A. M. A. Band Picnic
THE A. M. A. Band Picnic hold at S[?]ephens Creek yesterday proved a decided success financially and socially —a result deserved by the untiring…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1897
155 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 8
AMUSEMENTS. Crystal Theatre
THE Crystal Theatre will be reopened on the 22nd instant with another variety combination under the direction of Mr. Harry Rickards Chirgwin,…
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THE benefit concert, or entertainment, tendered last night to the Broken Hill Fire Brigade and Benevolent Society drew together an audience which fairly well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AMUSEMENTS. Rotunda Concert
AN open-air concert in aid of the widow and children of the late John Wallis, who was a prominent bandsman in Broken Hill and died recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Robberies From Steamers. An Organised Band Believed to be at Work. Further Details of the Taiyuan Robbery. [By Telegraph] Sydney
The Sydney detectives engaged in investigating the robbery of 5000 sovereigns from the steamer Taiyuan, reported from Brisbane yesterday,…
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THE band contest originally on the programme of the M'Culloch Park sports did not come off yesterday. None of the local bands entered, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Band Raid Inquiry. Labouchere Backs Down. [By Cable.] London
Mr. H. Labouchere, M. P, who was recently censored by the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the Band Raid (of which he is a member) for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. a Hostile Development. Further Fighting Expected. Retention of Thessaly by the Turks Demanded. The European Concert Endangered. The Greek Premier Insulted. [By Cable.] London
The prospects of the speedy conclusion of peace and the end of the war between Greece and Turkey are not so bright…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hospital Ball
On Wednesday night last Kennedy's Theatre Royal was a bright scene of animation, the place being literally besieged by gaily dressed ladies and sober…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Kangaroos Can't Play Ball." a Lively Account of Australian Disaster
A MESSAGE to the MINER from Melbourne the other day said that the Australian baseballers were thinking about coming home. They had, it seems, been "slated." Here,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children's Ball at Menindie
Queen's Birthday was celebrated in Menindie by a children's plain and fancy dress ball. The promoters of the movement, Mr. E. H. Foulger,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Important Case. a Concert and Medical Company Come to Grief. Detected in Selling a Pink Colored Pill Which They Repr[?]sented to Be Dr. Williams' Pink Pills— the Court Grant an Injunction Restraining Them From Offering an Imitation of This Great Medicine—some Facts the Public Will Do Well to Bear in Mind
IN the Equity Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice A H. Simpson, Mr. Knox and Mr. Scarvel (instructed by Messrs. Johnson, Minter, Simpson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by a Cricket Ball. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia
A lad named Eilacott, 8 years of age, died this morning from the effects of a blow received on the temple yesterday afternoon from a cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident. a Boy Killed by a Cricket Ball. Magisterial Inquiry Held
A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr E. O'Donnell, J.P., on Thursday last, touching the circumstances attending the death of a lad named Ellicott, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silverton Hospital Ball
THE annual ball in aid of the institution will take place in the Silverton Hospital on Wednesday evening. Plain or fancy dress can be worn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concert at Railway Town
The concert given by the Blende-street choir at the Railway Town Bible Christian Church last night was not as largely attended as it should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Caledonian Ball
ELABORATE preparations are being made for the third annual ball of the Caledonian Society, to be held in the Town Hall on Friday next. The event promises to be an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foot Ball. Victorians v. South Australians
THE Victorians and South Australians met on the South Reserve for the third time this season this afternoon. There was great excitement over the match, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AMUSEMENTS. Children's Concert
THE concert promoted by Mrs. Stephens, and held in the Crystal Theatre last night, included some of the brightest and best numbers with which a Broken Hill audience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Caledonian Ball
ELABORATE preparations are being made for the third annual ball of the Caledonian Society, to te held in the Town Hall on Friday next. The event promises to be an…
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