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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

91 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 5

Show Ball

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 7

THE Condobolin Show ball of 1899 fully maintained the importance attached to its predecessors as THE ball par excellence of the season.the…

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Oddfellows' Ball

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 2

THIS event has now become an institution, and is regularly looked forward to, not only by members of the lodge, but all lovers of a good…

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Race Ball

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 4

The Annual Race Ball was held the same evening in Reuben's Royal Hall, when upwards of thirty couples indulged themselves to their heart's…

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Temperance Ball

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 12

A PLAIN and fancy dress ball, in aid of the Good Templars' hall building fund, eventuated on Tuesday evening, and was attended by some 20 couples…

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Hospital Concert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 4

SELDOM has it been our lot to witness so large a gathering of people find place in the spacious Royal hall as that which assembled on Thursday evening…

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The United States. Outrages by Strikers-railway Car Dynamited. Fourteen Passengers Injured. Ball Cartriges Issued to the Militia

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 9

The strike among the railway employees in Brooklyn and New York, has collapsed, and the strikers have returned to work…

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Race Ball

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 4

The Annual Race Ball was held the same evening in Reuben's Royal Hall, when upwards of thirty couples indulged themselves to their heart's…

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The Forbes Show. Condobolin Visitors.--the Governor at Parkes.--his Reception at Forbes.--smoke Concert, Banquet, Show, Etc

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 8

QUITE a crowd--the best part of a hundred--boarded the Condobolin train on Tuesday morning on pleasure bent, Forbes, for the most part, being…

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Hospital Concert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 4

SELDOM has it been our lot to witness so large a gathering of people find place in the spacious Royal hall as that which assembled on Thursday evening…

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The Show Ball

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

FULLY over a hundred couples assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, the occasion being the holding of the annual Show Ball. Needless less to say everything passed off splendidly. The…

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Show Ball

Western Champion · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 18

The Forbes Show Ball, owing to the presence of the Governor, was a pronounced success. The interior of the Town Hall was prettily decorated for…

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The Ball

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

The Show was brought to a close by way of that indispensable social function--a brilliant ball. His Excellency the Governor was again the centre of…

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Forbes Stroke Concert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

THE Forbes Town Hall was the scene of a merry gathering last Tuesday evening, about 300 of the foremost residents of and visitors to the district…

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West Wyalong Band. (To the Editor of the Wyalong Star.)

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

SIR,—Having been informed on what I consider reliable authority that the West Wyalong Band management has decided. for a monstary consideration, to limit their…

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Show Dance

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 5

A correspondent kindly sends us the following:—A very enjoyable enening was spent on Thursday, 10th July, when some of the residents of Parkes…

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Fire Brigade Ball

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 11

The ball, inaugurated by the local Fire Brigade, claimed attention in the Masonic Hall on the first night of the Show. Notwithstanding the many…

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Smoke Concert

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 12

On the evening of the first day a Smoke Concert was held at the Royal Hall, which, although most enjoyable, was not nearly so well attended as…

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Football Smoke Concert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 5

THE proposal of the members of the Football Club to hold a smoke concert At the Condobolin Hotel last week end proved a happy idea, the function…

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Hospital Ball

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 6

The annual ball in aid of the funds of the Cowra District Hospital held in the Centennial Hall on Wednesday night was a brilliant success. The weather was…

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The Ball at Piney Range

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

ACCEPTING a kind invitation from our friends of piney Range, to the ball and supper to be given there on Friday, 11th instant, we, in company with a pleasant companion (of the male…

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