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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1905

170 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 9

A Floating Theatre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 5

Perhaps the most interesting of new vessels plying the Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers is one built upon an extensive scale for use as floating theater. The…

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Canowindra Band

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 2

The local band promises to become worthy of the name shortly. The Committee are calling all instruments with a view to having same repaired, and this…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 2

DARCY ADAM, 11 years, was playing at cricket at longreach (Queensland), when a ball bowled by Keith Heyes struck him on the forehead. Adam…

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Convent School Concert

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 14

THE annual concert, by the Convent School pupils, was held in the Masonic Hall on Thursday evening. There was a very fair attendance. The doors…

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Concert

Western Champion · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 13

The second concert by the Parkes Choral Society, the net proceeds of which are to be devoted to the funds of the Hospital, is to be held at the…

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Murrumburrah Band Contest

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 1

The second class band contest, held at Murrumburrah on Monday, attracted four competitors, viz.—Yass Town Baud (Mr. A. E. Pearce, conductor), Yass Town and…

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United Friendly Societies' Hospital Ball

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 2

The Annual hospital ball held under the auspices of the Friendly Societies of the town, eventuated on Monday night. Mr. Fisher (President of the Hospital)…

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A N.s.w. Concert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 4

The following programme will be submitted to the public of N. S. W. upon the arrival of Nick Willis from Africa. As will be noticed much…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, November 24, 1905. Band Programme

Western Champion · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 12

The Parkes Town Band will render the following programme at the intersection of Ciarinda and Victoria Streets, on Wednesday evening next:…

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Concert

Western Champion · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 13

The concert by the Parkes Choral Society on Wednesday evening was highly creditable, in spite of the numerous counteracting influences…

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School Concert

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 4

It is not often that Eu[?]wra is treated to an entertainment such as was given by the pupils of the local Convent School on Monday night of last week, when they…

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The Cannon-ball Tree

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 5

The cannon-ball tree is a remarkable tree, irhabiting the extensive alluvial plains skirting the rivers of British Guiana. It belongs to the myrtle family, and is…

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Band Concert

Western Champion · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 12

Lovers of those musical, mirthful and spirited comic operas—the Geisha and the Cingalee—should not miss the Band Concert on Wednesday evening…

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Band

Western Champion · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 12

The Town Band is organising a Band Sunday in aid of the Hospital to take place on the Show Ground on Sunday next, 10th inst. A procession,…

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Public School Concert

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 8

On Friday, 15th instant, the local Public School breaks up for the Xmas vacation, and in the evening a concert will be held in the Masonic Hall…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative. Friday, December 8, 1905. School Concert

Western Champion · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 12

The second annual concert, in aid of the Prize Fund, by the pupils of the Parkes Public School is to be held at the Royal Hall this (Friday) evening…

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Convent School Concert

Western Champion · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 13

The annual concert by the pupils of the local Convent School was held at the Royal Hall on Wednesday evening and proved particularly successful…

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Band Concert

Western Champion · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 13

On Wednesday evening the Royal Hall was crowded to excess by an enthusiastic audience, when Miss Ida Nicholson's Amateur Comic Opera…

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Parkes Hospital. Band Sunday Demonstration

Western Champion · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 4

A demonstration, in aid of the funds of the local hospital, organised by the Town Band, took place on Sunday last There was only a moderate attendance…

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McPhail and Peak Hill District Band

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 9

FOR some time past McPhail and Peak Hill District Band has not been heard so frequently as in the past, for the reason that the members, being miners…

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