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

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1906

195 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 10

Chaucer Public School Ball

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

On 30th ult. a very successful ball was held in Mr. T. Callan's woolshed to raise funds to equip the Cha[?] Public School with suitable material to meet the…

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School Concert

Western Champion · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 22

The third annual concert in aid of the prize fond of the Parkes Public School was held at the Royal Hall on Friday evening last and proved a great…

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Church and Theatre

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 3

The theatre and music-halls are tremendous factors in the national life, and it is for the church to recognise that fact. It is sheer folly to stand…

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Concert at Alectown

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 14

ON Friday last a very enjoyable concert was held in the Alectown Hall, those taking part being Mrs. McDermid's music pupils. Prior to the concert the…

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Canowindra Public School Concert

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

After many weeks of preparation the children attending the local Public School on Wednesday evening of last week, under the conductorship of Mr. S,…

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Holidays in Pictures. Black Frame Club's Exhibition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 7

The walls or the Suffolk street Gall[?]eries, where the Black Frame Club is holding an exhibition of sketches, tell us where a dozen or so of capable artists…

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Tragedy at a Dance. Murderer Escapes and Shoots

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 4

During a quarrel over a woman at a dance at Martin, Kentucky, last year (reported the New York correspondent of the " Express" on 29th…

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Convent School Concert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 4

The excessive heat of Thusday night which almost forbade indoor life was doubtless responsible for the attendance at the local Convent School concert on Thus Jay night last…

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Hospital Ball

Western Champion · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 14

A ball in aid of the Parkes District Hospital was held at Mr C J. E. Palmer's wo[?]lshed at Limestone, on December 11th, and was very well…

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Myall-Peak Hill Band. [CONTRIBUTED.]

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

A THOUGHT struck me, Mr. Editor, that it is just twelve mouths since we made an appeal to the music-loving people of the town…

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From the Sea. Three Pictures

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 7

"Violette Lauda" writes in the " Westminster Gazzette":— A great ship is cutting its fleet course through a wide expanse of…

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Parkes Town Band

Western Champion · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 6

On Xmas eve the Parkes Town Band rendered a spirited programme of music from Thomas' balcony. The Band will as usual play in different…

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Church and Theatre

Western Champion · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 9

The theatre and,music-halls are tremendous factors in the national life, and it is for the church to recognise that fact. It is sheer folly to stand…

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The Concert

Western Champion · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 7

On Boxing night a concert, or what might more correctly be termed a social evening, was spent at the Royal Hall. The attendance was but…

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In a Postage Stamp Gallery. Showing Pictures from Many Lands

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 5

It is estimated that in sixty years 19,242 different kinds of postage stamps have been issued by various countries of the world. Needness to say, this huge total offers an…

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Will Perry's Concert

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 2

The variety entertainment insugurated by Mr W. Perry came off off Boxing night in the presence of a large attendance. The affair was…

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