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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

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Pictures in Dead Eyes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 1

"With a view to tasting what amount of truth there in the theory that dead eyes retain completes images," says a well-known physician, who is also an enthusiastic…

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Collarendabri Annual Hospital and Juvenile Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1896 · page 13

The annual and Hospital and Juvenile Ball in aid of the Collarendri District Hospital has come and gone, and is now, so far as this year is concerned, a function of the past. The showery…

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The Tivoli Theatre Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 5

At the Criminal Court to-day William Thomas Gill was placed upon his trial on a charge of having feloniously slain Alfred Latvia Neander on the night of a date mentioned. It will be…

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The Tivoli Theatre Natality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 5

William Gill, convicted of manslaughte in having caused the death of Alfred Neander by falling from the gallery of the Tivoll Theatre, was to-day sentenced to six months' hard labour, but…

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Rix's Creek Band

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 2

The performance of the Rix's Creek Band in Burdekin Park on Sunday afternoon made that well-known Singleton resort look for the time being like Hyde Park,…

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A Ball at Knockfin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 6

The ball at Knocktin, which has been looked forward to for some weeks past by those who love to trip it on the light fantastic toe, came off on Friday night last in the convent schoolroom, and…

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The Theatre Fatal Accident. Gill Sentenced to Six Months. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 3

WILLIAM THOS. GILL, who was convicted on Monday on a charge of manslaughter, in having caused the death of Alfred Neander by falling from…

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Ball at Knockfin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 7

The ball at Knockfin, which has been looked forward to for some weeks past by those who love to trip it on the light fantastic toe, came off on Friday night in the convent schoolroom, and as…

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The Tivoli Theatre Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 3

At the Criminal Court, Sydney, William Thomas Girl was placed upon his trail on a charge of having feloniously slain Alfred Lewis Neander on the night of a date mentioned. It wil be…

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Letter to the Editor. the Lochinvar Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 2

SIR,—In common with other members of the Lochinvar Cricket Club, I desire to enter my emphatic protest against the harsh and unjust criticism indulged in by your correspondent in the…

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Stewart's Brook School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 4

A most successful concert took place in the Public School Building on Saturday evening, the 1st instant, in aid of the children's library. The house who literally packed in every part. The…

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Relief Society's Ball

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

Not tho least important of the ovents in connection with the Show next week will be the ball in the pavilion on Friday night in aid of the funds of the Relief Society…

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The Hospital Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

A meeting of the hospital ball committee is convened for next Monday night, when a statement of accounts in connection with the balls held last month will be submitted…

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Relief Society's Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

An advertisement in connection with the Singleton Relief Society's ball on Friday next in the Show Pavilion notifies that while the price of individual tickets is 5s…

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The Waterloo Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1896 · page 2

It is not generally known that in Lady Louisa Tighe and Lady Sophia we have still with us two survivors of thoe famous ball given by tha Duchess…

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Plain and Fancy Dress Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1896 · page 2

The bull held in Victim Hall on Friday evening last, in aid of the Dungog Cricket Club, was hardly as successful from a monetary point of view…

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Relief Society's Ball

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 August 1896 · page 2

The ball in aid of the funds of the Singleton Relief Society in the show pavilion on Friday night had the good fortune of the show itself, and indeed of…

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Ball at Bulga

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 2

By advertisement in another column it will he seen that another of those social events so well known and enjoyable will take place in the Bulga School of Arts on…

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The Benevolent Asylum Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1896 · page 2

As has been the case with every ball in Maitland of last, arranged with a charitable object that held last evening in the Town Hall, West Maitland, in aid of the Benevolent Asylum, was a most…

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The Benevolent Asylum Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 4

As has been the case with every ball in Maitland of late, arranged with a charitable object, that held on Wednesday evening in tho Town Hall, in aid of the Benevolent Aaylum, was a most…

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