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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1866

3 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Adventure at a Masquerade Ball. (From the Home News.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1866 · page 3

Mr. Henri de Pene, one of the most respectable links between la noblesse and la petite presse, and a man whose particle, " de" cannot be contested, tells the following pleasant story of…

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The Ball That Is to Be. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1866 · page 3

SIR.—Knowing that you like to hear a little news from any wide-spread hamlet, more especially one situated in a mountain district, I will just leave my living toenement and take a glance…

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Band of Hope Excursion to Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 4

Yesterday, there was an excursion trip to Newcastle, by train, under the auspices of the committee of the Maitland Band of Hope—a society which, though only a few months in…

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