded old residents of old times, inasmuch as our old mutual friend, Tom Raster, was well to the fore, ably seconded by the inevitable " Billy Evans," who with outside…

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I.O.O.F. Ball at Blackheath

Katoomba Times · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

THE hall which took place in connection with the Westward Ho Lodge, No. 75, Blackheath, on last Tuesday night must be remembered by the residents of Blackheath and other Mountain…

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Concert at the Mines

Katoomba Times · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 2

A CONCERT took place at Clarke's Hall, Megalong, on Monday, May 29, for the benefit of Mr. J. Walsch, miner, who has been ailing for some time, unable to follow his calling. The programme commenced with…

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The U.A.O.D Smoke Concert

Katoomba Times · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 2

THE second anniversary of the Jersey Lodge, U.A.O.D., Katoomba, was celebrated by a smoke concert in the lodge-room, Nimmo's Railway Family Hotel, on Tuesday night last…

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Katoomba Superior Public School Concert

Katoomba Times · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

ONE of the features of the Katoomba Superior Public School is its singing. Although Friday night, July 28, was of a somewhat misty nature, interspersed with occasional showers, the seating…

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The Oddfellows' Ball. Mountaineer Lodge. No. 33, I.O.O.F.

Katoomba Times · Friday 8 September 1893 · page 2

THE above ball, which may be justly said to be the event of the year with Terpsichorian devotes, both young and old, eventuated last Monday evening. It was feared that Jupiter Pluvious,…

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The Cricketers' Ball at Lawson

Katoomba Times · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 2

THE greatest event ever known in Lawson, and which has been looked forward to for a long time, came off successfully on Thursday last, the 9th instant The weather was very unfavorable and…

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Good Templars Concert at Blackheath

Katoomba Times · Friday 22 December 1893 · page 2

THE fifth anniversary of the Warat[?]h Lodge was celebrated at the Mission Hall on Monday night. Mr. C[?]dick, C.T., occupied the chair. The programme was opened by a collection of popular airs…

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