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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1887

127 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Buffalo Ball

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 3

THE third annual ball of the Southern Cross Lodge of Buffaloes took place on Thursday night in the Academy of Music, and, like its predecessors, was a most pronounced success. There…

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Burning of the Exeter Theatre. 130 Bodies Recovered. London, Sept. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, during the performance last night. The fire broke out on the stage. The…

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Terrible Disaster at Exeter Theatre Great Loss of Life. London, September 6

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 3

A terrible disaster occurred at the Theatre Royal Exeter, last night (Monday), during the performance of Romany Rye. In the fourth act a fire occurred on the stage, and immediately a panic seized the…

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Terrible Disaster at Execter Theatre

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 2

LONDON, September 6.--A terrible disaster occurred at the Theatre Royal, Exetor, last night (Monday), during the performance of Rpmany Rye. In the…

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Burning Op the Exeter Theatre. 140 Lives Lost. London, September 6

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, during the performance last night. The fire broke out on the stage. The flames spread with…

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Hospital Concert

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 2

THE concert that was given by the Yass Albert Minstrels, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, on Wednesday evening, was not very well attended. The weather, was, no doubt, the…

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News by Cable. Exeter Theatre Fire. LONDON, Sept. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 4

The Paris newspaper, Le Temps, comments on the dreadful catastrope, and points out that the lessons taught by similar disasters, especially the recent one at the Opera Comique, in Paris,…

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The Destruction of the Exeter Theatre. London, Sept. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 6

ADDITIONAL particulars of the destruction of the Theatre Royal, Exeter, by fire on Saturday night, state that the fire occurred in the flies of the scenery during the fourth act of "Romany…

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The Disaster at the Exeter Theatre. London, September 7

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 3

Further details regarding the fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, are of a most appalling character. The fire originated through some gauze scenery igniting on the stage. The flames spread with great…

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Dreadful Calamity in England. Fire at a Theatre. 200 Lives Lost. London, Sept. 6

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, during the performance last night. A fire broke out on the stage. The flames…

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The Show Ball

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 2

THE show ball in the Oddfellows' Hall last night was a most complete success, and one of the most fashionable that has been held in Yass since the formation of the P. and A…

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Snow in Ball-rooms

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 4

Not long ago, on a very cold night, a ball was held in a town in Sweden, and in the course of the evening the room got so hot that some of the ladies fainted. As the windows were so hard frozen that they could…

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Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 2

A CONCERT in aid of the Cathedral organ fund will be given in the Mechanic' Institute tomorrow evening. An excellent programme has been arranged and Professor Parker, the…

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Bachelors' Ball at Breadalbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 8

THE second annual bachelors' ball was held last Friday night in a large room kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. Thomas Smith. The room was beautifully decorated with evergreens, flags,…

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Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 4

A CONCERT in aid of St. Saviour's Cathedral organ fund was given in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute last night. The audience was fairly satisfactory as regards numbers, the…

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Organ Fund Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 4

THE net proceeds of the concert given last week towards liquidating the debt on the organ in St. Saviour's Cathedral amounted to £26, the gross proceeds being £32 18s 6d and the expenses…

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Yass Show Ball

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 2

THE ball, which is looked forward to by the ladies of the town and district with deeper interest than any other gathering in Yass, is the annual show ball, and the one this month, which was…

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Correspondence. the Late Bachelors' Ball at Binalong. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 2

SIR,-- A Bachelors' Ball was held in the Assembly Hall, Binalong, on Friday, the 23rd inst. About fifteen couples were present, and dancing commenced at 8.30 p.m., to the…

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Mr. Ball and the Ballot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 4

In the Assembly on Wednesday when the ballot was being taken for the election of a committee to inquire into the resumption of land at Circular Quay, Mr. Ball said: "Must…

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Monday, October 3. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Ball

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1887 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Ball. Breach of Towns Police Act.—Alfred Norman was summoned for riding a horse on the footpath in Bradley street. Mr. Betts appeared for the defence…

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