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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

264 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 14

Federal Campaign. The Ball Set Rolling. Some Fun with Mr. Oakes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 4

Senator E. D. Millen and the Hon. C. W. Oakes, ex-M.L.A., addressed fathering which about three-parts filled the body of the Theatre Royal…

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Pleasant Dance

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 2

On Friday evening, June 7th, a very pleasant dance was given by a number of young ladies and gentlemen in the local School of Arts in return to…

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Warren Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 2

THE Warren Kinetoscope showed in the local School of Arts Hall on Saturday and Monday nights last. Both entertainments were attended…

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Local and General News. Free Concerts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 2

The free concerts being given by Mr. Bennett every evening at his musical depot are attracting a large number of people. The records…

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Social Notes. Juvenile Ball

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 2

The juvenile ball on Thursday right at the Rink Hall, in connection of the hospital ball festivity, was attended by over 100 couples. The…

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Band Music

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 4

The City Band will perform: the following programme of music opposite the Clock Tower to-morrow night :--March, "Old Comrades"…

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Warran Pictures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

BY special request of a number of to and district residents, the Warren Picture Company again showed here on Saturday evening last in the School of Arts. The…

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Years of Misery with St. Vitus' Dance. Six Months in Hospital Failed to Cure. Netvcs and Muscles Alway Twitching—A Remarkable Cure by Dr. Williams Pink Pills

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 3

A prolonged and severe attack of St. Vitus' Dance, lastlng a number of years, and which resisted all medical [?]ment, was finally cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,…

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The Children's Concert. Mrs. Forbes-Connor's Pupils

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 3

Come to me, oh ye children, For I hear you at your play, And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away…

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McKay's Mammoth Theatre Company

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 4

This combination of talented artists opened in Bellingen on Saturday night, the piece selected being "It's Never Too Late to Mend." Owing…

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Bachelors' Ball

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

THE annual ball under the auspices of the Dorrigo Bachelors eventuated in the School of Arts hall on Friday evening, 21st inst., and proved a…

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The Execution of Ball

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 6

THE most gruesome part of the hanging of Ball (says the Armidale "Argus") was not the execution. It was the mournful procession and…

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A Theatre is Town. STANLEY McKAY'S Dramatic [?]Y

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 2

What is termed the gre[?] of [?] artists that has visited the[?] parts will make their appearance at [?] ends fo Coff's this week and the ne[?]. Th[?]…

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Social Notes. Maclean Hospital Ball

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1912 · page 2

The annual ball in connection with the Lower Clarence Hospital eventuated on Wednesday evening last, in the Mechanics' Institute,…

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The Royal Ball

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1912 · page 5

The State Ball at Buckingham Palace was exceptionally brilliant. There were 2500 guests. The display of jewels was one of the most magnificent ever seen…

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Social and Juvenile Ball

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 2

To-morrow evening a grand social, to be followed by a juvenile ball on Friday evening, will take place in the South Grafton School of Arts in aid…

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Grafton Baptist Church. Tea Meeting and Concert

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

A breakaway from the orthodox idea of holding tea meetings in the Church was inaugurated by the list Church on Wednesday evening…

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New Theatre Site Opposed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The proposal to convert a portion of Queen Victoria Markets into a theatre has received another setback. The Chief Secretary has given the…

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Hospital Ball. to the Editor

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 2

Sir,—Knowing the extre[?] circulation of your valuable paper our [?] would like tyo use it as a means of expressing their gratitude to all those who no [?]…

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Some Hereditary Points. There is Always the Other Side. A Few Pictures on the Screen. (Special for the "Examiner.")

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 3

Right things are often wrong— in practice. Wrong things are often right—because they are the best way out. Say that if is absurd that a man should be…

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