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Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

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Tinonee Hospital Ball

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 5

A very successful plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the funds of the M.R.D. Hospital was held in the Federal Hall, Tinonee, on the night of…

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Taree Civilian Band. (To the Editor.)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

Sir,—The adjourned annual meeting of the Taree Civilian Brass Band will be held in one of the committee rooms of the Belmore Hall. Taree,…

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T.B.G. Concert

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 6

IN the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night nine members of the Trial Bay Guard gave an entertainment in aid of Kempsey Women Worker funds…

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Hospital Ball

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 5

The Tinonee Hospital Ball, which was held at the beginning of this month was a great success, bred socially and financially. The floor was…

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Taree Civilian Band

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 4

The adjourned annual meeting of Taree Civilian Band was held on Wednesday night, and was fairly well attended…

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Taree Civilian Band

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 6

The adjourned annual meeting of the Taree Civilian Baud was held on Wednesday night. The meeting had been adjourned owing to the…

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Ch[?]ists' Concert

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 4

Tonight (Wednesday) the Victoria Theatre will likely be packed, for the Kempsey Choral Society's Concert to take place there promises to be one of…

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Arcadia Pictures

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 2

A fairly large audience was present die Arcadia Pictures on Saturday night to witness the star film "The Wolf Woman," in which Louise Glaum…

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Chorists' Concert

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 8

IN the Victoria Theatre on Wednesday night last the members of Kempsey Choral Society gave their initial performance in the presence of a large…

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A "Hard Up" Dance

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 6

Leeton recently held a hard-up ball in aid of the funds of the Anglican Church. Some extracts from the local paper, which says…

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Convict Days. (Copyright.) Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. the Skipper of the Albatross. Part One

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 7

A gang of convicts, drenched to the skin with the heavy rain that had been falling all day, were at work timber-getting some two miles north…

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France Day Concert

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 4

The concert to raise funds in connection with France Day, and arranged by Miss Estens. was held in the Eelmore Hall on Wednesday…

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Tableaux and Concert

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

It is a Tong time Since a concert has taken place in Gloucester in which such interest was manifested as in the entertainment…

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Christmas Gift Concert

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday night at the Oddfellows Hall a most successful and enjoyable concert was held under the management of the Wingham Girls' Patriotic…

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Honoring a Thief. a Rich Widow's Experience with a Band of Carpathian Brigands

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 7

The saying that there is honor among thieves suggests the thought that if the virtue began a little farther back it might prevent any practice of the profession…

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Convict Days. (Copyright.) Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. the Skipper of the Albatross. Part Two. Summary

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 7

(Gabriel Peel, a convict working in a lumber gang at Macquarie Harbour Settlement, on 10th November, 1830, escapes. Lieutenant Sorell, on…

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Convict Days. (Copyright.) Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. the Skipper of the Albatross. Fart 3

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 7

"And who might Brady be ?" asked Peel simply. "I've been on the high scas for more than a year, and we don't get much news there."…

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Ball and Races

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

Tho good People of Wherrol Flat are always to the fore in any matter that tends to assist in ameliorating the sufferings caused by the war, and…

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Band Concert

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

The concert in aid of the funds of the Taree Civilian Brass Band was held in the Belmore Hall, Taree, on Wednesday night. There was a good…

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Hospital Ball at Hamilton

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

THE ball at Hamilton last Friday evening in aid of the Hastings District Hospital was a pronounced success. There was a good attendance, and a very pleasant time…

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