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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1916

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Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

There will be entire change of programme at Prince's Picture Palace, East Maitland, on Saturday night, when the latest Triangle picture "The L[?]y and the Rose"…

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Juvenile Ball. Girls' Patriotic League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 2

A plain and fancy dress juvenile ball, promoted by the Maitland District Girls Patriotic League was held in the Town Hall last evening, and the result is most…

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Children's Eyes. Injured by "The Pictures."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 4

Kinema shows, it was stated at a meeting of the Bath Education Committee, were responsible for considerable expenditure on spectacles for the…

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Market Day, Camp-fire Concert, to-morrow. High Prices for fat Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 4

Yesterday, at Waratah saleyards. fat stock were at a premium, and prices ruled through-out very dear. Included in Mr. J. Hogan's sales were consignments of bullocks from…

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Camp-fire Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

a camp-fire concert will be held on the Banks-street Reserve, East Maitland, to-morrow evening, the proceeds of which are in aid of the Red Cross Society. A good…

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Pictures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Picture Theatre oil Tuesday night when a varied and entertaining programme was screened. The fifth…

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Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

There will be an entire change of programme at Prince's Picture Palace, East Maitland, to-night (Saturday), when the latest Triangle picture "The Lily and the Rose"…

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Singleton Pictures

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

The – feature in an excellent programme at the Mechanics' Hall tonight is a thrilling special by the popular Lubin Co., entitled "The Ogre and…

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Children's Eyes. Injured by "The Pictures."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

Kinema shows, it was stated at a meeting of the Bath Education Committee, were responsible for considerable expenditure on spectacles for the…

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Morpeth Girls' Patriotic League. Plain and Fancy Dress Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 3

The plain and fancy dress adult and invented dance held in the Morpeth School of Arts lasts Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Girls Patriot[?] League in…

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Remarkable Pictures of the Surroundings in Which the Greatest Battle in the World's History Is Being Fought

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

A street in Verdun, the town that has been more battered by incessant bombardment than any other place in history. The buildings have been [?] knocked apart, and the village is to-day the most desolate prate imaginable…

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Male Voice Society's Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 3

The Sixteenth concert of the Male Voice Society was given on Thursday night, and proved very successful. The society was assisted by Miss Winifred Fraser (Soprano),…

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Rafalewski—lili Sharp Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

Refalewski and Lili Sharp will appear at the Town Hall, West Mai[?]and on Thursday night next. The "Bundaberg Mail" says:—"The Rafalewski—Lili Sharp concert must be…

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Concert at Wallalong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

A concert in aid of soldiers comforts and the school plano fund will be held in Wal[?]along public school on thursday evening next. Leading Maitland and district…

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Male Voice Society's Concert a Musical. Treat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

The sixteenth concert of the Singleton Male Voice Society, in the Mechanics' Hall on Thursday night, was an artistic triumph and a great success…

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Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1916 · page 6

Considering the counter attraction on Saturday night in the shape of a camp fire concert there was a good house at Prince's Picture Palace, East Maitland, on Saturday…

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Camp Fire Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1916 · page 4

Marker Day at East Maitland was supplemented by a very attractive Camp Concert on the Banks-street reserve on Saturday night. Two huge wood-fires gave…

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Prince's Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 6

The attraction at Prince's Pictures Palace. East Maitland, to-morrow (Wednesday) night will be the sensational six-act Vitagraph feature. "The Chalice of Courage,"…

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A Wattle Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 6

The Town Hall never looked better than it did last night, when an invitation Wattle Dance was held in aid of the Cafe Chantant, te be conducted in connection with the…

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Amusements. Pictoria Pictures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 6

At Pictoria to-night will be screened the stirring six-act story, "The Chalice of Courage," introducing a sensational fall over a cliff. Also showing on the same programme…

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