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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1907

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Band Contest

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

It is intended to hold a band contest at Bode's Grounds, Wollongong, on Saturday, March 9th next, for district bands only. The test piece is…

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De Groen's Vice Regal Band

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

Saturday, March 9th, is the date fixed for the visit of De Groen's famous Vice-Regal Band to Shellharbor, where they will give a grand concert…

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The Band Contest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 13

The South Coast Bands are all busily engaged in preparing for the big struggle for the championship of the South Coast, which event takes…

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Band Contest

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

The secretary of the South Coast Championship Band Contest reports that arrangements are complete for the straggle for the supremacy of the…

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The Band Contest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 15

The secretary of the South Coast Championship Contest reports that arrangements have been perfected for the struggle for the supremacy of the…

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Band Contest

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 2

On Saturday last Bode's Grounds, presented an animated appearance, the occasion being the Championship Band Contest, limited to the South…

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Lecture and Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 2

A treat too rare in Kiama was given in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening last, when the Rey J.J. Egan gave a lecture in song and story on Tom Moore…

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Band Contest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 16

The South Coast District Championship Band Contest claimed attention at Bode's grounds on Saturday last. The attendance was not as…

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A Band Matter (To the Editor, South Coast Times)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 20

Sir,—Kindly allow me, through your columns, to ventilate a grievance existing between the Wollongong Contest Committee and myself. I…

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Ball at Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 2

BOTH from a funneral and social standpoint the annual ball at Jamberoo in aid of the local R.C. Church, which took place on Easter Monday night, was a great success…

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Cook's Pictures

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 3

Mr. Sidney Cook's well-known entertainers will appear in the Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday next. Included in the pictures to be shown are all…

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Cook's Pictures

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

The above-named company of entertainers are advertised to appear in the Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday nights next. The company is…

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Cook's, Pictures

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

Last night there was a crowded attendance at the Town Hall to see Cook's pictures. The show was a very good one, Mr. M'Eachran very…

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Besses O' Th' Barn Band

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 3

This band opened in the Town Hall, Sydney, on Saturday night last to a packed house, every seat being occupied. The reputation of the band…

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A.P.D.A. Band Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

THE concert in aid of the A.P.D.A. Band funds was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama, on Wednesday evening last, to a fairly good house—not one, however, equal…

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Besses O' Th' Barn Band

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

The Famous Besses. O' T' Barn Band are to visit Wollongong on the 28th inst., and give an afternoon and an evening concert. The first of the two…

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Besses O'th' Barn Band

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 16

The Besses o' th' Barn Band, which has caused such a [?]urore in Sydney and which is to visit Wollongong on Tuesday next, will come as…

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Band Social

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

The annual social and supper of the Wollongong Town Band eventuates on Wednesday evening next, 29th inst., in the Town Hall. Judging from the…

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The Searchlight. Band Social—wednesday Evening, May 29

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

We have been shown an egg laid by a while Leghorn hen, the property of Mr. Trickett, which weighed over 3½ ounces. A hen like that is worth…

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Empire Day. the Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

The celebration of Empire Day concluded on Friday night, when a patriotic concert was held in the town Hall, which was densely crowded in…

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