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Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1887

8 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

After The Ball

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 February 1887 · page 3

She counts her conquests all as naught Before the crowning one; The love that seemed to come unsought Like splendors of the sun…

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Two Pictures

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 2

An old farmhouse with meadows wide, And sweet with clover on each side; A bright eyed boy, who looks from out The door with woodbine wreathed about…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Theatre

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 May 1887 · page 4

MEXICAN newspapers report an incident which lately occurred in one of the city theatres as typical of one of the characterestics of the Mexican people. The occasion was the…

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Public School Concert

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 4

A concert was given by the pupils attending the East Kempsey Public School, assisted by several lady and gentlemen vocalists, on Tuesday night,…

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The Late Hospital Ball

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 2

CHARITY is said, on eminent authority, to cover a multitude of sins. In Kempsey certain parties evidently consider that it is an excuse for incurring…

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The Late Hospital Ball

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 2

THE more the remarkable aud audacious balance sheet published in reference to the late hospital ball is studied, the more it causes condemnation. It…

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Theatre Tragedy. [By Telegraph.] London, Sept. 6

Macleay Argus · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 2

The Theatre [?]al Exeter has been totally destroyed fire. During the performance last night a fire broke out on the stage and stead with such…

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The Burning of the Exeter Theatre

The Manning River Chronicle · Monday 19 September 1887 · page 2

Additional particulars of the destruction of the Theatre Royal. Exeted , by fire last week, show that it was occasioned by some of the gauze in the scenery igniting. The…

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