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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1867

5 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Dangerous Accident in a French Theatre

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1867 · page 3

The crowded audience at the Porte St. Martin, assembled to witness the "Parisiens a Londres," had a narrow escape on Tuesday night. At half-past 11 the curtain rose for the fifteenth…

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Dinner, Ball, and Supper of the Oddfellows of the St. Alban's Lodge, Musclebrook. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1867 · page 3

We have to record a public dinner, ball, and supper, given by the Oddfellows of St. Alban's Lodge, in celebration of their anniversary. The dinner took place at the Royal Hotel on the 4th…

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A Man Shot by His Wife in a Ball-room

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1867 · page 3

A ball was recently given by Protection Engine Co., No. 1, Union Hill, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Hoboken, of which company John Geschwindt is treasurer. This man had been married…

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The Ball Given to H.r.h. the Duke of Edinburgh, at Rio Janeiro

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1867 · page 2

Their Highnesses the Comte d'Eu and the Princes Imperial arrived at a quarter-past nine, and the Emperor and Empress at half-past. On the entry of the Duke of Edinburgh he saluted the Emperor, and gracefully kissed the bands of the…

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Messrs. Wolfe Band Jones's Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1867 · page 3

In consequence of the Christmas holidays business has been almost at a standstill, and we do not anticipate much improvement until after the new year has fairly commenced…

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