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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1897

124 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 7

Turkey, Greece, and the European Concert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 4

A decisive majority of the House of Commons voted with Ministers on the occasion of Sir William Harcourt's motion of censure. Thus the hands of Lord Salisbury are…

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Concert at Broke

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 6

FOR some time past the residents of Broke have been endeavouring to raise sufficient i funds to enable them to build a School of Arts in that village…

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Sacred Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 2

A sacred concert was hold in All Saints' School room on Thursday night, when there was a good attendance, particularly of children. Mr T. K. Coughlan was in the…

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The Theatre Hat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 5

When Tillinghast and Gildersleeve took their seats in the theatre the other night, they found their view of the stage interrupted by a large picture hat on the head of a lady in…

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Maitland Half-Holiday Foot-ball Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Maitland Half-Holiday Rugby Football Club was held last evening at Mr. Geo. Buxton's room. Tho President, Mr, W. R. Sullivan, occupied the…

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MISS McCALLUM'S Pupils Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 4

By invitation a large and demonstrative audience assembled last evening in the hall of the hall of the Mechanics' Institute to witness a performance given by the pupils of Miss McCallum, of Burdekin House ; and…

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Benefit Concert at Woodville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1897 · page 4

On Friday evening a benefit concert was given in the School of Arts, Woodville, to a resident of the district who had recently a severe blow by the hand of death snatching from him his wife, leaving…

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Annual Military Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 2

The anuual military ball in connection with the Singleton volunteer took place in the Mechanics' Hall on Thursday night and passed off very successfully. Nearly…

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A Ball at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 6

A correspondent sends us the subjoined:— On Wednesday evening last a most successful ball was given in the Morpeth School of Arts by the gentlemen of the town, Mr. S. White noting as…

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Gilt Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 2

The arrangements for the gift concert to be held in aid of the tuto on May 27th, have completed most satisfactorily, and everything points…

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Rix's Creek Band

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

Wo are requested to state that the Rix's Crook Band will perform, should the weather permit, in Burdekin Park to-morrow afternoon commencing at 2.30, when a…

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The Gift Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

The prcgraintno of the gift concert appears in this issue. It is an excellent one and includes the names of several visiting amateurs. A feature in the entortainmont…

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Locail News. The Gift Concert

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2

We need scarcely remind our readers of the concert and gift distribution which is set down for to-morrow evening at the Mechanics' Institute. A capital programme…

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Our Singleton Letter. Gift Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 4

Last evening a fashionable audience largely filled the ball of the Mechanics' Institute when a first-rate amateur gift concert was given in aid of the institute. Probably owing to the chilly…

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A Concert in the Catacombs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

No one ever doubted, we suppose, that the Parisians could beat the record in "decadence," if they cared to give their minds to it and that groat act of self-dedication has…

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Gilt Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

The grand gift concert in aid of the funds of the Mechanics' Institute took place on Thursday night, when there was a fair attendance, though not as large as the…

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The Gift Concert at Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 May 1897 · page 2

SIR,—Will yon allow me apace in your valuable paper to point out one or two errors in your Singleton correspondent's account of the late "Gift Concert?" Considering that several professionals and…

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Letters to the Editor. the Gift Concert at Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 4

SIR.—In your issue of yesterday I observed a letter signed "P. S. T.," attempting to criticise my writings as your Singleton representative, or, at least, that portion referring…

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The Hawkeye School Orchestra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 14

The people of the Hawkeye school district prided themselves on being "musical." They averred that they had among them more good singers, fiddlers, fifers and players on the accordion and on…

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A Concert in the Catacombs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 16

No one ever doubted, we suppose, that the Parisians could beat the record in "decadence," if they cared to give their minds to it; and that great act of self-dedication has…

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