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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

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Latest News by Cable. Menacing Concert Against Great Britain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 5

The leading newspapers of London and the provinces recognise the menacing concert against Great Britain, and advise immediate increase of the armaments of the nation. It is time, they add,…

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The F Sharp at the Village Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 7

By this time I had realised that an effort must really be made in order the we might at least leave the stage with flying colours, and I determined to do my very best to support…

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Complimentary Concert

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 2

The inclement weather was responsible for a rather small attendance at the complimentary concert tendered to Mr J. B. Belfield (who is off to Coolgardie) on…

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The Would-be Suicide at a Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 3

Charles Smith, who created a great sensation in Her Majesty's Theatre on Boxing Night by throwing himself from the gallery to the stalls, was discharged from the hospital to-day. He was…

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Manchester Orchestral Concerts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 3

Mr. F. H. Cowan has been appointed to succeed the late Sir Charles Hall6 as conductor of the orchestral concerts at Manchester founded by Sir Charles Hall6…

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A Short Way with Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1896 · page 3

The following anecdote is related in " Artists and their Work," in the first number of Pearson's Magazine:— "On the wall of a well-known art…

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Concert Postponed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 2

A reference to our advertising columns will show that the grand concert at Sydenham to the Nisses Stevenson and Proudfoot, which was to have taken place…

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Local and General Items. Concert in and of the Pierce Memorial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 2

NURSES HOME.—The open air concert in aid of the Pierce Memorial Nurses' Home, postponed from last week on account of the inclemency of the weather, took place in the Hermitage grounds last…

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A Theatre Burned Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

The Cervantes Theatre, at Rosario, in the Argentine Republic, has been destroyed by fire…

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Concert Company for Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3

The concert company organised by Mr. C. J. Stevens, of Adelaide, for an Australian tour, will sail for Adelaide in the R.M.S. Orotava…

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Public School Concert at Dunolly

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 2

I think most folks will admit that the pleasures and feelings derived from the music of the human voice must have existed in every form of society. All nature may…

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Concert at Bulga

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1896 · page 2

The juvenile concert in the Bulga School of Arts on Easter Monday was a brilliant success, both financially and artistically. The stage was most artistically decorated…

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Pictures for the Auckland Institute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

The President of the Scottish Academy has purchased nine pictures for the Auckland Institute…

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Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1896 · page 3

On Monday evening the children attending tho Public school, or rather a Cost of thorn, for the majority are placed hors do combat—several laid down with typhoid, several with had…

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Chrysanthemum Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

Under the badge of the sacred flower and emblem of Japan, the ladies of the Singleton and Patrick's Plains Relief Society will give their first ball for the present season…

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The Chrysanthemum Dance

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

The above event, which is announced to take place on the 30th instant, promises to be a great success, and, in crdor to still further ensure the success of the affair, J…

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The Chrysanthemum Dance

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 2

A final reminder may be given of the Chrysanthemum Dance, promoted by the Singleton and Patrick's Plains Relief Society, which will be given in the…

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At a Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

A dialogue overheard at a dance: He: "May I have the honour of a dance, Mrs. Zero?" She: "With pleasure." (Hands him her…

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Military Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

The next social fixture of any importance is the military ball (now an annual affair), which will take place in the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening'…

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Relief Society's Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

The Chrysanthemum Ball in connection with the Singleton and Patrick's Plains Relief Society on Thursday evening in the large hall of the Mechanies' Institute was…

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