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Blue Mountains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1911

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Rifle Club Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 4

What promises to be the prettiest "peep-sight" of the season will eventuate in the Carrington Grand Ballroom on the evening of Wednesday,…

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Waratah Sports and Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 4

The Waratah Football Club are just concluding a very successful season. Already the Club has run three or four very healthy athletic meetings, giving…

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Ball Postponed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

Devotees of Terpsichore will regret to hear that the plain and fancy dress ball, fixed for Wednesday next, in aid of the Rifle Club, has been postponed…

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The Band in Motion

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

The Committee of the Katoomba Brass Band met on Wednesday evening and elected Mr S. A. Nash Honorary Secretary, and Mr J. Chandler Honorary…

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Stained-glass Theatre Curtain

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 3

The first stained-glass theatre curtain to be constructed, and intended for the National Theatre of Mexico, in Mexico, City, was recently on…

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Railway Carriages with Ball-bearing Wheels

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 3

Recent, tests of ball-bearing wheels on German railway carriages are said to have been entirely successful. Two concentric rings with three grooves…

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Animated Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 4

With a modern high-grade machine, and endless reels of carefully prepared films, the Royal Picture Co., under the personal management of Mr J. H…

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The Masquerade Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 5

In the evening, the old Masonic Hall was packed with a gaily-garbed assemblage of dancers. Never before in the history of the hall was there a better array of artistic and…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

The party given by the Misses Cameron in honour of their sister, Mrs Frank Rowe, on Friday evening last was a most enjoyable affair. When between…

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Local and General. the Royal Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

Meek's Royal Picture Co. have every appearance of a successful season on the Mountains, and their entertainment in Katoomba on Saturday night was…

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Eliminating the Flicker in Moving Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 3

Flicker in moving pictures is said to be practically eliminated by a cinematograph which employs two projection lenses, converging on a…

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Brass Band News

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 4

The new Band Committee, the personnel of which was given a few weeks ago, has got to work in earnest. Mr Pannell has taken over the duties of…

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Meek's Royal Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 4

The popular Australian drama, "Mates from the Murrumbidgee," was screened by the above Company in the old Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening, and…

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Our Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

Katoomba's band should be in full swing again at an early date. At a meeting of the committee on Monday evening, Mr. A. E. Savage, of New…

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Meek's Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

"Mates from the Murrumbidgee" drew another good house last Saturday, but Wednesday's patronage was not as generous as the entertainment deserved…

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Meek's Royal Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

At the above entertainment last Saturday evening, a splendid programme was screened, every picture receiving the hearty approbation of the large audience…

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The Oddfellows' Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 4

The Masonic hall was crowded on Wednesday last on the occasion of the annual ball of the local Oddfellows' Lodge. The hall was tastefully decorated with emblems…

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Meek's Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

On Saturday and Monday evening, Meek's Royal Pictures played to packed houses. Saturday night's programme was an excellent one, and Wednesday…

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A Word for the Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 4

THE newly appointed Bandmaster, Mr A. E. Savage, has assumed the sceptre of time, which he now sways in rythmic oscillation before the eyes of our local…

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Local and General. "Oh! Listen to the Band."

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

It is with pleasure we announce the first public performance since its resurrection of our Town Band. Given fine weather, the brass blowers, under the…

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