Picnic and Concert at Courabyra School
The annual picnic of the above school was held on 2nd inst., in the grounds adjoining the schoolhouse. The morning broke wet and cloudy, and it looked more like staying at home…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1888
53 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 3
The Intercolonial Band Contest
The intercolonial band contest was continued on Saturday, but did not appear to excite much public interest. The first prize was secured by the Newcastle 4th Regiment…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Panic in a Theatre
A serious panic occurred in the Edinburgh Theatre Royal, which, fortunately, was unattended by any loss of life. While it lasted, however, great excitement prevailed, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Burning of a Bolton Theatre
The Theatre Royal, Bolton, belonging to Mr. Elliston, was destroyed by fire on January 4. The theatre, where the pantomime “Blue Beard” was being played, was sale at…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Driven Mad at the Theatre
Two strange stories have (according to the London correspondent of the Liverpool Post) been from New York. The first presents quite a remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Concert at Rutherglen
ON Wednesday evening a promenade concert in connection with the first show of the Rutherglen Horticultural Society was held in the Town Hall. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Concert at Swan Hill
A concert in aid of the Swan Hill Cricket and Football Club was held at Mr. Pettigrew's Assembly Hall on the 23rd [?] A considerable amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Albury Town Band
The annual meeting of subscribers to the Town Band took place on Monday evening at the Albury Hotel. Dr. Woods occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Corowa Race Ball
THE second annual public ball under the patronage of the Corowa Race Club was held in the Royal Hotel, Corowa on Tuesday evening, and thanks to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction of a Theatre by Fire. London, March 21
The Oporto Theatre, Lisbon, has been destroyed by fire, which occurred during the performance. Many persons were killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Latest by Telegraph Burning of a Theatre. Terrible Loss or Life. Lisbon March 21
During a performance at the Opera theatre last night, a fire broke out in the building. The flames spread so rapidly that the audience had not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Queer Parisian Ball
The Ball of the Incoherents took place recently. It was a final one, the organisers of that maddest and merriest of the Bohemian festivities of Paris having decided…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burning of a Theatre
A great fire took place at an early hour this morning, resulting in the complete destruction of the newly-erected Opera House. The origin of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bears’ Ball in Montana
A correspondent of the New York Sun, who writes from Fort Custer, confesses that “we ain’t, maybe, quite so slick at spinning yarns as those fellows in the woods of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →St. John's Concert
THE annual concert and distribution of prizes in connection with St. John's Sunday School, Corowa, attracted a large audience to the School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amateur Concert
On Monday evening a concert and variety entertainment was given at the Town Hall in aid of the funds of the Deniliquin Brass Band. The attendance was a large one, and the audience evidently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning of a Theatre in Oporto. Great Loss of Life
The Baquet Theatre at Oporto was completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, March 20, the conflagration being caused by a gas accident which occurred during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Centennial Exhibition. Superb Collection of English Pictures to Be Sent. London, April 25
A superb collection of pictures, constituting by far the finest display of English art ever despatched abroad, will be shipped forthwith to Melbourne for the Centennial Exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Ball at the Paris Roths-childs
“The ball given by the Baron and Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild, in their palatial dwelling of the Rue St. Florenti[?], might justly have been called,” says…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Convent Concert
A vocal, instrumental and dramatic entertainment was given in the Academy of Music on Wednesday evening last, in aid of the building fund of the Convent. The unity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →