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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1902

207 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 11

The Huntley Benefit Concert

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 May 1902 · page 2

We are pleased to be in a position to inform our readers that although the returns in commection with the above cor cert are act all to hand the result…

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Concert

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 2

Despite counter attractions, the concert on Wednesday evening last, in connection with the R. C. Church funds, was very well attended, and passed…

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Hospital Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 2

The final meeting of the Ladies Committee in connection with the recent Hospital Ball was held in the Committee Room of the Hospital on…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope Anniversary

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 7

WEDNESDAY night saw the Wesleyan School Hall in gay attire, decorated with flags and bunting, and palms and all kinds of pot plants arranged…

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(Copyright.) the Romance Our First Century. Vivid & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part V.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 1

Barrington's "moral training" had been neither systematic nor liberal. Kitty, his mother, had thought her admonitions to "always be the thrue gintilman" carried…

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The Romance of Our First Century. (Copyright.) VIVID & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part V.

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 1

Barrington's "moral training" had been neither systematic nor liberal. Kitty, his mother, had thought her admonitions to "always be the three gintilman" carried…

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Band in Howe Park

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 June 1902 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon the Singloton Town Band discoursed some music in Howe Park and the items, on a well-arranged progra[?]ne, were rendered in a pleasing…

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Correspondence. Those Smoke Concerts (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in your issue, dated May 20th, that a smoke concert was given to our young soldiers on the eve of their departure for South…

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Those Smoke Concerts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 5

Sir,—A smoke concert was given in one of our northern towns to the young men leaving it, en route for South Africa. Now I should like to ask—Why is it necessary to make strong…

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The Concert and the Ball

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 2

After the celebrations in connection with the day had terminated, a large audience assembled in the Sag new hall of the Institute to enjoy a concert…

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Oddfellows' Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

We could remind our readers that the annual bill in connection with the Loyal Orphans' Friend Lodge of Oddfollows' will be bold in the oddfellows Hall on…

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The Romance - OF - Our First Century. (Copyright.) VIVID & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part Vi

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 1

When Barrington appeared again on Newmarket heath, after a considerable absence from that scene of sport and festivity, he was regarded with particular interest by…

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(Copyright.) the Romance of Our First Century. Vivid & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part Vi

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 4

When Barrington appeared again on Newmarket heath, after a considerable absence from that sceno of sport and festivity, he was regarded with particular interest by…

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Hospital Ball

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

AT last week's meeting, when there were present, Mrs Higgens (in the chair), Miss Ferguson, Mrs Maud sley, Miss P. Dodds, Mrs Williams,…

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The Nurses Home Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

A pleasant function was the ball held on Thursday night in the Town Hall, West Maitland, in aid of the Pierce Memorial Nurses Home. For some weeks past, an energetic committee of ladies-of…

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Oddfellows' Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 2

The annual ball of the Loyal Orphans' Friend Lodge of the Manchester Order of Oddfellows took place in the Oddfellows' Hall on…

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The Ghost Dance

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 1
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Ghost Dance has seldom been witnessed by a white man, but an American paper describes one of them as seen from a distance by an enterprising contributor, who…

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Chapter Xix. a Band Performance and Its Results

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 1

Apart from being pleased to see her old friend. Jack Hawthorne, again, Nelly James was glad for other reasons. She had met him in such a curious manner,…

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The Romance—of—our First Century. Vivid & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part Vii. 1806-1808

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 1

Bligh was a man of arrogant temper. He was a quarter-deck martinet, a character common enough in those days, when the merest breach of discipline gave to the captain…

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