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Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1893

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Humorous Matter. the Bishop and the Ball

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 7

An English bishop, returning from a tour of the States, occupied a large double cabin with his wife, who was querulous and exacting. One night during a storm…

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The General Election. Mr. H. Stuart at the Theatre Royal

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 6

MR. HENRY STUART, the democratic-protectionist candidate for the Hastings and Macleay electorate, opened his campaign by delivering on Friday evening at the…

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The Orchestra Stopped

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 6

The poetic looking man with long hair and the woman with pale blue eyes were especially interested in the love passages of the play. They sighed deeply and…

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The Belle of T Ball

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1893 · page 7

IT was the Brimbleton County Ball and all the elite of the County of Hayshire were, of course, present. There were many pretty girls in the room. Yet,…

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A Lost Band

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 7

Many of the funniest stories and quaintest sayings come to us from Scotland, where the people have not a great deal of time for joking, but are, nevertheless, continually doing…

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