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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Ladies' Return Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

The Ladies' Return Ball to the Bachelors of Murrurundi was given in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening, and was most successful. The hull was most tastefully…

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St. John's Annual Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 7

The attendance at St. John's Annual Ball in the Adelphi Hall, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening was not so large as on the last occasion. Still it was of a satisfactory nature, the numbers…

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How to Clean Pictures and Picture Frames

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 5

Half a raw potato is a ready and , efficient means of cleaning an oil-painting. Gently rub the tuber over the surface of the picture until the dirt has been thoroughly loosened,…

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Cinderella Dance

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

The public are reminded that the Cinderella dance, being organised by the Misses Upjohn, will take place next Monday night. The proceeds are in aid of…

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Poetry. the Magical Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 4

Dance me the dance that you danced C[?]arisse, That day with your mystical art, When joy and fi-d, And love was dead,…

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Cinderella Dance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 5

THE public are reminded that the Cinderella dance, being organised by the Hisses Upjohn, will take place next Monday night. The proceeds…

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The Concerts

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

Concerts took place on Wednesday and Thursday nights under the able management of Mr C. H. Huntley. The attendance was only fair on the…

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Town Band Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 2

Although the weather, which began at a very inopportune time, and seemed determined to do mischief, materially interfered with the attendance at the…

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Band of Hope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Band of Hope will be held in the Wesleyan Church on Thursday (to-morrow), at 7.30 p.m. The programme is to [?]…

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Ball at Coal Creek

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 3

THE members of the Coal Creek Cricket Club are to be congratulated on the great success which attended their all, in aid of the Muswellbrook…

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A Precocious Prisoner. a Youth Aged Seventeen Charged with Extensive Forgeries. Heavy BAlL ALLOWED. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 3

This morning at the Water Police Court,, before Mr. Mair, S.M., a lad, seventeen years of age, named Arthur Campbell, was charged with forging and uttering a series of cheques bearing the…

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St. Mary's Sunday School, Concert in Aid of the School Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 2

A highly successful concert, in aid of the fund of St. Mary's Sunday School was given in the Town Hall last evening. Considering that it rained heavily previous to, and after the opening of the…

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Band of Hope

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Murrurundi Band of Hope was held in the School of Arts on Friday evening last and took the form of an evening's amusement consisting of songs…

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R.C. Annual Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 3

We have been requested to state that the annual ball and supper in aid of St. Joseph's Church will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday, 13th September…

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Fourth Infantry Regiment Band. First Annual Dinner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

The first annual dinner held in connection with the Fourth Infantry Regiment Band took place in the Military Drill Hall at Newcastle last evening. Although the band has been formed for about…

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"Jolly" Nash on Sunday Concerts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 5

Among the witnesses before the Select Committee of the House of Lords on Lord's Day Observance was Mr. "Jolly" Nash, who described himself as a vocal…

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Concert

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 2

The concert and dramatic entertainment in aid of the fund for the purchase of a new organ for St. Luke's Church. Blandford was held in the Oddfellows…

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Band of Hope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Band of Hope will be held in the Wesleyan Church on Thursday night next, when the programme will be provided by girl…

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Band of Mope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Band of Hope was held in the Wesleyan Church, on Thursday evening last. There, was a large attendance. The…

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Local and General News. The Forthcoming Ball

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

We would direct the attention of our reader to an advertisement which appears in another column, announcing that the annual ball in aid of St. Joseph's R.C. Church will…

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