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Blue Mountains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

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Advance Katoomba! New Theatre and Skating Rink. Successful Opening

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

The Katoomba Amusements Co., departed from the abstract stage and blossomed forth into concrete reality on Xmas Eve, when the anticipatory "will…

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The Hole in the Wall. at This Amusement Co's Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

When the audience sits indolently back in its easy chair at "8.2 prezactly," lulled into slothful sentiment by the nocturne that thrusts itself with acoustic…

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Opening Of Katoomba's Town Hall. Lord and Lady Chelmsford's Welcome. Tint Town En Fete. Palms and Bunting. Sight Seeing and Speechifying. Banquet and Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Thanks to the energy, foresight and civic pride of the Aldermen of recent years, Katoomba can at last. boast a Town Hall that does justice to the size and…

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Grand Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

The concert given in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening last did not received a little of the public recognition its quality deserved. We were pleased to are…

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The Band. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 7

Dear Sir,—I notice from the columns of your well-written weekly that the band another set back. As an old muslem, and a lover of one of the finest of…

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The Band Bother. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

Dear sir,—In your last issue I notice that "second Cornet" has revealed his identity—come from behind the hedges as it were into the light of day. As a…

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Bowling Club Ball. a Social Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

When the above function was announced, it was generally accepted by devotoes of dancing in the light of "Katoomba's bost ball." An essential factor in the…

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The Whitehead Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 5

The concert given on Wednesday evening in the Town Hall easily eclipsed all previous professional efforts in Katoomba and set a standard for the…

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Empire Night Rifle Club Annual Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 7

On Thursday evening, members of the local Rifle Club met at the School of Arts, when Captain Hicks presided over a full meeting…

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The Rifle Club Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 3

On the Mountains, Empire Day died in tears. The essence of things seemed to be marked by melancholy as her own The prevailing tint was dark grey and…

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Grand United Order Of Oddfellows. Social and Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

The above named Order gave a very enjoyable social and dance in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. About fifty couples graced the floor, Mrs Booth and…

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Congregational Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

A vary successful concert was given at the Cougregational Chinch on Wednesday evening with the object of helping it pay off the debt on the recent addition…

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Theatre Tug-o'-War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

As we were going to press last week, the crowds were packing into the theatre to see. the pictorial programme and the meeting of Mullany's men and the…

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Oddfellows' Ball at Springwood. Inaugural Function

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

On Friday last, the Sir Henry Parkes Lodge of the G.U.O.O.R hold their first annual ball in the School of Arts hall. A strong committee consisting of Bros…

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Successful Social Function. Masonic Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

The sixth Masonic Ball. which was held in the Town Hall on Friday evening. marked a new era in the social life of Katoomba. That it was the biggest…

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Classical Concert Company. the People's Music

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

The coming of Mr Nicholas J. Gehde's concert party on Saturday evening is to be looked forward to with sterling pleasure. Hitherto we have had no proper…

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The Gehde Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 2

There was an abundance of enthusiasm and talent at Saturday night's concert. All that was lacking was the bumper house so good a concert deserved…

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Complimentary Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 3

As a fitting climax of the dancing season, the ladies of the Katoomba Social Club entertained the members in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, when…

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Local and General. While the Dance Goes On

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 4

The popularity of the euchre evening, concluding with a dance, still continues. Last Wednesday, Mesdames Taylor and Nimmo held a very successful social in…

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The Sydenham Ball. Reunion at Jenolan Caves

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 5

"Come, fill the Cup—what looks it to repeat How Time is slipping underneath our feet: Unborn To-morrow and dead Yesterday, Why fret about them if To-day be sweet…

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