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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1870

6 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

The Country Ball

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1870 · page 2

THE assembly-rooms of the little country town of Tamely were garlanded with evergreens and flowers of "many a brilliant hue," and "bright the lamps shone o'er fair women…

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The Dance of Death

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 February 1870 · page 4

An American paper defends the humanity shown by the civil authority to culprits condemned to de[?] to frequently happens that the judge or sh[?]ff [?]hooses the day most convenient to the victim…

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Tuesday. (Before G. O’M. Clarice, Esq., P.M. and J. Broughton, Esq.)BALL V. LYNCH.—ASSAULT

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 2

Defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Freestone for complainant asked for professional costs and stated that the assault was of an aggravated nature. Defendant pleaded provocation; fined…

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Theatre of the War

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 4

No doubt a few words about the principal places mentioned in the war telegram, as well as some explanation to reconcile seeming discrepancies in the war news, will not prove…

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Theatre of the War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 September 1870 · page 4

THE item of telegraphic news that predominates in interest over all others is that which apprises us of the commencement of hostilities between France and Germany. Of…

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Public School Concert

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 December 1870 · page 4

A CONCERT by the teacher and children attending the public school wan given on Thursday evening in the hall of the mechanics' institute. The attendance was not numerous, owing probably in part to the fact…

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