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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1909

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Pictures in Pickles

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 11

The seemingly impossible feat of creating pictures out of table delicacies has been accomplished. At the stall of Messrs. F. Konig and Co. at the…

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Living Colour Pictures. Successful Display of New Process

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 10

Cinematograph pictures, photographed direct in their natural colours, surprised and delighted an audience invited recently to witness them at the Palace Theatre…

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When the Kaiser Entertains. a Court Ball in Berlin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

When the Emperor William gives a state ball, "permission to dance is given only by royal order, and the privileged have for many days to rehearse, the intricate steps…

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Death of a Great Caricaturist. Ca[?]an D'ache's World[-famous Shadow Pictures

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 11

Caran d'Ache, the famous caricaturist, died on Thursday night, February 25, at the age of 49, in a private hospital, in Paris, a few moments after his wife had arrived in…

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Sacred Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 4

Attention is finally drawn to the secred concert arranged to take place in the Presbyterian Church, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening next, beginning at 8 o'clock…

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Sacred Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 4

A sacred concert will be given in the Presbyterian Church this evening, with organ solos will be rendered by Miss M. E. Taylor, selected anthems by the church cheir…

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Dance to Bachelors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 6

Talking of dunces reminds mo to mention there has been a dunce each night tills week, the society girls as usual leading tho way, at thirty-six of these charming dam…

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Union Club Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 6

As decorations and lavishness go nothing could eclipse the Town on Friday night when the members of the Union Club held their wonderful ball The cold dreary…

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Vice-regal Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 6

Government House ball, the next on the list, happened on Thursday, when the search-lights of our defending navy played on a merry throng of young and happy people. The…

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St. Vincent's Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 6

The energetic and hard workers of St. Vincent's Hospital, have boon plodding for months; past to make the ball of Wednesday night the success of Easter week,…

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Sacred Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 4

A good' sacred. concert was given to a fair audience In the What Mattland Presbyterian. Church lust night. Several fine anthems were sung with much expression by a…

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Band Dance

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 2

Another of those enjoyable dances, under the auspices of the Singleton Town Band, will be held on Saturday night, in the Oddfellows' Hall. An advertisement…

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Public School Band

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 3

A Band meeting was held at the Shire Office on Monday night, and there were present: Messrs Andrews, Cameron, Johnston, Howell, Punch,…

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Dance to Bachelors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

Talking of dances reminds me to mention [?] has been a dance each night this [?] the society girls as usual leading the [?] at thirty-six of these charming dam…

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Union Club Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

As adorations and lavishness go, nothing could eclipse the Town Hall on Friday night when the members of the Union Club held their wonderful ball. The cold; dreary…

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Vice-regal Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

Government House ball, the next on the st, happened on Thursday, when the searchlights of our defending navy played on a merry along of young and happy people. The…

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St. Vincent's Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

The energetic and hard workers of St. Vincent's Hospital, have been plodding for months past to make the ball of Wednesday night the success of Easter week, and…

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"Ghost Pictures." Mystery of a Dead Artist's Canvases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

Over a hundred paintings, in the style of the landscape artist Mr. R. Swaine, Gifford, who died in January, 1905, have been produced during the past three years by a…

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Reign of Crime in New Caledonia. "The Red Band of the North

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 1

A series of terrible crimes was revealed at the Noumea Quarter Sessions just ended. The perpetrators will be henceforth known as the "Red Band of…

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Greta Public School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

Those residents of Greta who attended the public school last night enjoyed a treat In the form of a school concert given by the pupils—the first of its kind for a…

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