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Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1914

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School of Arts Ball

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

Owing to the extremely boisterous weather, and the heavy storm during the previous night, the ball in connection with the School of Arts was…

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Scotch Concert

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a Scotch Concert was given, the proceeds being for the Presbyterian Church. There was a bumper house and every item…

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Wherrol Flat R.C. Ball

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

THE Wherrol Flat annual R.C. Ball, which was held last week, proved a brilliant success. The hall was artistically decorated, palm leaves, ivy,…

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Hospital Ball

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 4

We learn from the untiring secretaries that matters are well in hand for a most successful Hospital ball which will be made most attractive…

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Annual Hospital Ball. a Brilliant Function

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

THE hospital ball of 1914, which took place in the School of Arts, Port Macquarie, on Thursday evening, was the most successful in the history of this annual function. Weather conditions were…

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Wauchope Choral and Dramatic Society's Concert

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

THE above Society held its fifth grand concert in Glessson's Hall, Wauchope, on Saturday the 4th inst. The attendance was all that could be desired, the hall being crowded when Miss Philpotts…

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Gladstone C. of E. Concert

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 4

This concert, one of the best over held in Gladstone, was largely attended on Wednesday night. Mr. P. Knauer acted as chairman, and…

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Hospital Ball. the Juveniles' Night

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

THE juvenile's night in connection with the annual ball in aid of the Hastings District Hospital attracted a huge crowd to the Port Macquarie School of Arts hall on Friday evening last Large…

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Pen Pictures of the Past. Betsy Balcombe and the Ogre

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 9

On October 13, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte (yesterday arbiter of Europe, now a captive "general," condemned to lifelong exile) arrived…

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Hospital Ball

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1914 · page 5

HELD on Thursday night, the 1914 Hospital Ball must be written down as one of the most successful in recent years. The Agricultural Hall was…

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The Minister for Health at Port Macquarie. Opens New Operating Theatre at the Hospital. an Important Function. Mr. Flowers Sympathetic. Large Sum Conditionally Promised

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 7

ON Saturday morning the Ministerial party motored the lighthouse, via the Lovers' Walk. They were greatly impressed by the beauty of the drive. On returning they were entertained at an oyster…

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All Surplus Stock Must Go Street Says So Bachelors Ball

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

The accounts in connection with the recent bachelors ball being now complete: the balance shoot ma[?] be inspected on application to Mr. C[?]…

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Bowraville's Bachelor's Ball

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 4

This annual function which was held in the School ol Arts on Wednesday night was a great, success. Over 80 couples were present, while…

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Pen Pictures of the Past. Florence Nightingale's Choice

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 2

It was on October 21, 1859, that Florence Nightingale, a quiet and almost unknown young woman of thirty-one, embarked on board the…

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Town Topics. Eungai R. C. Ball

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 4

The Catholic ball at Eungai on Friday last was a great success. About 70 couple were present, and the organising committee—Mrs. Wallbridge…

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Pen Pictures of the Past. Poignant Polar Tragedy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

The tale of the Gordon Bennett Expedition or 1879 is one of the most poignant of Polar tragedies. The Jeannette left Sun Francisco…

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Kinchela Hospital Ball

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 6

KINCHELA Hospital Ball held in the G. T. Hall on the night of the fifth instant, was easily the most successful ever here, and the takings totalled…

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At Streets. Patriotic Concert

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 2

A concert will take place in the School of Arts Gloucester, on Thursday night 20 inst in old of the Patriotic Fund. The programme will be…

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Patriotic Concert

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 2

The Patriotic Concert-given by the School Children (assisted by several local artists) in the School of Arts on Thursday evening last was a huge…

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Patriotic Concert at Wauchope

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 4

THE Wauchope Choral and Dramatic Society, in conjunction with the School Choir and Baxter's [?] a patriotic concert in aid of the war fund, in Gleeson's Hall, Wauchope, on…

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