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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1909

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Lyceum Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 4

It is scarcely necessary to remind readers that on Monday and Tuesday next the Town Hall will be occupied by the Lyceum Picture Co. The company carry their own electric plant, and the production…

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Hospital Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held at the School of Arts, on Thursday night, when there was a good attendance. Mr Southcombe…

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A Popular Dance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 4

The existing weather conditions should ensure a large attendance of the public at the Oddfellows' Hall to-night, where the Town Band is conducting one of its…

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The Military Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 4

A grand military ball, under the auspices of the Fourth Australian Light Horse and Fourth Australian Infantry Regiments and the Scottish Rifles was held in the Town…

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Alleged Offensive Pictures. Protest from Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 5

The Muswellbrook correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writes:—"As it frequently happens that some of the views in bioscope entertainments [?]…

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Amusements. Lyceum Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 4

To-night and to-morrow night the Lyceum Pictures (from Spencer's Lyceum, Sydney, and the Centra Hall, Newcastle) will the presented for the first time Maitland, at…

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Ball and Supper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 4

A grand ball and supper will be held in O'Brien's Hall. Bishop's Bridge, in aid of the Public School library and tennis fund, on Wednesday evening, 11th instant, when good music…

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Band Social

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

Another of the winter socials in con nection with the effort to raise funds for wiping out the debt remaining against the Singleton town band…

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Amusements. the Lyceum Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 8

No finer lot of moving pictures, or a more enjoyable entertainment of its character has ever been witnessed in Maitland than that provided at the Town Hall last evening by the Lyceum…

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Local and General News. The Military Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 4

It is announced elsewhere that a meeting of the military ball committee will be held at the 4th A.L.H. Regimental office, on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of winding up matters…

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Fire at a Sydney Theatre. Good Work by Firemen

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

A fire broke out in Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, on Sunday morning, but it was discovered and overcome by the fire brigades before the flames got a…

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St. Vitus Dance. An Astonishing Cure of this Complaint. Striking Example of Success of the Tonic Treatment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 3

The cure of St. Vitus' dance by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is a striking example of the power of a tonic acting through the blood to cure even the most serious nervous disorders. This power is…

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Federal Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 5

The Federal Band will play a popular programme on Sunday afternoon next in the Courthouse Gardens at East Maitland, commencing at 3.15 o'clock. A special…

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The Lyceum Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 5

The Lyceum Picture Company brought a very successful season to a close in the Town Hall last evening, when there was another large attendance. The…

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District News [from our correspondent] McDonald's Creek. Bachelor's Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 4

The Bachelors of this district brought their long projected ball to a successful issue on the night of 30th instant. During the preceding few weeks they…

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Benefit Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 6

A benefit concert was held in the Cessnock [?] on Friday evening, in aid of Mr. G. Smith, who [?] as the result of an accident at…

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Local and General News. Geelan's Moving Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 2

At the School of Arts to-night Geelan's moving pictures will be shown. There are 6500 feet of up-to-date films of a dramatic and humorous character, and an enjoyable entertainment is…

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Military Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 4

A meeting of the military ball committee was held last evening for the purpose of squaring up matters in connection with the recent very successful ball, when Lieutenant-Colonel…

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Hospital Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Hospital Ball was held in the Committee Room of the School of Arts on Thursday night, when there Was a good attendance. Mr A…

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Hibernian Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 4

The Hibernian ball, postponed from last month in consequence of the death of the late Bishop of Maitland (Right Rev. Dr. Murray), will be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday, September 1. This…

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