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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1910

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Panic at a Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

'A' daring bandit caused a panic at a public ball the other evening at Bucharest, which had terrible results for some of the lady guests. The man entered one of the…

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The Federal Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

The Federal Band will play a popular programme on Maitland Park to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at half-past three o'clock…

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The Royal Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

The Royal Picture Company announces that there will be no performance at the Town Hall on Monday evening next…

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Tattooing Mania. Death Reveals Pictures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

Elaborate designs had been tattooed upon the body of a man upon whom an inquest was held at Hackney (London) on December 11, says "Lloyd's News."…

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Television or Seeing by Wire. Living Pictures

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

Something rather more tangible than television has been, devised by a French inventor, Edouard Belin, who is making an apparatus by which a series of photographs can be…

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Ball and Supper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 4

A ball and supper, the proceeds of which are in aid of St. Joseph's School, East Maitland, was held in the Mechanics' Institute last evening, when there was a good attendance. The ball was…

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Guild Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 8

The anniversary of the A.H.C. Guild will be celebrated in the Town Hall on Wednesday, May 18, by a grand ball and supper…

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The Royal Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 8

Mr. F. J. Street, manager of the Royal Electric Picture Company, announces that the Pictures will be shown at the Town Hall on Monday evening next, when the latest star…

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General Cable News. London, Tuesday afternoon. a Theatre Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

Jess Hope, a former employee of the Camberwell Empire Theatre, stabbed Healy, the stage carpenter, to death after the right's performance…

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District News Letters. Bishop's Bridge. a grand concert in [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 4

[?] of a picnic fund [?] the children was held here in the school on Wednesday evening, March 23, There was a large attendance, the school…

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Fire at a Dance. 400 Persons Killed, London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 2

During a dance at an inn at mekoe rito, in Hungary, the building caught fire. The blazing roof fell and burled many of the people in the room…

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Amusements. the Royal Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

The Royal Electric Picture Company, undoer the direction of Mr. F. J. Street, will give their usual weekly entertainment in the Town Hall on Monday evening next, when…

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Betrayed by Pictures. Faithless Wifes Escapade Revealed by Cinematograph

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 3

In a crowded Paris music hall a startling scene occured recently. The hall was in darkness, a cinematograph display being the turn of the moment. Suddenly…

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Holocaust in Hungary. Dance Room in Flames. Four Hundred Incinerated

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 4

THE dancing-room of an inn in the village of Mekoerito, Hungary, was destroyed by fire on Monday night last, when 250 people were killed…

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St. Mary's Jobilee. Children's Concert and Basket, Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

In the spacious grounds surrounding "Cintra" this afternoon a Children's Concert and Basket Fair, promoted by Mesdames H. M. Rourke and G. Pullen, were held in…

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The Royal Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 4

A particularly attractive programme will be presented at the Town Hall on Monday evening by the Royal Electric Picture Company, under the management of Mr. F. J. Street…

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Panic at a Ball

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 11

A daring bandit caused a parrie at a public ball the other evening at Bucharest, which had terrible results for some of the lady guests. The man entered one of the…

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"Ghost" at a Ball. Haunted Nobleman's Story

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 5

General Shulman, one of the most active members of the Russian Society for Psychical Research, introduced lately the young Count Tryvdar-Burshinsky,…

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Vial Concert Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 4

The Vial Concert Company will appear at the School of Arts, Stroud, on Tuesday evening next, under the management of Mr. Edwin Vial…

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Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 4

The first dance of the season under the auspices of the School of Arts Debating Society will be held in the hall of the West Maitland School of Arts on Wednesday evening next, when dancing will…

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