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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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The Agricultural Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 2

A meeting of the agricultural ball committee was held on Tuesday afternoon, when there were present: Mr. J. W. Hosking (chairman), Messrs. Prott,…

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Agricultural Society's Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

The Agricultural Society's ball at Wollongong on Friday evening nest (writes "Marie") promises to be successful enough to even please Mr. Beatson…

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Agricultural Society's Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 2

The last ball of the season, and there as I, Mr. Editor, compelled to remain on the stage, a more spectator, instead of being an active participant in the…

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Concert at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 2

Considering the character of the night the audience that attended the concert in aid of the Keiraville Mechanics' Institute at the Town Hall on Saturday…

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Concert at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 3

An audience that quite thronged the pretty building assembled in the Wesleyan Church, Wollongong, on Wednesday evening last, the occasion being a concert in aid…

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Oddfellows' Ball a Successful Event

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 3

THE twenty-third anniversary of the Kiama Oddfellows' Lodge was celebrated by a plain and fancy dress ball on Wednesday night. The event proved one of the…

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The Scrap Album. Concert at Unanderra to-morrow night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 2

France has irretrievably disgraced herself by pronouncing Dreyfus guilty and sentencing him to ten years' imprisonment…

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Concerts. Jamberoo Church of England

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

A MOST enjoyable tea and concert was given in the School of Arts, Jamberoo, on Wednesday night last, in connection with the Church of England chair. There were over…

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Concert at Unanderra

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

There was quite a larue attendance at the concert given in the Unanderra council chamber in aid of the building fund of the Unanderra Presbyterian Church on…

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The Kiama Band Farewelling a Bandsman

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

ON Monday night the members of the Kiama Perseverance Band and a number of friends met in the band-room to bid farewell to one of their number, Mr…

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Kiama Perseverance Band

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 2

THE Kiama Persevrance Brass Band has been keeping very quiet of late, but this has been through no fault of those members who have stuck to it manfully…

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The Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

A splendid concert programme was afterwards submitted, the hall being literally packed. The Wollongong Orchestra played an overture and also a…

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Band of Hope

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Wesleyan Band of Hope, held on Monday last, the following resolutions were unanimously passed:—1. This Committee…

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Social. Kiama Convent School Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

ON Wednesday night last, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama, the children of St. Joseph's Convent School gave a grand concert. Owing to rain, the attendance…

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Convent School Concert

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 3

DESPITE the rain on Wednesday night there was a large gathering at the Oddfellows' Hall to hear the concert given by the children attending the Convent School…

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The Dance

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

Between 30 and 40 couples took part in the dance that followed, excellent music being supplied by Mr. Cleary, and Mr. Warrington acting efficiently as M.C…

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The Concert. a Musical Triumph

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

Long before 7 o'clock a crowd of people had assembled outside the Town Hall, the path loading from the street to the front-doors being completely blocked…

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Newbury-Spada Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 2

ON Tuesday night next we are to hear the great tenor, Mr. Philip Newbury, whose Saturday concerts have drawn crowds in Sydney in the last 15 months. The…

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Newbury-Spada Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

MR. E. LEWIS-SCOTT has arrived to make such arrangements as will ensure a large audience to receive the world-famed singers, Mr Philip Newbury and Madame Spada,…

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The Concerts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

A concert was hold each evening, the selling being suspended during the performances. Mr. A. Nichelson (Treasurer of the Society) was the Secretary for the Concert…

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