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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1903

175 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 9

Concert at Ulmarra

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 October 1903 · page 2

The Choral Union's Concert at Ulmarra will take place to-night at Capp's Hall. The s.s. Iolanthe will leave Grafton at 6.45 and should arrive at Ulmarra…

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Moral Influence of the Theatre

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 8

I have often heard people deny the moral influence of the theatre, says Madame Sarah Bernhardt, but I find it undeniable. This influence has existed from all time,…

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Open Column. the City Band's Finances [To the Editor of the Argus.]

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1903 · page 4

SIR.--As will be seen by report of the City Band's meeting on Tuesday evening, the institution has a debit balance at date of over £14. This is a deplorable…

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Choral Union's Concert at Ulmarra

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1903 · page 5

THE concert which was so successfully rendered at Grafton a few weeks ago was repeated at Ulmarra on Monday evening. The hall was well filled with an…

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Like Being in the Theatre

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

Jones (who finds his friend Smith gazing into the window of a milliner's): "Hullo, old man! Admiring the styles?" Smith: "Not exactly. Hear the organ…

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Concert at Chatsworth

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 4

THE concert organised by the L. C. Caledonian Society at Chatsworth, in aid of the building fund of thy Maclean Caledonian Hull, eventuated on Tuesday night and was a satisfactory success. A…

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Concert at Ulmarra

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 3

The Grafton Choral Union gave a concert in Capp's Hall, on Monday, and Judging by the attendance, which must have been 250, should be financially successful. The items…

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Concert

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 October 1903 · page 2

The concert given in the Centennial hall Copmanhurst, on Friday evening last, under the auspices of the Copmaqhurst Choral Society, was very…

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Local Interest. Hospital Concert

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 2

IMMEDIATELY at the close of the Progress Committee meeting held at Mr. Lean's, Never Never, last week, arrangements were made to hold a concert at Never Never in…

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Footballers' Smeks Concert

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 3

A VERY interesting function took place at the Cosmepolitan Hotel on Friday evening when Mr. F. Kable entertained at a smoke coneart the members of the Maclean and Southgate football teams…

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District Band

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 2

THE movement to initiate a district band in Bellingen has been most warmly supported and already the canvassers (Messrs. S. Hattersley, W. Pollock, and J. Moore) have…

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Show Concert

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 3

PRESUMABLY on the principle that one cannot have too much of a good thing, the programme submitted by the entertainment committee of the L. C. Agricultural Society through our…

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Local and General. Brushgrove Town Band

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 4

This bond will render a new and up-to-date programme of popular music in Brushgrove on Saturday night next. The band, which has been under a cloud of late, has had an impetus…

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District Band

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 2

THE proposal to establish a district brass band has caught on with general approval, and a meeting of contributors to the fund to provide a salary for the bandmaster and…

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Labor on the Band

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 3

The Imperial authorities some time ago appointed a commission to inquire into the labor question on the Rand, and they appeared at the same…

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Miss Iris de Cairos Rego's Concert Australian Musical Talent.[?] A 9-year-old Composer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 4

An exceptionally large audience gathered at the G.M.B.A. hall (Sydney) on Monday night, on the occasion of Miss Iris de Cairos Rego's concert. It may be…

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The Maclean Show Concert

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1903 · page 5

The concert organised by the Maclean Agricultural Society as a finale to their most successful Spring Show, was--as the president fittingly describes it-- a record achievement, both from the…

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Maclean Brass Band

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 5

THE Band will play a number of selections opposite the ADVOCATE office to-morrow night. The playing membership of the Band, notwithstanding the loss of several good players, is still…

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Concert at Harwood

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 3

AN overflowing house greeted the annual entertainment in aid of the funds of the Harwood Cricket Club, which took the form of a concert and social. It is many years since such a large…

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Maclean Brass Band

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 8

THE monthly meeting of the committee on Monday evening was attended by Messrs G. Davis (in the chair), F. Schwenberg, S. Maurice, A. A. Smith, S. McKinnon, and R. J. Till…

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