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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1889

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Masonic Ball

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last in the Temperance Hall, a ball in connection with Lodge "Kiama," to celebrate the amal-gamation of the two lodges hitherto…

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Concert

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last a concert, the object of which was to create a fund for the purpose of purchasing seats for the Bombo Working Men's Reading Room,…

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Tea Meeting and Concert at Corrimal. the Tea Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

A tea meeting, followed by a concert, was held at the Corrimal Hall last Wednesday evening, to celebrate the completion of the building, and its formal opening. On last Sunday, as we have…

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Concert at Balgownie

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 2

A very successful concert was given on evening by the pupils at the Balgownie Public School, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the protection of the trees recently planted in…

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Some One Else Chapter XVIII.—(Continued) the Bachelors' Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 6

The great day of the Bachelors' ball, at Sandborough, dawned at last; and had you been on the platform at Byford, about two o'clock p.m., you would have seen Mrs…

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Some One Else Chapter XVIII.—(Continued) the Bachelors' Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

And now that be came to inspect her dispassionately, she was by no means bad looking—quite the reverse; and fine feathers make fine birds, end no mistake She hardly looked…

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Some One Else Chapter Xv III.—(Continued) the Bachelors' Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1889 · page 3

"Miles," laughing, "you are too ridiculous.—You talk as much nonsense as—"suddenly stopping short. "As who?" eagerly…

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The Phillips Benefit Concert

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 2

THE concert given in the Temperance Hall on Thursday night by lady and gentlemen amateurs for the benefit of Mr. William Phillips, took place under…

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Benefit Concert to Mr. W. Phillips

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 2

THURSDAY night last witnessed the consummation of the above, and it was a marked success. The attendance was large, and doubtless would have been more so were it…

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Public School Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 2

The entertainment for which the scholars of the above school have been studiously practising for some time past, was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening last, and was a most decided…

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Shellharbour Poultry Society Concerts

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 December 1889 · page 2

THE above concert, postponed from, last mouth on account of the inclemency of the weather, took place in the Temperance Hall last Friday evening, and proved…

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Town Band Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 2

The concert to be given in the Town Hall to-morrow night should enlist the sympathy and secure the patronage of every person in and about Wollongong. The object of the concert is to…

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Miss Tyter's Pupils' Concert. Music in Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 2

BLEST pair of Sirens, pledges of heaven's joy. Sphere born, harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse, We your divine sounds, and mixed power employ, Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce…

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The Neapolitan Trio and Concert Company

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 3

Two most delightful concerts of exceptional merit were given by the above company on, Saturday and Monday evenings, which proved to be quite an innovation to the town of Wollongong…

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Sacred Concert

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 December 1889 · page 2

AT the Temperance Hall to-night there will be an entertainment of a very unusual kind, both in regard of its nature and quality. the Neapolitan Troubadours, a…

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Miss Tyter's Pupils' Concert

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 December 1889 · page 2

ON Thursday last a complimentary musical entertainment of an exceptionally high character was given in the Temperance Hall by Miss Tyter's pupils a[?]…

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The Neapolitan Trio and Concert Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 2

THE sacred concert given by the above company in the Temperance Hall, Kiama on Christmas night was one of exceptional merit, and proved quite an innovation to the…

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