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Broken Hill & the Far West · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1891

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A Theatre Burnt Down. London Friday Night

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 3

News has just been received that the Gaiety Theatre, Liverpool, has been completely destroyed by fire. No particulars are to hand as to whether the fire occurred…

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A Theatre Burnt Down. London, Friday Night

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 September 1891 · page 4

News has just been received that the Gaiety Theatre, Liverpool, has been completely destroyed by fire. No particulars are to hand as to whether the fire occurred…

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The Apostle of Atheism. Joseph Symes at the Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 October 1891 · page 2

MR. JOSEPH [?], agnostic, atheist, freethinker—for by such names is he variously called—made his debut to a Broken Hill audience last night at the…

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Hospital Ball

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 2

MANY circumstances culminated to oppose the success of the ball given last night in the Masonic Hall by Mr. T. C Tait in aid of the hospital funds. Influenza is…

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Mr. Joseph [?]Ym[?] at the Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 October 1891 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Symes, who is claimed to be the Apostle of freethought in this town at the present moment, and who avows his entire…

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1St Edition. Barrier Miner. Wednesday, November 4, 1891. "The Mayor's Ball."

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a special meeting of the municipal council was held, at which, contrary to the manifest desire of certain of the…

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General Cable News. Pictures for Melbourne. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 November 1891 · page 3

Professor Herkomer's life-aized picture of the Queen for the Victorian Art Gallery is completed and will be shipped immediately. Professor Lierkomer has…

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Concert

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1891 · page 2

A CHRISTY minstrel concert was given at the Theatre Royal last night in aid of the Broken Hill Brass Band, and drew a large attendance. The first part consisted…

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Amusements. Convent Children's Concert

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 December 1891 · page 2

IF the concert given by the Covent School pupils at the Theatre Royal last night was not a success it was certainly in no way attributable to the youthful…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1891 · page 3

"The Silver King" attracted another large audience to the Theatre Royal last night on its second representation. The hitches inseparable from an opening night…

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Pictures of [?]ell

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 1

IN one of his moral essays Pope speaks of a "soft Dean," who never mentioned hell to "ears polite," and adds, in a note. "This is a fact. The soft Dean"…

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Panic in a Theatre. Children Trampled to Death. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 2

A terrible calamity has occurred at a theatre in Gateshead, county Durham. During the performance the alarm of fire was raised, and a panic ensued. The…

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