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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1903

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Dance Yourself Free From Germs

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Doctors have always been in favour of a moderate indulgence in the fascinating evolutions of the dance, but have hitherto ascribed its…

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A Hideous Dance of Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 3

People generally greatly fear the hairy, hideous spider, known as the tarantula and there are one or two reported cases of death from its bite…

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Amusing Scene in a Theatre

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 3

A correspondent of a contemporary tells a good story of an eminent tragedian who once played "King John" at Leicester…

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Chapter Viii. Doris at the Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 4

"Daisy, Dairy, what do you think I have been foolish enough to promise to do next week?" "However can I tell. Dorrie? Not to…

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Concert

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 2

In me evening a concert was held under the auspices of the Demonstration Committee in the Oddfellows' Hall, when an excellent programme was placed before…

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Salvation Army Guards' Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1903 · page 2

The Austral Guards' Band, No. 1 division, of the Salvation Army, arrived in West Maitland on Saturday evening. The members—26 in number—formed up near High-street station, and played up the…

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Band Championship. Newcastle City Again Victorious

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

AT the Ballarat competitions, which concluded on Saturday last, the Newcastle City Band won the championship band contest, for the third time…

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Maitland Male Voice Society. the Tenth Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 3

The tenth concert of the Maitland Male Voice Society, given last night in the West Maitland Town Hall, was a musical success. But the financial result wan not satisfactory. Although the…

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Hinton Public School. Concert and Presentation of Prizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 4

In the School of Arts, Hinton, last night, the annual concert and presentation of prizes in connection with the Public School took place. The weather was wet and…

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The Austral Guards Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 2

In the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, a real, musical treat was provided by the Austral Guards' Band, which has been organised by the Salvation…

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Newcastle City Band

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 13

The champion City Band of Newcastle, which proceeded to Ballarat (Vic.) a few days ago for the purpose of competing in the Championship Band Contest, has succeeded in again appropriating the coveted…

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Royal Concert Company

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 4

It will be noticed in our columns that the Royal Concert Company is billed to play here on Tuesday evening next. The Company are all artists of known ability,…

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The Royal Concert Company

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

To-night the above clever company open at the Mechanics' Institute Hall, and as the combination is a good one, comprising talented musicians, vocalists, etc., most…

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The Foreign Outlook. Speech by the Prime Minister. Hopeful of Peace. Value of the European Concert. London, Nov. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 5

[?] banquet to celebrate the inauguration of the Lord Mayor of London, Sir James [?]son Ritchie, was held in the Guild Hall [?]lay. Several Ministers were present,…

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Another Drowning Case. The Ill-fated Austral Guards Band

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 3

AT Moree on Wednesday afternoon the wife of Major Stone, manager of the Salvation Army Austral Guards Band, was drowned in the Mehi River…

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Aberdeen. Cricket Club's Ball and Supper

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 2

THE above event took place in the School of Arts on Wednesday night last, the 18th inst., and, we are pleased to say was in every way an…

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District News. Aberdeen. Cricket Club Ball and Supper

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 2

THE above event took place in the School of Arts on Wednesday night last, the 18lb inst., which we are pleafed to say was in every way an unqualified success. We are reliably in…

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Moonlight Concert. in Brough House Grounds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 2

Ideal weather prevailed last evening, the occasion of the holding of the moonlight concert in connection with the Methodist Church, which had been postponed some…

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A Ball of Fire From the Sky

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 5

One of the strangest freaks in electrical phenomena that has ever been reported occurred in northern California recently. During the day…

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