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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1897

124 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 7

Grand Ball at Bulga

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 4

Lovers of the light fantastic have an opportunity of an evening's fun and amusement at Bulga next Wednesday, to be held in the School of Arts there. All particulars…

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Local News. Grand Ball To-night

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 2

At Bulga this evening a grand ball will take place in the School of Arts, and it is predicted there will be a very large attendance. As the management is in good…

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Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 4

A contort by local performers, ably assisted by a Stroud contiogent, took place in the Centennial Hall, on Tuesday night, in presence of large audience. Burot…

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Hospital Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

About 30 ladies attended a meeting on Wednesday last to make further arrangements in connection with the forthcoming hospital ball. Mr J.S…

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Ball at Bulga

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

As anticipated, the ball at Bulga on Wednesday night lost was a great success. The attendance was Rood, and every thing passed oil satisfactorily. The local School…

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Dairy and Cow-ball Floors

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 3

We understand that dairymen in the district are receiving official intiuation that the provisions of the Act must be complied with respecting the…

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Concert and Social

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

Attention is directed to an advertisement in another column announcing a concert and social in aid of a school library. The Mount Pleasant Public School (Bridgman)…

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A Row at a Dance Room

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions this afternoon six youths named Peter Connelly, Ernest Martin, Henry Anderson, Alfred Hayes, Peter Proudfoot, and George Wilson, were indicted on a charge of…

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Letter to the Editor. the Benevolent Society's Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 4

SIR,—It was with feelings very much akin to disgust that I read in your paper on Monday last in a report of the meeting held in the Town Hall, of ladies to organise a ball in aid…

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Local News. Concert and Social

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 2

Next Friday night, the public are informed by an advertisement in this issue, that a concert and social will eventuate in the Mount Pleasant Public School…

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The Cricketers' Concert at Largs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 4

On Tuesday evening the above concert took place at the School of Arts in the presence of a good audience. The entertainment was fixed for a week previous, but on account of the downpour of rain,…

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East Maitland Fire Brigade Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 2

A most successful concert was that given in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, in aid of the Fire Brigade fund and to assist in the formation of an ambulance class, etc. The hall was crowded…

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An Indian Snake Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 2

A correspondent gives the following description of the famous snake dances practised by the Arizona Indians:—"This 'snake dance' occurs only once in two years, and a…

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Hospital Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

A meeting of the Hospital Ball Committee was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday last. About 20 ladies were present, and Mrs A. A. Dangar presided…

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Poetry. Pictures of Memory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 4

Among the beautiful pictures That hang on Memory's wall, Is one of a dim old forest, That seameth best of all…

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The Benevolent Asylum Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 2

The annual ball in aid of the Maitland Benevolent Asylum, which took place is the Town Hall last evening, repeated the success of former years, as from every point of view matters were…

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Letters to the Editor. the Benevolent Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 4

SIR,—I wish to take exception, and one which will be endorsed by nine-tenths of the community, to your report of the ball in aid of the Benevolent Asylum. You state that the…

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Pupil's Dance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

At Muswellbrook last Friday night the Misses Upjohn, of Singleton, tendered a cinderella dance to their pupils and friends at the breaking up of the season. There…

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The Benevolent Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me to endorse in your columns the views taken by your correspondent "Orpheus" in yesterday evening's issue of the Mercury on the above subject, although I do not think his…

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The Benevolent Asylum Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 5

The annual ball in aid of the Maitland Benevolent Asylum, which took place in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, repeated the success of former years, as from every point of view matters were…

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