Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Pictures, dances & concerts, all years

Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1886

14 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Grand Concert

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 2

A grand concert in aid of the Presbyterian Manse Fund will be given in the Good Templars' Hall, Kempsey on the evening of Tuesday, April 20. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Presbyterian Concert

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 3

A CONCERT in aid of the Presbyterian Manse Fund was given in the Good Templars Hall, on Tuesday evening last. Shortly after the advertised time one of the most…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Kempsey Superior Public School Concert

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 2

THE master and teachers of the above school had every reason to be gratified on Friday evening the 4th instant. The crowded audience that…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Masonic Ball

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 2

The Masonic Ball to take place at the Good Templars Hall on the night of August 5th promises to be the most brilliant social gathering ever held on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Question. (In the Theatre.)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 1

romprons-nous, Ou ne romprons nous, pas? Le Debit Amoureux. Sweet, 1 have loved you so these long years…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Masonic Ball

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 2

ON Thursday night last, the brethren of the Lodge " Star of the Macleay," No. 600, S.C., gave a grand invitation ball in the Good Templars' Hall,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Science. Sun Pictures. The Perfection Which Photography has Attained. How Portraits of Distinguished Persons Are Placed Within the Reach of All -- Application of Solas Impression to Art and Science

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

DAGUERREOTYPE was the name trader which printing by light first became generally known, some forty-five years ago; true it is, that pictures had previously been taken by means…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

At the Theatre

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 3

WIFE : " Are you a medium ?" Husband : " What a ridiculous question !" Wife: " Not at all, not at all; for you seem to have a spirit call after each act. -- Boston…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Jewish Cookery. Motzoth Ball Soup

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 3

Take a couple of pounds of soup-meat, with some soup bones; put in a pot with sufficient water to make about six or eight plates of soup; when well boiled skim, and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Remembrance. (In the Theatre.)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 October 1886 · page 2

Dear, shall I count the two short happy years, And say: On such a day we laughed and sung;…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Mayor's Ball. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 3

Sir,--I think it is time some persons drew attention to the way things are managed in the Kempsey Municipal Council. Look for instance at the favoritism shown in the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

PRAETERITA. (In The Theatre.)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 November 1886 · page 2

Donee non alia magis. Arsisti neque erat Lydia post Chloen; Multi Lydia nominis Romana vigui clarior Illia…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Concert at Fredericton

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 2

THE Cricketer's Concert that had been announced to take place at Frederickton on Thursday evening last, came off with considerable eclat. Although…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Concert at Kinchela

Macleay Argus · Thursday 23 December 1886 · page 2

PURSUANT to announcement a concert in aid of the building fund of the Good Templars' Hall was held in the building referred to, at Kinchela, on Thursday last. There…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →