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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1895

95 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 5

Public School Concert, Shellharbour

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 2

The public school concert at Shellharbour on [?]ster Monday night came off with great success. The Temperance Hall, was crowded, and the school children quite…

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Band Contest

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1895 · page 2

A meeting for the purpose of taking stops for the holding of a band contest on similar lines to that held at the show grounds, Wollongong, three years ago, and…

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Band of Hope

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1895 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Wesleyan Baud of Hope was held in the School Hall on Monday evening last, when there was a very good attendance of…

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Tennis Club Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 2

A very pleasant evening was spent at Mrs. Eistman's schoolroom on Thursday evening, the occasion being a concert in aid of the local tennis club. The attendance…

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Benefit Concert at Austinmer

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1895 · page 2

On Friday evening a concert and dance took place in the Centennial Hall, Austinmer, the object being the assistance of Mr. James Hopewell Mitchell, who through…

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Superior Public School Infants' Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 2

The concert in connection with the infants' department of the superior public school was held in the Church-street Hall last night. Despite the unfavorable…

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Footballers' Ball

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 2

An excellent ball was given in the Oddfellows' Hall on Friday evening last by the Kiama Football Club. There was an unusually large attendance, and everything…

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Concert at Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 2

A very successful vocal and instrumental concert, interspersed with "tableau," promoted by Mrs. D. L. Dymock, was held in the Protestant Hall on Thursday evening…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 3

Undoubtedly the best and most entertaining meeting of the above ever held, was that which took place in the Lecture Hall on Thursday evening last. At the previous…

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Complimentary Dance to the Misses Mackel

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 2

On Thursday evening a dance was held in the Wollongong Town Hall in honor of the Misses Mackel, whose approaching departure from the district in which they…

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Benefit Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 3

A meeting, convened by circular by Mr. P. Kennedy, secretary of the Wollongong Town Band, was held at the Commercial Hotel on Wednesday evening for the…

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Organ Recital and Sacred Concert at Shellharbor

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 2

It has seldom fallen to the lot of a Shell-harbor audience to listen to such a treat as was afforded them in St. Paul's Church on Wednesday evening last. The church organ…

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The Wollongong Band Contest

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1895 · page 2

The announcement of the band contest which it has been decided shall take place at Wollongong early next year has created a good deal of interest in band circles, and…

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Band Contest at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 2

A meeting of guarantors and others interested in the proposed band contest was held in the Council Clumber on Thursday night…

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Band Contest at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 2

At the meeting last evening in connection with the band contest to be held at Wollongong in January, it was decided that the offer of the proprietor of…

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Benefit Concert to Mrs. Meredith

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 2

We remind our readers of the concert that is to be given in the Town Hall to-morrow evening in aid of the widow and family of the into Mr. A. Meredith. We…

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Meredith Benefit Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 2

The concert in aid of Mrs. Alfred Meredith (whose husband died some few weeks back after a lingering illness, leaving his wife and three little ones in…

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Benefit Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 2

As briefly announced in last issue, the benefit concert tendered the family of the late Mr. A. Meredith on Wednesday evening was a great success. The gross…

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Balgownie Public School Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 2

The annual concert in connection with the Balgownie public school was given in the schoolroom on Friday night in the presence of a crowded audience. Mr. J. B…

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Select Poetry. Pictures of the Night

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1895 · page 4

If you study human nature with a philosophic eye, If you over pause to ponder on "The Whither and the Why"…

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