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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1898

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Concert

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last a vocal and instrumental concert, of a very high-class character, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Murrurandi, the proceeds being in aid of the…

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Concert and Ball

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

THE concert in connection with the Roman Catholic Bazaar Fund, took place at the Oddfellows Hall on Friday evening last. Though there was…

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Latest Cable News. Scene in a Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 3

A biograph lantern exploded in the Tivoli Music Hall but the flames were quickly estinguished. Although there was much smoke the artists continued their turns, including Florence Esdaile, of…

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Public School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

WE are requested to mention that the Public School concert, with some new and interesting items added to the programme, will he repeated in…

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Band Ball and Picnic

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 2

THOSE who are in quest of a good day's amusement are reminded that they may be fully satisfied by attending the picnic and ball arranged by the local…

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The Ball

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

Took place as usual in the evening in the large woolshed. The place, in which only the day before shearing was in full swing, had been thoroughly…

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Public School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

WE are requested to direct attention to the advertisement announcing that the excellent concert lately given by the local Public School pupils will…

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The Maitland Liedertafel Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

A fashionable and large audience assembled last evening in the hall of the Maitland Mechanics Institute, to enjoy the second concert given by the newly-oganised Maitland Liedertafel. We are…

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Lent Out to Dance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 3

The latest addition to the long list of things to be had on hire must certainly be classed as a new departure, and will undoubtedly fill a long-felt want. What…

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Hospital Benefit Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

READERS are again reminded that the Public School children will repeat the entertainment recently given by them, with so much success in the School of…

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The Military Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

A densely crowded house rewarded the efforts of the committee and official who bad the management of the concert at the Town Hall, last evening, arranged for the purpose of raising funds to assist in…

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Letters to the Editor. the Military Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 4

SIR,—Until last night I was under the impression that military people were remarkable for their insistence on order, discipline, good management, and good conduct, but the "grand military…

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Concert

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

A concert, with tableaux and living wax-works, in aid of the Murrurundi Presbyterian Church, was given in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening, when there was a…

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Maitland Liedertafel Concert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

A fashionable and large audience Resembled on Wednesday evening in the Maitland Mechanics Institute, to enjoy the second concert given by the newly organised maitland Liedertafel. We are…

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Public School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 2

Our readers are again reminded that the Public School Concert, which was recently so successfully given here, will be repeated in the School, of…

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Band Picnic and Ball

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 2

BUT for the Band, the Prince's natal day would have passed unobserved in Scone The Band filled in the void with an invitation to residents to betake themselves to…

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Barsham Shearers' Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

The catting out of the Barsham shed was celebrated on Friday evening, 4th instant, by a dance, held at McGivney's Hall, Blandford, when about 30 couples were present…

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Public School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

As announced in the Chronicle the annual concert; recently given by the pupils of the local public school, was repeated in the School of A[?]s on…

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The Military Concert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 12

A densely crowded house rewarded the efforts of the committee and officials who had the management of the concert at the Town Hall on Friday evening, arranged for the purpose of raising funds to assist in…

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Sir R. Ball on Shooting Stars. (Standard, Sept. 29.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 6

Sir Robert Ball, president of the Royal Astronomical Society, delivered, in the Birkbeck Institute last night the first of the lectures arranged for the present season. His subject was "The Lances of…

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