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Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

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Local and General News. Lone Pine Band

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 4

LAST week-end the Lone Pine Band visited Port Macquarie, and on Sunday played a programme of music on the gaol hill. Threatening weather caused a curtailment…

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Reeve-Estens Concert

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 4

The Reeve-Estens, concert in the Belmore Hall [?]ree, on Wednesday night was a pronounced success, and the large audience was delighted…

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Arcadia Pictures

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 2

Providing the electric light is favourable there will be a good series of first-class films shown at the Ar[?]ia Pictures on Thursday, Friday, and…

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Concerted Attack on Labour

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

Mr. J. H. Catts, M.H.R., 321 Pitt Street, Sydney writes :-- "The Daily Standard' (Q.), and 'Daily Herald' (S.A.), Labour papers,…

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The Lone Pine Band. (To the Editor.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

Dear Sir,—I formed one of the audience at concert given by the hone Pine Band last week, and any enjoyment of same was…

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Concert at Cedar Party

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday evening last a school concert arranged by Mr. Powell (teacher of our local school) took place in the Methodist Church building. Great…

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First Military Band

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 2

Military bands first came into existence about 1685-in the reign of Charles II. That monarch had a partiality for music. Anyhow, it was…

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Comboyne Band of Hope

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

THE find meeting of the above was held in the Methodst Church on Wednesday evening the Rev. Knox Perry Presiding, when the following programme was presented:-…

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Cricket-ball Raised £648

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 2

A sum of £548 for the wounded: has been raised in an interesting way recently. In 1882, in the happy days when…

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The Band Question

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 3

In the Council Chambers on Thursday night last Mayor Lane presided at a public meeting called for the purpose of considering the question of…

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Captain Ball a Prisoner

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 4

The famous young British airman, Captain Ball, who was recently reported missing, is a prisoner in Germany…

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Smoke Concert

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 5

A SMOKE concert was held in the Town Hall, Port Macquarie, on Thursday by the students of the Dairy Science School, Mr. Drummond…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

A very successful euchre party and dance, in aid of the R. C. Presbytery Funds, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Wingham on Wednesday night…

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Taree Civilian Brass Band

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Taree Civilian Brass Band was held in the Belmore Hall on Wednesday night. There were present Messrs. G. W…

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The Taree Brass Band. To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 5

Sir,— In the issue of the "M.R. Times" of the 23rd June, 1917, I read with interest the report of the Taree Brass Band meeting, which took place…

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School of Arts Dance

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 4

Wednesday evening last the Kemp Key School of Arts social was a great success, though the fair sex were somewhat in the majority. Mrs…

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Church of England Concert

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 3

A short but enjoyable musical programme was given in the Victoria Theatre on Wednesday evening last as a bright male to the harvest festival…

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Taree Band

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 5

The recent badly attended annual meeting in connection with the Taree Civilian Band indicated a deplorable apathy on the part of the…

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Concert

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 4

There was a good attendance at the Lansdowne Concert on 4th inst., there being about 200 people present. A very enjoyable evening was spent…

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The Billiard-ball Trick

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 2

Not so very long ago an American got into an argument with a friend over the delicate question of whether or not he could get a billiard ball into his mouth. Ten shillings was…

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