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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1885

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The Right to Eject From a Theatre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1885 · page 6

The following reference by the St. James’s Gazette to a case before the English courts is of public interest:—“ Mrs. Weldon’s case against Mr. Riviere stands…

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Border Brass Band

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 4

THE annual meeting of members of this institution, held at the Royal Hotel, Corowa, on Monday evening last, was very poorly attended. In…

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Fatal Panic at a Theatre. (From St. James’s Budget.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 6

A terrible panic occurred on the 1st November at a place of entertainment in Glasgow called tho Star Theatre, frequented chiefly by the working classes. About…

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SIFTINGS. Band on

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1885 · page 3

Border Brass [?]ted in Wagga. A volunteer corps st[?] Monday. Wahgunyah Mill Started last [?] Beechworth Hospital concert, February…

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New Theatre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1885 · page 15

The foundation-stone was laid last week, [?] the mayor, of Her Majesty’s Theatre and Grand Opera House, which is to be created at the north-eastern corner of Pitt and…

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The Beechworth Hospital Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 2

IN spite of a downpour of rain that, commencing about eight o'clock, threatened to continue during the evening, a large audience assembled at the School of Arts, Corowa to wit[?]ss the concert in…

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Hospital Concert at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 13

Notwithstanding the threatening appearance the heavens in the early part of the evening of the 11th inst., and the downfall of rain a little later, the School of Arts was filled with…

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Concert at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1885 · page 2

WHETHER for enthusiasm for the cause of district charity or from appreciation of the excellent programme prepared, the people of Rutherglen mustered at the Town-hall on Monday night far more…

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"The Ravens" Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1885 · page 2

The evening's amusement was provided for by a select entertainment under the patronage of the "Ravens." A large audience assembled in the Town-hall and…

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The Race Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1885 · page 2

MR. HERMAN MERIVALE, in his powerful novel, "Faucit of Balliol," gives his hero's idea of the utmost happiness compatible with the lot of suffering humanity as "a…

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St. John's Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1885 · page 3

THE last annual concert in aid of St. John's Sunday Schools given in the School of Arts, Corowa, on the evening of Good Friday did not attract a very numerous audience, and…

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Blind Pupils' Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 April 1885 · page 2

THE announcement of a concert by the pupils of the Victorian Asylum and School for the Blind was sufficient of itself to ensure a large amount of warm sympathy…

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Athenaeum Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 29 April 1885 · page 2

The first of these agreeable and enjoyable concerts for the season took place at the Athenaeum Hall on Monday night, when a large and respectable audience filled the place to overflowing. The opening…

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Concert at Gunbar

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 6 May 1885 · page 2

The first concert held this year at Gunbar, on Wednesday evening last, was a great success. The building was filled by a most appreciative audience, numbering over 150 persons. No tea meeting being held in connection with it, it was to a…

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Athene[?]eum Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 2

The second of the fortnightly concerts was given at the Athenaeum on Thursday evening last before a very large audience. The programme which was a very varied one took the form of both vocal and…

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Oddfellows' Torchlight Procession and Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 June 1885 · page 2

The annual Oddfellows' torchlight procession and concert took place on Monday evening, and must be pronounced a decided success. The Oddfellows formed up at Lakeman's Hall, and the procession moved off at 7.20 p.m. Mr. M'Kinney…

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Wahgunyah Library Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1885 · page 3

THE formal re-opening of Foord's Store, Wahganyah, under the management of the Library Committee ranks as an event in the somewhat dull…

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Concert at the Athenaeum

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 2

A concert took place at the Athenaeum on Wednesday evening last, in aid of the Wesleyan Church circuit fund, and was very successful both vocally and financially. The hall was filled by an appreciative…

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The Remenyi Concert

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 3

If if not often that Deniliquin is visited by such a brilliant artist in his profession as Edouard Eemenyi, and when that is considered it is not a matter for s[?]rp[?]ice that the audience was of such a…

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Exciting Scene in a Theatre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1885 · page 24

An incident thoroughly French in all its circumstances has lately taken place in connection with the suicide of an officer in Caen. Some time ago a Parisian actress in…

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