Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Pictures, dances & concerts, all years

Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

107 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 6

Fire at a Theatre. Eleven Firemen Killed. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

A FIRE, attended with terribly fetal results, has occured in Benton Harbour. A theatre took fire, and while the brigades were endeavouring to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

R. C. Church Concert

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 September 1896 · page 2

A grand concert and dramatic entertainment in aid of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church will be given in the Mechanics' Institute to-morrow night. The first part…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The R. C. Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

A grand concert and dramatic entertainment in aid of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was given at the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday night in the presence…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Plain and Fancy Dress Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 2

On Friday night last in the Centennial Hall a plain and fancy dress ball was held, its object being to raise funds to liquidate the debt of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Submarine Pictures

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 8

An apparatus has been lately invented by a French photographer by means of which ho can secure a very brilliant light under water. Oxygen…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

To-day's Sporting News. Band Wick Training Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 5

The fact of a consultation being conducted on the Demonstration Handicap, to be run on Monday,did not cause anything extra in the sharp of galloping this morning. W. Miller got going first…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

A Visiting Band

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 3

A band of about half-a-dozen performers visited the town yesterday, and played a number of selections in the streets. In the evening the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

That German Band

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 2

Mr C. Miller, sen., a well-known resident of Goorangoola, while in Singleton yesterday morning had the misfortune to get his vehicle smashed up almost beyond…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Kowalski Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 2

An audience which was at once representative, numerous, and fashionable, assembled last evening in the Town Hall, West Maitland, to hear the musical feast promised by M. Henri Kowalski, Miss…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Theatre Burned Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1896 · page 3

The Variety Theatre at Aberdeen, Scotland, has boon destroyed by fire. A terrible panic occurred among the audience when the alarm of fire was giveb and in the stampede for the doors which…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Coomo Coomoo Shearers' Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1896 · page 7

A ball was given by the shearers of Coomoo Coomoo on Friday evening last, when the large wool room was transformed into a ball room, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. James Allison free…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Ball and Supper

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1896 · page 2

At night a grand ball was held in the Centennial Hall, and resulted very successfully, about £8 being taken at the door. The well known…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Picnic and Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 2

Thursday next will be quite a gala day at the little town of Broke. During the day a picnic will take place, and great preparations have been made for the event,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Orchestral Society's Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 2

On Thursday night next the second grand concert in connection with the Singleton Orchestral Society will be given in the Mechanics' Hall, George-street. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Orchestral Concert

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 2

The second concert of the Singleton Orchestral Society will be given to-morrow night at the Mechanics' Institute. The programme to be presented is one that…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Orchestral Society's Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 2

The second concert of the Singleton Orchestral Society took place at the Mechanics' Hall on Thursday night, and was a most pronounced artistic success,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 3

An intercolonial band contest, in which 20 odd bands from Tasmania, Queensland, and New South Wales are to compete for prizes and trophies to the value of £500 opened in the Exhibition…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Proposed Benefit Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 2

A meeting of gentlemen took place at the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening for the purpose of considering the most appropriate manner of recognising…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Ball at Widden

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1896 · page 2

On Tuesday, the 3rd, Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson of Brooklyn, Widden, gave a delightful dance to celebrate the event of their youngest son (Mr. Alfred Thompson) coming of age, and it was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Ball at Widden

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 13

On Tuesday, the 3rd, Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson of Brooklyn, Widden, gave a delightful dance to celebrates the event of their youngest son (Mr. Alfred Thompson) coming of age, and it was…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →