The Monkeys and the Cricket Ball
An English soldier recently on active service in Burmah writes:—When we were stationed at Rangoon an amusing cricketing incident occurred. The teams were both…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1898
98 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 5
[Copyright.] Tales of Outlaws. Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. the Grim Cape Outlaws. (In Seven Parts.) Part V.
The fugitives found the stores, and they were, as Amy said, divided into two parcels and ready for shouldering. Not a moment was lost in…
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A meeting of subscribers to the band fund was held on Wednesday, when the chairman (Mr. G. H. Varley) introduced Mr. Sandilands, who had been appointed bandmaster…
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"Never fear that. It will take me a few days to provision the boat, for the fools think they can cross the Straits in it to Port Phillip," replied Edward,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Likened to a Leaden Ball. Peculiar Case of a Contractor
MR. LARRY FORAN, a contractor and ganger, of Kerosene Bay, North Sydney, to a reporter form the SYDNEY WORKER, who questioned him as to his recovery from a wearisome illness by…
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GREAT preparations have been and are being made for the concert and ball to be held at Coramba next Friday. Every effort has been made to secure the best available…
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AN effort is to he made to form a brass band on this river, and a public meeting will be held next Monday evening in the School of Arts, Bellingen, in connection therewith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tales of Outlaws. [Copyright.] Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. Selected from the DAiry and the Correspondence of an Old Colonist. the Grim Cape Outlaws. Part Vii
For more than six months after this the fugitives remained in their wild and gloomy retreat, and several times each day they ascended the cliffs to see if a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concert and Ball at Coramba. in Aid of a New Roman Catholic Church at Karangi
"ADAM, the father of us all," was the title of vocal item rendered at the concert given in McGauran's Hall, Coramba, last Friday night, in aid of the Roman…
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A meeting for the purpose of forming a pipe band was held at the Maclean hotel on Thursday night. There was an attendance of 35 members. The subscription was fixed at 5s per…
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ON Friday evening last a meeting was held in the School of Arts. Bellingen, for the Purpose of forming a brass band for the Bellinger. Mr. W. T. Campbell occupied the chair,…
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A BACHELORS' ball was held at the residence of Mr. E. Dougherty, Woodford Island, on the 9th instant. There was an attendance of about 30 couples, who spent a thoroughly enjoyable…
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This is the title of a book on cricket that has just been published. The author is Mr. George Giffen, whose name is familiar to every cricketer, both in Australia and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Albani Concerts
So far as the attendance of the public was concerned, the first concert given by Madame Albani's company was a prodigious success. All the reserved seats—7s 6d each—…
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A MEETING of intending members of the brass band which is being formed at Bellingen was held in Mr. S. Hattersley's shop on Wednesday evening. About 20 persons were…
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The Spanish and Indian Californians were passionately fond of music. All the men could make shoes and play the guitar, and every woman could sing Spanish songs to her own…
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SOME time ago a movement was set on foot by the ladies of Taylor's Arm, with the object of raising funds for the erection of a Roman Catholic Church, and it was ultimately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maclean Pipe Band
The Singleton ARGUS says:—Maclean (Clarence River) boasts of having just formed the only highland pipe band outside of the Metropolis. There are to be about 16 pipe performers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Musician's Ruse. How an Orchestra Deluded the Imperial Institute
The strang prejudice against musicians with English names which has marked the administration of the musical and entertainment department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ball
At Ainsworth's hall, in the evening, a ball was held under the auspices of the club, and was—like the proceedings of the day—a gigantic success. The hall…
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