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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1892

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Public Meeting at the Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 2

A public meeting of citizens, convened under the auspices of the A. M. A., was held at the Theatre Royal yesterday afternoon to discuss the present water…

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Political Meeting. Messrs. Cann, Waddell. and Sharp at the Theatre

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 2

A LARGE audience assembled at the Theatre Royal last night to hear addresses announced to be delivered by Messrs. Cann, Sharp, and Waddell. Mr. Burke,…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 2

THE Gerald-Duff Company appeared on Saturday night at the Theatre Royal in the highly effective drama "The Lights of a Great City." Although the Broken…

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Druids' Concert

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 2

THE annual concert given by the Silver Star Lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids took place at the Theatre Royal last night, but was not so well patronised…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 3

MISS LILLIAN BEDDARD, the "star" with whom Mr. Cunard opens the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, has just completed a successful tour of South Africa…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1892 · page 2

MISS LILIAN B[?]DDARD and her all-round good company repeated "The Silver Shield" at the Theatre Royal last evening, in the presence of a very fair house…

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Fire in Gateshead Theatre. Tea Lives [?]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1892 · page 4

THE Central News correspondent at No[?]on-Ty[?] telegraphed to the National Press on January 1 that a tragic occurrence happened on Saturday…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 2

JUSTICE was not done to "Pygmalion and Galates" by Miss Lillian Beddard's company last night. It may be that the weather has bean too sevare for study;…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 2

THERE was a moderate attendance at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when "Pygmalion and Galatea," preceded by the ever-popular "Box and Cox," was…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 2

THE Stacey Comedy Company inaugurated their present season at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when, with the exception of a few vacancies in the front seats,…

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Her Triumph Was Short. She Were a Nightdress to a Ball

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 4

A PRETTY country girl who has come to speed the Christmas holidays among [?]ves, who had made a midsummer [?] to her father's farm in the woods,…

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Concert at Round Hill

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 2

A CONCERT in lid of the Broken Hill Hospital was held at West's Hall on Wednesday evening. The hall had been tastefully decorated with flags, &c., and…

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School Concert

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1892 · page 3

THE Theatre Royal was about full to the brim last night on the occasion of the concert given by the pupils of the North Broken Hill school in aid of their piano…

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The Smelters' Ball

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 2

The ball organised by the surface workers on the various mines, the proceeds of which go to the funds of the hospital, took place at the Town Hall last night,…

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The Theatre Fire. And the Cherus Singer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 4

A GROUP of girls stood at the stage door of the Grand Opera House in Vienna talking or exchanging words with the othes employees who passed in, keeping…

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Mr. N.andrews and His Band. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 May 1892 · page 3

SIR,—On behalf of the widow, my family, relatives, and friends, allow me to thank Mr N. Andrews and his band in the most hearty and sincere manner…

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Theatre Royal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 2

TO-NIGHT, at the Theatre Royal, the Pollard Juvenile Opera Company will produce for the first time "The Mikado," which not only is in many…

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Baptist Church Concert

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

A concert in aid of the Baptist Church was given in the Freemasons' Hall last night. The hall was crowded, and the concert proved most enjoyable…

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The Shearers' Concert

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

THE annual shearers' concert in aid of the Hospital was held at the Theatre Royal last night, and was undoubtedly a great success. The house was…

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Schools' Concert

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 2

THE front seats of the Theatre Royal were crowded, whilst the back seats were almost entirely vacant, last night, being the occasion of a tableau…

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