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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1876

25 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Local and General. Binalong. -- Tea Meeting and Concert

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 January 1876 · page 2

ON last Friday evening a tea meeting was held at the Public School, Binalong, in aid of the stipend of Mr. Miller, the Church of England catechist of the district. As such a meeting is…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1876 · page 4

ON Tuesday evening a public meeting in connection with the above was held in the lecture-hall, Gold smith-street, the chair being occupied by the president, Mr. Wm. Davies, and the hall being well…

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Select Poetry. Two Pictures. Before Marriage

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 January 1876 · page 4

My Maggie, my beautiful darling, Come into my arms, my sweet, Let me fold you again to my bosom, So close I can hear your heart beat…

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CONCERT, &c., in the Evening

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 January 1876 · page 2

IN the evening en entertainment was given in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. The large hall was well filled. The first part consisted of "nigger" melodies, and the well-rendered…

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The Tea-meeting and Concert at Binalong. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 February 1876 · page 3

DEAR SIR, -- In your issue of 18th inst., appeared a notice of the tea-meeting and concert at Binalong in aid of the stipend of Mr. Miller the C.E. chatechist of this district. The meeting was a…

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Rules of the Burrangong Hand Ball Club

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 February 1876 · page 4

THE following is a copy of the Holes lately adopted by the above Club :— 1. All single-handed games shall [consist of fifteen aces…

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St. Clement's Organ Fund Concert

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 April 1876 · page 2

IN the notice which we published in our last issue with reference to the concert given at the Mechanics' Institute, on Monday evening last, in aid of the St. Clement's organ fund, we intimated…

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Sacred Concert at Gunning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1876 · page 2

On Monday evening last a concert of sacred music took place in the new Wesleyan church, Gunning, the proceeds of which were to aid the debt remaining on the…

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The Panic in the Cincinnati Theatre

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 4

OUR Philadelphia correspondence just received contains full particulars of the above disaster, which has been briefly alluded to previously…

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Local and General. the Yass Town Band

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 May 1876 · page 2

THE annual meeting of subscribers to the funds of the Yass Town Band, and of others, was hold last evening at the Globe Hotel. There were about forty gentlemen present. The Mayor…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 2

THE members of the Wesleyan Band of Hope held the annual celebration of their Formation in Goulburn. Yesterday at 10 a.m. the members, some 250…

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Band of Hope

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 4

THE second anniversary of this society was celebrated on Wednesday, the Queen's Birthday. The members to the number of two hundred and seventy assembled in front of the lecture-hall about ten…

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Primitive Methodist Band of Hope

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 3

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above society was held on Wednesday evening, the Rev. C. Waters in the chair. In his opening address the chairman…

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The Panic in the Cincinnati Theatre

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 2

OUR Philadelphia correspondence just received contains full particulars of the above disaster, which has been briefly alluded to previously…

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Burning of a Theatre—25 Lives Lost

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1876 · page 4

THE Theatre of Arts at Rouen and several adjoining buildings were burned on April 25. The opera of Hamlet was about to be played, and the actors had nearly all…

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Tea Meeting and Concert, Bowning

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 July 1876 · page 3

ONE of the most successful tea meetings and concerts ever held in the Yass district took place at the goods shed, Bowning, on Monday evening last. The object of the undertaking, beside…

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Goulburn Wesleyan Band Op Hope and Juvenile Missionary Societies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting having for its object the advocacy of the above organizations was held on Thursday evening in the lecture hall. Considering the stormy weather that prevailed, the attendance…

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Wednesday Band of Hope

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1876 · page 2

THIS association held their regular monthly meeting in the Lecture Hall, Goldsmith-street, on Tuesday evening last. Precisely at half past seven o’clock the chair was taken by the Rev. W. Clarke,…

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Price of Pictures

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 2

The price of ten thousand guineas paid the other day for the now stolen portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire, by Gainshborough, would have surprised…

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Town Band for Burrowa

The Burrowa News · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED public meeting was held at the Australian Hotel on Monday evening last for the purpose of devising the best means of establishing a Town Band…

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