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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1885

198 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 10

Scotch Concert

Southern Argus · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 2

The concert which takes place in the hall of the Mechanical Institute to-night, deserves all the support that can be given it. Anybody possessing a soul for music will readily admit that the airs set…

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Scotch Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 3

THE Scotch Concert in the Mechanics Institute on New Year's Night attracted a very large and appreciative audience. Regarded from a musical point of view, the concert…

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A Band of Practical Jokers

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 January 1885 · page 4

ERNEST LEGOUVE tells some good stories of Eugene Sue and the joyous band of practical jokers who gathered around him in the atelier of Theodore Gudin, the painter…

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Tea and Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 2

THE anniversary of the Ark of Peace Division' Daughters of Temperance, will be celebrated tomorrow evening by a tea and concert in the Mechanics' Institute. A very good little…

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Tea and Concert

Southern Argus · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 2

The anniversary of the Ark of Peace Division, Daughters of Temperance. was celebrated last evening by a tea and musical entertainment, in the Mechanics' Hall. The pat[?] of the three lodges…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, January 19. Before Messrs. Meyer, Foxall, and Ball

Southern Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 2

Mary Hawkins, brought up for drunkenness, was discharged. On a charge of vagraucy she was scutenced to two months' hard labour. William Butler and Patrick Walsh were charged…

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Select Poetry. Two Pictures

Southern Argus · Thursday 22 January 1885 · page 4

One hangs over the mantel shelf, In the firelight's flickering gleam, A vision of roses, and pearls, and lace, Fair as the fairy dream,…

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The Hospital Concert

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 2

THE second of the two hospital concerts inaugurated by the Mayor for the benefit of the funds of the Yass District Hospital, was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday…

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Ball at Spring Valley

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 6

SPRING VALLEY presented quite a lively scene on Anniversary night on account of the ball in aid of the new church. About three weeks ago Messrs F. O'Brien and C. McShane determined that (to…

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Monday, February 2. Before the P.M. and Mr. Ball

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

John poppleton pleaded guilty to having been drunk and dissorderly in Auburn-street on Saturday night. It was his first offence, and as he had been locked…

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Monday, February 9. Before Messrs, Meyer and Ball

Southern Argus · Tuesday 10 February 1885 · page 3

Henry Walters, alias Smith, was charged on suspicion of larceny. Sergeant Emerton deposed: About a quarter to 12 on Saturday night I received the prisoner into…

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Friday, February 13. (Before the Police-magistrate and Mr. Ball.)

Southern Argus · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

Two men were fined 5/- each or 24 hours imprisonment: and one was fined 10/- or three days imprisonment for drunkenness. James McDonald, found guilty of having used…

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Monday, February 23. Before Mr. Ball

Southern Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1885 · page 2

One man (on bail), charged with being drunk, was fined 5/- or three days to gaol. George Rootes pleaded guilty to driving six horses on the Crookwell road without sufficient…

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A Band for the Contingent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 3

It will be learned with great satisfaction by the members of the expeditionary force and their friends that the authorities have decided to take a band, which will include 16 performers, under…

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Friday, February 27. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Ball.)

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 2

Patrick Crow who had been in cutoday for protection was discharged. Lachlan McQueen was charged on the information of the Inspector of Stock with travelling sheep…

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The Band Pavilion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 4

As some persons are laboring under a false impression with respect to Mr. J. J. Robert's action in connection with the band pavilion which it was proposed to erect in Belmore-square, it is but fair to…

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Ballade of the Dance

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 4

THE ebbing music dies away— "Delightful, glorious, divine!" You hear the eager waltzers say. Breathless from "Ebren on the Rhine."…

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Monday, March 9. Before Messrs. Meyer and Ball

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 2
Also in Southern Argus

Before Messrs. Meyer and Bull. Drunkenness.-One defendant, remanded from Saturday, was further remanded to Thursday next, Dr. Gentle stating that defendant was not in a fit…

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Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 4

ON Tuesday evening next, St. Patrick's Night, a concert will be given in the Mechanics' Institute in aid of the R. o. School funds. The programme, which appears in another column, is an attractive…

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