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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1909

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Benefit Concert

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

A very successful benefit concert was tendered Mr W. Wynne (a machine man who was injured in the Aberdare colliery some two…

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The Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 3

The band contest arranged conjointly by the committee of the Maitland School of Arts and the Federal Band will commence on the Albion Ground on Friday afternoon…

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The Band Contest

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

On Sunday morning the members of the Singleton Town Band who are to take part in the second-grade contests at Maitland on Friday and Saturday…

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Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

The committee who organised the band contest, which takes place next Friday and, Saturday, have been working hard for the last two months to make the contest a…

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Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting of [?]tive Committee in connection with [?] contest was held in the committee not the School of Arts last evening. The…

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The Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

Open air gatherings are very suitable forms of public evening entertainments for this climate at this time of the year. This was very happily realised by those who attended the pleasant…

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Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

The Maitland Band Contest will be opened on the Albion Ground to-morrow (Friday) afternoon at half-past two o'clock, and [?] will be continued in the evening. On…

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Our Band

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

The Singleton Town Band on Tuesday night engaged in drill by torchlight for the marching competition at Maitland this week. John-street, near the old…

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Olympic Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 8

At the Town Hall this evening the Olympic Picture Company will shows a series of interesting cinematograph films, including "Nero, or the Burning of Rome…

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The Band Contest. Opening Session. Interfered with by Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 5

Tho grand band content, under the auspices of the Now South Wales Band Association, the proceeds of which are to be divided between the West Maitland School of Arts and the Federal Band, and…

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Olympic Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

The Olympic Picture (Company opened a two-nights' season at the Town Hall last evening, when they gave an excellent entertainment which was much appreciated by…

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West's Pictures

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Mr P. E. Warren, representative of West's Pictures, was in town during the week making arrangements for the return visit of the above popular…

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The Band Contest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

The members of the Singleton Town Band left for Maitland yesterday morning, after having devoted a lot of time during the week to practising for the…

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Ball and Supper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

A grand ball and supper will be held in the School of Arts, Branxton, on Friday evening, March 13…

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The Band Contest. Second Session

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 5

The committal) of the band contest organised in aid of the funds of the West Maitland School of Arts and the Federal Band are to be sympathised with upon have experienced such unpropitious…

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Moonlight Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

A moonlight concert in connection with St Mary's Church will be held in the grounds of the rectory on Thursday evening next, when a first-class programme of vocal…

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Concert. at Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

A grand concert will be given in the School of Arts at Lochinvar on Friday evening next in aid of the piano fund. A bus will leave West maitland Post Office…

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The Olympic Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4

The Olympic Picture Company closed their season at the Town Hall on Saturday night, when a large and appreciative audience assembled, and evidently enjoyed the…

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The Band Contest. the Adjudicator's Awards. Hebburn Wins the Big Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 3

Considerable interest was taken in the concluding session of the Maitland Band Contest on Saturday night, at which there was a large atendance, including many…

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