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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1909

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Dance in a Lion's Den

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 7

Large crowds were drawn to Fun City, London, one evening recently by the announcement that Miss Carrie Baker, a Fulham barmaid, would attempt to win a sum…

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West's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

West's Pictures, which open at the Town Hall on Monday evening next, will show that beautiful picture, "Christmas from the Birth of Christ to the Twentieth Century…

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Amusements. West's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 4

West's renowned picture show opens for the usual monthly visit on Monday evening next, at the Town Hall. It is perhaps scarcely necessary for us to give the…

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Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

The band contest arranged by the committee of the West Maitland School of Arts and the Federal Band, to take place on the Albion Ground on Friday and Saturday, 26th…

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West's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

The mere mention of the fact that West's Pictures will appear in Maitland on Monday and Tuesday evening next, is sufficient to induce a crowded house to greet this highly…

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The Federal Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

The Federal Band will play a programme on the Maitland Park to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 4.15 o'clock…

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School Band Meeting

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

The second general meeting of the committee having in hand the School Band was held on Thursday evening last in the public school room. The…

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Our Band. (By Observer)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

The Band's performances in our streets hardly prepared one to expect such a treat as its members gave us on Wednesday night under the baton of Mr…

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Amusements. West's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

West's Pictures will be shown at the Town Hall to-night and to-morrow night, when a change of programme will be given. The star film this evening will be…

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The Eskimo Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

The holiday season or the EsKimos at Nome after their furs have been disposed of is a time of much rejoicing. A writer in an American paper gives the following…

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Amusements. West's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 8

Despite the oppressiveness of atmospherical conditions, which must have interfered considerably with indoor amusements last evening, a large and appreciative audienced…

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Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 7

The executive committee met in the committee-room of the School of Arts last evening. Major Nicholson presided, and there were present: Messrs. J. D. Birrell,…

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The Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

The Maitland band contest, in which seven bands are engaged, will be commenced on Albion Ground on Friday afternoon, the 26th instant, and continued on…

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The Theatre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 6

The friends, and admirers, of Miss Beatrice Day flocked to the Theatre Royal on Saturday night to see for the first time as Lady Blakeney in "The Scarlet…

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Amusements. West's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

West's cinematograph picture were [?] again at the Town Hall last evening, but the audience was not a very large one. A most attractive and appreciative…

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Singleton Town Band

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

The above organisation, which now numbers 38 members, is assiduously practising for the band contests to be held in Maitland next week. They…

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Maitland Band Contest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

Seven bands have nominated for the second grade contest to be decided at Maitland next Friday and Saturday, viz., Scone, Rockdale (Sydney), Newcastle…

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The Theatre

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

The friends and admirers of Miss Beatrice Day flocked to the Theatre Royal on Saturday night to see for the first time ns Lady Blakeney in "The Scarlet…

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The Land of the Earthquake. Pen-pictures in Sicily and Calabria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 12

To see a beautiful woman ravaged by some hideous disease is always more painful than the sight of a plain face pock-marked. So docs it fill one with a deeper sense of desolation to…

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Moonlight Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 8

A moonlight concert in aid of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Sunday School will be held in the grounds of Mr. Joseph Cook's residance, Newcastle-street, East Maitland,…

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