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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1915

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Special Attractions. at the Katoomba Theatre

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 5

When Bret Harte wrote, "For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain the heathen Chines is peculiar," he had not seen Wong Foy Sun, the amazing Chinese…

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Katoomba Amusements Co's. Theatre. Monday Nights Treat

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 5

At the above popular place of amusement on Monday night next, September 13th, the well-known character actor, Mr. Irv Hayman, in conjunction with Mr…

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Katoomba's Town Band. Probable Resurrection

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Katoomba Town Band was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, the main business being to wind up the old band and to…

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Masonic Benefit Ball. to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

A pleasing feature of the forthcoming Benefit Ball is the unanimity that apparently exists among all classes and creeds of the community to make the evening…

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Band Recitals

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 5

The Petersham Silver Band, undoubtedly one of the best Salvation Army Bands in Australia, arrives in the Mountain Capital to-morrow afternoon, and will…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. the Band Question Again

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night last. The Mayor (Ald. Geo James) was in the chair, and there…

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Send-off to Our Soldiers. Town Hall and Empire Theatre. Enthusiastic Audiences

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 7

Despite the hurried organisation, the impromptu send-off to a number of the Katoomba recruits, held in the Town Hall on Saturday night, Proved a most…

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Allies' Concert at Leura

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 6

Leura rolled up en masse to the concert held in St. Alban's Hall, on Allies' night. A few minutes after the doors opened, it was a case of standing room only, and the audience…

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Katoomba Town Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 7

A committee, consisting of Ald. Smythe and the Town Clerk, on behalf of the Council, and Messrs. W. Reay and H. Waldon on behalf of the Town Band,…

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Benefit to Our Boys. at the Empire Theatre

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 6

On Wednesday evening the above popular theatre was packed, on the occasion of a public send-off to some of the local lads who were leaving for the…

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Kitch's Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 6

Pictures always make a Christmas gift that is appreciated, and those in search of something nobby in this line could not do better than pay Kitch a…

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