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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1889

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Concert and Farce on New Year's Night

The Corowa Free Press · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 4

IN [?] of the unfavourable condition of the elements, the concert and farce in aid of the Border United Foot ball and Cricket Clubs, on New Year's night, in the School…

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Fatal Accident at a Parisian Theatre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 10

A shocking accident, attended with fatal results, occurred during the performance at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, on the evening of the 21st November. The second act of…

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Visit to Sydney of Mr. Cowen and the Melbourne Centennial Orchestra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 25

Rumor has recently been rife that, after all, Sydney people will probably have the chance, that has long been so earnestly desired, of hearing the magnificent orchestra which the…

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The Town Band

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 26

A meeting of subscribers to the Town Band took place on Thursday evening, when the following report was presented :— “ Gentlemen,—We beg to lay before you the…

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Base-ball

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 2

In view of the recent arrival of the American Base-ball teams to these colonies, the following description of the game will be of interest to our readers…

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Fourteen Rules Relating to Base-Ball Playing. Information Which Will Be Appreciated by Young Men as Well as Boys—Regulations Governing the Field, the Balls and the Bats

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 2

Mr. Stackhouse, in the New York Tribune "Book of Open Air Sports," tells how the grown up folks play ball; and we have an idea that the rules relating to the laying our…

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The Convent Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 2

According to our anticipation a packed house greeted the performers at the above concert on Wednesday evening, the fact going further to prove that there is…

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Novelist. The Midnight Prophecy Or, Heir of Strathspey Towers. Chapter Xxxiii. at the Ball

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 4

The elegant mansion on the sunny side of St. James' Square was one blaze of light, and the primely drawingrooms, with their velvet hanging and wax-lights,…

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Base-ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 1

In view of the recent arrival of the American Bare b[?]ll teams to these colonies, the following description of the game will be of interest to our readers…

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Fourteen Rules Relating to Base-Ball Playing. Information which will Be Appreciated by Young Men as well as Boys-- Regulations Governing the Field, the Balls and the Bats

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 1

Mr. Stackhouse, in the New York Tribute " Book of Open Air Sports," tells how the grown up folks play ball; and we have an idea that the rules relating to the laying out…

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Novelist. The Midnight Prophecy Or, Heir of Strathspey Towers. Chapter Xxxiii. at the Ball

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 4

The elegant mansion on the sunny side of St. James' Square was one blaze of light, and the princely drawingrooms, with their velvet hanging and wax-lights…

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The Race Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 1

AS with the dance at Show time, so with that at Race time. Each has become an institution. On this occasion the preparations were entrusted to Mr…

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Curious Panic in the Theatre Royal, Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 19

No more striking illustration of how easily and unnecessarily an assemblage of people will allow themselves to become panic-stricken could be obtained than what occurred on…

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The Scotch Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 2

No "cross of fire and blood" carried from hand to hand by swift-footed messenger; no pibroch's shrill note or hoarse-voiced slogan was responsible for the gathering of clans…

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A London Theatre in the Time of Shakspeare

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 4

An interesting dramatic relic has just been sent to the British Museum on loan by the university of Utrecht. It is a representation and description of…

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Novelist. The Midnight Prophecy Or, Heir of Strathspey Towers. Chapter Xxxiii. at the Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 1

The elegant mansion on the sunny side of St. James' Square was one blaze of light, and the princely drawingrooms, with their velvet hanging and wax-lights,…

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Fire Brigade Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 2

A full house was the response given on Monday night to the local firemen's appeal for monetary assistance to enable them to purchase uniforms; and, having in view the merits…

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The Carrathool Ball

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 April 1889 · page 2

"Amie" sends us the following:—The railway goods shed at Carrathool presented a brilliant spectacle on April 22nd, on the occasion of the annual invitation ball under…

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The Irish Concert

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 2

The second of the series of national concerts in aid of the hospital took place on Wednesday evening, when Irish music was the order of the evening. With a knowledge acquired…

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St. John's Sunday School Picnic and Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 2

THE annual treat to the children attending St. John's Sunday School took place on Easter Monday at the old rendezvous, Cropper's Lagoon. As usual, two large…

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