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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts
65 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Sir,—Allow me through your columns to contradict a report which appeared in your paper dated the 4th January, 1892, concerning a ball which was held at Mr. Howell's,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →was one of the most successful gatherings ever held here, and the fact that 215 persons were admitted by ticket is proof of this. The music was supplied by the Muswellbrook bandsmen. Mr. William Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A sad disaster which has marred the Christmas festivites of the North of England took place at the Theatre Boyal, Goteshead, on December 26. There was no apparent cause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A prominent singer, who hegan his career in giving concerts about the country, had some extraordinary experiences in towns "where such entertainments were of rare occurrence. One night,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday evening last this event, the most successful of its kind which has taken place in this district, took place in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. The number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE was a terrible Boxing Night disaster at Gateshead. A woman's scream of ''Fire." led to a panic in the Royal Theatre, where "Aladdin" was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The concert to take place to-morrow night in aid of St. Xavier's School building fund promises to be an interesting and successful event. The programme is a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Jajuary 10th, Frank Goodman one of the men who was injured at the panie at the Gateshead Royal Theatre on Boxing night, died at the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was a full house at the Mechanics' Institute last Thursday evening on the occasion of the concert held to provide funds to carry out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The third concert of this fine musical society established in East Maitland was given on Thursday evening to a large and fashionable audience assembled in the hall of the Maitland Mechanics'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Despite the unfavourable appearance of the weather on Friday night a large number of persons wended their way to Paradise Gardens, there to enjoy the promised terpsichorean revels to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The usual monotony received a severe shock on the evening of the 10th inst., when the local Cricket Club's concert, which had been for some time anxiously looked forward to, eventuated. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAST Saturday afternoon the newly formed Rix's Creek band performed a selection of music in Burdekin Park, where there was a fairly large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In choosing such a work as Birch's "Wreck of the Argosy" for their eighth concert, the committee of the Maitland Philharmonic Society showed a desire to run with the current of public taste. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[More than a hundred years ago an old man was writing one afternoon in a small chamber of the palace of Sans-Souci, at Potsdam, near Berlin, while on the other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your open columns. I saw a letter in this paper a short time ago about larrikinism in Maitland. Well, the writer of that letter was quite right in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—There appeared in last Saturday's issue of your paper, a letter re the late Fire Brigade Concert and Larrikinism, signed John P. Kerrigan. It seems to be general opinion in West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A group of girls stood at the stage door of the Grand Opera House in Vienna, talking or exchanging words with the other employes who passed in, keeping the while a sharp lookout for the manager…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Philharmonic Society of West Maitland deserves well of all lovers of music. We are informed that in bygone days there have been numerous burials and resurrections; that, in spite of devotion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A BAND of six burglars were last night arrested by the police. A number of charges are against them. The nrisoners have all been remanded till…
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