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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1887

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After The Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 1

She counts her conquests all as naught Before the crowning one; The love that seemed to come unsought Like splendors of the sun…

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School of Arts Theatre

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

THE preference of Corowa audiences for dramatic entertainments over all other forms of local amusements was again evidenced on Saturday night. when the…

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Two Pictures

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 January 1887 · page 4

An old farmhouse with meadows wide, And sweet with clover on each side; A bright eyed boy, who looks from out The door with woodbine wreathed about,…

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Fatal Panic in a Theatre. London, January 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 4

While a representation was being given in a building in Spitalfields by a dramatic club, a groundless alarm of fire was raised. A panic ensued, and 17 persons were crushed to…

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The Band and the Volunteers. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 February 1887 · page 2

Sir,—With reference to the paragraph in your report of the Hay Volunteer Rifle Match, which was held on Wednesday, the 26th January, I beg to crave a few lines of space in your journal for an…

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The Border Orchestra Recital

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1887 · page 3

THE members of the Border Orchestra gave their first recital in the Corowa School of Arts on Friday. Although nominally tendered to subscribers to…

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Two Pictures

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 February 1887 · page 2

An old farmhouse with meadows wide, And sweet with clover on each side; A bright eyed boy, who looks from out The door with woodbine wreathed about,…

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An Arab Theatre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 10

A correspondent gives an interesting account of a performance he attended at an Arab theatre in Cairo. Large rose-colored bills posted on the doors announced that…

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Concert at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 3

A WELL-ATTENDED concert in aid of the parochial fund of the St. Stephen's Church was held in the Rutherglen Town Hall on Friday evening. The…

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Conversazione and Concert

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 March 1887 · page 2

After the ordination of the Rev. Alex. Hardie into the Presbyterian charges of Balranald and Moulamien it was suggested that Balranald ought to…

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Concert

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 March 1887 · page 2

The concert which was held in connection with the first annual conversazione of the Balranald Presbyterian Church was in every respect one of the…

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Corowa Race Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 3

A MEETING of gentlemen interested in arranging for a public ball in connection with the Corowa races was held at the Royal Hotel, Corowa, on…

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The Hibernian Ball. "St. Patrick was a gentleman"—Old song

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 2

St. Patrick's Day 1887 celebration in Hay was as quiet as a mill pond, or a deaf and dumb man. When we awoke at the recherche (French word fashionable) hour of 2 p.m, we gazed round vacantly and…

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Concert

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 2

There was a moderate attendance at Herr Liebermann’s concert at the Town Hall on Thursday evening. and the efforts of the vocalists and instrumentalists were largely appreciated The…

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Corowa Race Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 March 1887 · page 3

THE first annual public hall in connection with the Corowa Races was held at the Royal Hotel on Tuesday evening and passed off with gratifying…

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Volunteer Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 March 1887 · page 2

The best turnout over witnessed in Hay came off on Tuesday evening last, when the Hay Volunteer Reserve Corps were the benefi[?]ares of a concert given by the leading amateurs of Hay. The…

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Bulli Disaster Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 2

A twin torchlight pr[?]ion to that of the Hay Reserve corps benefit some weeks ago heralded the concert given by the local [?]ours in aid of the Bulli distress fund. There was nothing worthy of note in…

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Larrikins in the Theatre

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 April 1887 · page 2

At the Hay police court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Pearce, P.M., Sergeant Harper proceeded against W. L. Gordon, pedestrian was charged with being drunk and disorderly. The Sergeant deposed to a…

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A Theatre Larrikin Caught

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 2

Thomas Cox was charged at the police court on Wednesday, before Mr Pearce, P.M., with being drunk at the Academy of Music, on Thursday night, also with assaulting a boy. Constable Urquhart deposed…

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St. John's Sunday School Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 2

IF we judge by the attendance at the annual entertainment in aid of St. John's Sunday School on Easter Tuesday we should any that the management have done…

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