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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1875

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Band of Hope, Bulli. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1875 · page 2

SIR,—A member of the Band of Hope at Bulli writes, saying, "I will repudiate the statement that rowdyism is not allowed in the Band of Hope meetings." I am not aware that it has been said…

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Appalling Occurrence at a Ball

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1875 · page 4

ON the last night of the Maranoa (Roma) Turf Club Races, in accordance with custom, the Jockey Club announced a ball, which took place on Thursday, the 17th…

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A Clergyman Fined for Drunkenness in a Theatre

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 July 1875 · page 4

At the Bow-street Police Court, on Saturday, the Rev. Thomas Barnard, a clergyman of the Church of England, residing at Chipping Ongar, Essex, was charged…

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News by the Suez Mail. Ball at Balmoral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1875 · page 2

Her Majesty gave a hall on June 4, to the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and to the tenantry, keepers, and servants on the royal estate of Balmoral. Dancing began at five…

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