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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1888

126 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 7

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

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 2

SIR,--In the last issue of the Tribune I no[?]ced a letter signed "Secundus." I could suggest a more appropriate name,--" Asmus or Stultus"-- which he, I think, merits for the libellous and…

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A New York Theatre Burnt. LONDON, Feb. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 2

The Union-square Theatre, Morton House, Now York, has been destroyed by fire…

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Mr. E. Ball, M.P.

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 March 1888 · page 2

WE have received a letter from Mr. Edward Ball, one of the members for Argyle, in which he states that he would have been present at the show, but met with a severe accident on the…

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Church of England Concert at Gunning

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 2

THE Temperance Hall on Thursday was crowded out by the large audience who attended the Church of England Concert. Several were forced to return home as no seats…

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Mr. Ball at Work.—The Wombeyan Caves, &c

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 2

Mr. Ball, M.L.A., waited on the Under-Secretary for Mines on Wednesday morning, and introduced Mr. W. H. Oram, the honorary secretary of the Crookwell Prospecting…

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Pictures for the Melbourne Exhibition. LONDON, March 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 3

The Duke of Westminster will send 21 fine pictures to the Melbourne Exhibition…

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Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 4

IN another column appears the programme of the concert to be held in the Academy of Music on Monday evening next in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. It will be seen that the…

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The Guild Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 2

A CONCERT in celebration of St. Patrick's Day was held last evening in the Academy of Music under the auspices of the A.H.C. Guild. The attendance was very good, all parts of the hall…

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Shipp's Popular Concerts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 March 1888 · page 2

IN spite of the various other attractions in town there was a largo attendance at the Academy of Music on Wednesday night—the floor of the hall being well filled, but there were…

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Tea Meeting and Concert at Frogmore

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 2

A VERY successful and enjoyable tea meeting and concert were held in the Wesleyan church at Frogmore, on last Monday. There were about one hundred and fifty persons present, and…

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Tea Meeting and Concert at Mundoonan

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 2

ON Wednesday the 14th instant, a very pleasant gathering took place at the Wesleyan Church, Mundoonan, when a picnic and concert were held in aid of the church…

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Burning a Theatre. LONDON, March 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 3

A fire broke out at the theatre in Oporto during a performance, and the building was destroyed. Eighty persons in the audience perished, the victims being chiefly occupants of the…

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Ellis Newton's Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 2

Mr. Newton, the American auctioneer, gives a popular concert in the Academy of Music` this evening. A variety of contests of an amusing character are advertised in connection with it, the…

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Shipp's Popular Concerts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1888 · page 2

MR. E. Shipp is in the field for to-morrow night with another of his popular concerts. It will be held in the Academy of Music, and an entire change of programme is announced…

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Tea Meeting and Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 6

A tea meeting and concert to welcome the Rev. C. H. Cowles, Wesleyan Minister, to this circuit was held in the Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening. Owing, no doubt, to the…

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Scottish National Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 2

IN the Academy of Music this evening Mr. Robert Millen, the Scottish vocalist, will with the assistance of Mr. A. H. Heslop, baritone and buffo vocalist, Mr. A. B. Christison, hornpipe…

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Shipp's Concerts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 4

THERE was a good attendance at Shipp's popular concert last evening in the Academy of Music. The entertainment proved worthy of its title, the chair business being very popular…

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Band of Hope

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Haste to the Rescue Band of Hope was held on Wednesday evening in the Primitive Methodist school-room, and was largely attended. Recitations were…

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Scottish Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

Messrs. Million and Heslop, the Scottish vocalists, will fulfill the promise made on their first visit to Goulburn by re-appearing in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute to-morrow…

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Shipp's Concert's

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

THE Shipp weights anchor again to-morrow evening at the Academy of Music, when a new feature will be introduced in the shape of swinging beauties…

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