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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1881

13 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Philharmonic Society's Concert. [CONTRIBUTED.]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 2

MR. WELLS has given his farewell concert to the people of Singleton, previous to his departure for his new home in distant Queensland…

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The Ned Kelly of New Mexico. the Exploits Op the Band

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 5

Las Vegas, New Mexico, Dec. 20.—One hundred and twenty-seven miles southeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is Fort Summer, once the base of operations against the…

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The Poet's Corner. Pictures in the Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1881 · page 1

"Sweet Norah, come here, and look into the fire; Perhaps in its embers good luck we may see;…

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The Terrible Fire at the Nice Theatre. Full Particulars

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1881 · page 2

Nice, March 24.—A terrible catastrophe at the Theatre Municipal Italien last night has transformed Nice from a scene of gayety and pleasure to one of mourning and sadness…

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The Town Band's Case

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 June 1881 · page 2

AFTER the meeting of the burglary question on Friday night the Mayor opened another in behalf of the Singleton Brass Band. He read the advertisements from…

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The Good Templars Concert

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 6

The promoters of the entertainment in aid of the Day Star Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars, who have been working very energetically and perseveringly for some…

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The Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1

ON Thursday evening the wives, sisters, and other fair friends of the brethren helped them to finish up their rejoiciags in the most popular and approved style…

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A Carnival Ball in Vienna

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 5

The next grandest ball of the waning carnival, says a Vienna letter, came off on Saturday night at the residence of Baron Haymerle, minister of the interior. The emperor and…

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Invitation Ball

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 7

On the evening of Wednesday a fashionable ball was given at Mr. Geo. Sidney's Royal Hotel by one or two gentlemen connected with the show. A large number of…

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Killed by one of his own Soldiers. Lieut. Cherry Assassinated While in Pursuit of a Band of Robbers

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 5

Fort Niobrara, Neb., May 13.—On the 10th inst. Lieut. Cherry of the Fifth Cavalry, with a small force, was sent in persuit of four robbers who had killed a half-breed named Bodeaux. Lieut. Cherry ro[?]…

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King Kalakaua at a Dance

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1881 · page 7

King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands, who preserved so dignified a demeanour during his brief sojourns in London and Berlin, has yielded to the exuberant joviality of the…

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The Maitland Philharmonic Concert

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1881 · page 3

On Wednesday evening a large audience assembled in the Victoria Theatre, West Maitland, to hear the first concert of the newly-formed Maitland Philharmonic Society. The dress circle was crowded, and…

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Dramatic Performance at the Theatre

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1881 · page 4

In the list of successful performances given by the members of the Garrick Amateur Dramatic Society, their presentation of the melodrama "The Lancashire Lass," in…

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