Mail Extracts. Terrible Panic in a Theatre
During the performance of a Servian drama in the theatre of Gross Beczkerek, in Hungary, a lamp was upset, through carelessness, in the vestibule, and the flames…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1883
20 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
The Half Holiday Association Concert
On Friday evening, as we stated briefly in our last issue, the Half Holiday Association celebrated the conclusion of the first six months' experience of the Friday half holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the New Australian Stock Bank
A very pleasant mode of "warming" the new building just completed in West Maitland for the Australian Joint Stock Bank was resorted to by the genial manager. Mr. Carroll, and Mrs. Carroll. They gave o[?] Thursday night a fancy dress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Band of Hope Tea Meeting at East Maitland. Presentation to Rev. J.S. AUSTIN. (From a Correspondent.)
On the evening of Tuesday, 20th inst., the anniversary of the "Try Again Band of Hope" was celebrated at a largely attended tea meeting, in the East Maitland Wesleyan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. R. Randolph Arndell's Farewell Concert
The high class concert arranged by Mr. R. Randolph Arndell, previous to his departure [?]or England, took place in the Victoria Theatre, West Maitland, on Wednesday evening. There was a large and…
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On Saturday afternoon a cricket match took place on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, between members of the Maitland Town Band and members of the Lambton…
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A paradise! Yes! a very paradise, upon a quiet evening, when the sun is setting, when the most delicate tints that the sky can mirror are beautifying our tropic landscape; how charming are those restful,…
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A CONCERT in are of the Church of England [?] Jerry's Plains, was held in the old church at that, place on Thursday night. Despits the threatening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poetry. May Pictures. (From the Portland Transcript.)
The warm light streams along the sea, The wind singe low among the leaves, The robin in the apple tree His song of welcome weaves;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Band
A MEETING of the members and supporters of the Singleton Band was held at the Mechanics Institute on Thursday evening Mr. J. P. Quinn, Chairman of the Committee,…
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After a considerable interval, consequent on the departure of one conductor, the Christmas Vacation, and other circumstances, the Maitland Philharmonic Society has again…
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Time was when Australia's Hope Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars, West Maitland, was one of the most vigorous and successful lodges in connexion with the order in the Northern district;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Intercolonial [?] Ball Match. (From a Correspondent) Brisbane
The return Intercolonial Match between New South [?] Queensland, resulted Wales winning by thirteen…
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A CONCERT and tea-meeting in aid of the Church of England at Jerry's Plains took place in that township on Thursday. Despite the unfavourable…
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ON Wednesday evening a tea meeting and concert in connection with St. Andraw's Presbytarian Chureli was held in the Show Ground Pavilion. It was…
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Unquestionably one of the beat and most enjoyable concerts that bas taken place in East Maitland for a very long time, was given in the Mechanics' Institute, on Wednesday evening, in aid of St. Peter's new church building fund, by a number of…
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"We are proud, also, of our theatre firemen," said the Burgomaster, when I congratulated him upon the efficiency of the department. I expressed a wish to see this body of men at work, and that night we…
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A Canadian writes home to the Toronto Mail that he saw the Prince and Princess of Wales at Hurlingham the other day. "The Prince," he says, "struck me as being an exceedingly handsome man, slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sioux Sun Dance
A TELEGRAM to a Chicago paper from Dakotah Territory says:— The annual sun dance of the Sioux Indians occurred yesterday afternoon (July 24) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Philharmonic Society's Concert
The patronage given to the Maitland Philharmonic Society's concert, which took place in the School of Arts, West Maitland, on Tueaday evening, was very limited. The…
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