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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Local and General News. Band of Hope Concert

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

The members of the Murrurundi Band of Hope held a concert in the School of Arts on Monday evening last, when there was a very fair attendance. A good programme…

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Band of Hope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Band of Hope will be held in the Wesley an Church on Thursday evening next, when it is expected…

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Band of Hope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

THE ordinary monthly meeting of the Band of Hope was held in the Wesleyan Church on Thursday evening, and was well attended. The…

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A Rehearsal Theatre

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 4

Maiden-lane, in London, is well known as the street where William Terriss was murdered. It has, however, another title to favor. It…

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Scene in a Theatre

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

How one of the theatre audience was carried away is reported by the Bendigo (Vic.) Advertiser. The occurrence took place last Saturday night week when Messrs. Hollaway…

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Concert and Ball

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

The residents of the district of Broke will, next Thursday, be afforded a treat in the shape of a concert, to be given by wellknown amateur vocalists belonging to…

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Garden Fete and Moonlight Concert

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

THE third of these annual events, organised by the Rev. A. C. Hirst, came off in the Rectory Grounds last night. The night being beautifully moonlight…

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Concert and Ball at Broke

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

A correspondent writes:—" According to announcement a concert took place at Broke on the 26th instant. The promoter Mr L. HEwitt, with the assistance of Mr…

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Should Nurses Dance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 9

Bradford (Yorkshire) is distracted by the vital question—Should the nurses at the workhouse be allowed to dance? The guardians have just furnished the male attendants with a billiard-table,…

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Rix's Creek Brass Band

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

This popular band, under Bandmaster S. Blackwell, will parade George-street this evening, and play selections in front of the residences of its subscribers. The…

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Ball and Supper at Knockfin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 13

The bill and supper held in the Convent Schoolroom, on Tuesday evening 31st January, and which was organised by the local Children of Mary, to provide funds for the purchasing of several necessary…

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Future Photography. Living Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 5

Photographic societies in various parts of tho kingdom are now (says the London Daily Mail) exhibiting considerable concern at the extraordinary rapidity with which living…

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Band of Hope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the local Band of Hope was held in the Wesleyan Church on Thursday evening last, the Rev. W. Brown in the…

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Intercollegiate Basket-ball For Women

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 5

Anita L. Corbert, in "Intercollegiate Basket-ball for Women," in the January St. Nicholas, tells incidentally of the first game played in the United. States, loss than three…

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Concert at Aberdeen

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

THE complimentary benefit concert arranged to assist Mr. Frank Jeans, who has gone almost totally blind, passed off most successfully on Friday…

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Singleton Young Men's Band

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

The members of the above band intend giving an open air performance in Burdekin Park to-morrow evening from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The following programmes…

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Maitland Benevolent Home. Moonlight Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 3

Miss Violet Birkenhead, Maitland's most gifted singer, and Mr. F. E. Alexander, the accomplished violinist and orchestral conductor, arranged a moonlight concert in aid of the funds of the Maitland…

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Ball-playing in Church

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 1
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

A singular custom is observed at Auxerre, on Easter Day; the canons, in the very centre of the great church, playing solemnly at ball. Vespers being sung, instead of…

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The Ex-Empress: Three Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 5

The ex-Empress has suffered much, as all the world knows, having survived the loss not only of the highest rank and wealth that the world can offer, but of those nearest and dearest to her on…

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