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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1895

10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

" Rob Roy " at Theatre Royal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

LYLE'S Dramatic Company were greeted with an overcrowded house on New Year's night, when the operatic drama " Rob Roy" was staged for the first time in Grafton. Mr…

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The Salvation Army Guards Band

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

THE 19 performers, comprising this band, arrived on Saturday morning, and were heartily welcomed by the Grafton corps. They made their appearance in public on…

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Permanent Artillery Band

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 4

THE large audiences attracted by the Band on each of the occasions when they have performed, is some evidence of the musical taste of the people of Grafton, And the…

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Fancy Fair at the Theatre Royal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 3

ON Tuesday a fancy fair in aid of the building fund of St. Andrew's Preshytprian Church was opened at the Theatre Royal. For a considerable time past a number of…

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His Partner Acted Queerly. A Drummer's Startling Experience at a Dance in the South

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 3

"SPEAKING of practical jokes,' said a drummer, " I was the victim of one of the most embarrassing I have heard of for a long time. It was…

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Shilling Concerts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 July 1895 · page 4

WHEN the Esty-Marsh Concert Company opened business in Sydney a few weeks ago they fixed the rates of admission to their entertainments at 4s 3s 2s 1s, and they…

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Possibility of Life in Other Worlds. Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S., in the "Fortnightly Review."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 3

THE standard argument in support of the belief that certain other planets might be inhabited, was of this kind. It was noticed that the…

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A Valuable Cricket Ball

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 6

THE home papers are passing the following bit of interesting cricketing news about—" What is probably the most valuable cricket ball in the…

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Ulmarra Public School Concert

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 8

THIS came off in the Gaiety Theatre last Friday night, and anticipations of attendance were fulfilled, the hall being filled. The walls were nicely decorated, several mottoes…

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Lawrence Public School Concert

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 8

THIS annual event came off in the School of Arts on Friday night, Mr. E. Campbell chairman of the Local School Board, presiding. The attendance was not so large as…

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