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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1890

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Mrs. Cleveland and Her Pictures

National Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 2

There are women who look like their pictures ; there are others who would never be recognized from them. Mrs. Cleveland belongs to the latter class,…

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Bathurst Philharmonic Society. First Grand Concert

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1890 · page 2
Also in Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

The Philharmonic Society is to be congratulated on having an appreciative and representative, if not numerous, audience at their first concert, held in…

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Band Concert

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 3

THE results of the concert and dramatic entertainment on Monday night last in aid of the United Friendly Societies Band should certainly [?]e encouraging to the promoters…

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New York Gossip. Sherman at the Theatre

National Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 2

That grizzled old warrior, Gun. Sherman, is an enthusiastic patron of theatrical performances. He has the entree to every theatre in the city. He…

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The Corroboree, or National Song Dance

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 11 August 1890 · page 4

If there was one thing the natives observed in common more than another, that thing was the "Corroboree." It was an entertainment peculiar to the…

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Incendiarism at a Theatre. Melbourne, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1890 · page 3

A case of incendiarism was discovered at the Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, this morning. The stage and proscenium were found alight, but the flames were…

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The Liedertafel Society. Invitation Concert

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 August 1890 · page 2

The first concert by the Liedertafel Society, under its new management, was given last night in the School of Arts Hall, and notwithstanding the inclement…

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Sunday Concerts. Penalties of Newspaper' Proprietors

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 22 August 1890 · page 3

Mr. Gould, in the course of debate, said that in consequence of the decision in the case, Walker v. Solomon, suits had been initiated against the Herald, Telegraph and…

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My Brother and My Ball

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 August 1890 · page 6

One of my most amusing reminiscences has to do with a merrymaking, to which one of my brothers accompanied me. It was a large private ball, given by people with…

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"Pictures From the Plains." No. 1

National Advocate · Monday 1 September 1890 · page 2

In this issue we are making another, and a fresh, departure. In presenting our readers with the first of a series of aricles entitles "Pictures from the…

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"Pictures From the Plains." No. Ii. M. James Seage's Farm

National Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 2

The picture from the plains with which we opened the series of articles dealt with the residential estate of one of New South Wales large landed…

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Scene at Drury Lane Theatre

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 3

A fracas occured in the lobby of Drury Lane Theatre last night. Mr, James Whistler, the well-known artist, thrashed Mr. G. Moore, editor of the Hawk, with a…

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After the Ball

National Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 1

The ballroom, after the dancers are gone, is a melancholy place, the material wreckage is so apparent. That piece of torn tulle, that knot of ribbon, the broken…

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To-day's Telegrams Sydney, Thursday morning. Farewell Concert

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 3

The scholars intend giving Lord, and Lady Carrington a farewell concert in the Centennial Hall next month. There will be a chorus numbering 1500 voices…

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The Strike. the Lordly Squatter. Two Pictures

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 4

The freest, the happiest, the most-to-be-envied of all men in Australia (says the Melbourne Argus) is the lordly squatter. See him as he rides across the plain in…

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A Child Actress at the Theatre Royal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 4

Yesterday at the Hull Police Court, before Mr. Twiss, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. C. H. Hare made an application under the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 18S0. He said his…

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"Pictures From the Plains." No. Iii. Mr. John Lee's Estates

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 2

The rapid settlement of this colony has been in great measure due to the the fitness of its soil, vegetation and climate, for the successful rearing of the…

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Drum and Fife Band

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 2

A meeting was held in the Masonic Hall last night for the purpose of forming drum and fife band in connection with the Public School Cadets Corps. There…

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The Hospital Ball

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 3

THE annual ball thin year in aid of the Molong district hospital was held on Thursday night last in the School of Arts hall, and undoubtedly was so far the best attended and…

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