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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1894

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Bomb Exploded Outside a Ball-room. London, March 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 37

An outrage, supposed to have been committed by anarchists, has occurred at Montceau-les- Mines, in France. A bomb was exploded outside a ballroom…

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S. John's Sunday School. Annual Picnic and Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 3

On Easter Monday the annual picnic to the scholars attending S. John's Sunday School, Corowa, was held on the race course and passed off most successfully. The day…

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Concert

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 2

. A well attended. Concert and Dramatic Entertainment was held last Monday Evening in the School of Arts in aid of the Funds of the local Progress Association. Mr H. R…

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Saving Pretty Pictures

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 6

A pretty nursery screen is made by covering the panels with any solid background desired, black, dark red or brown, and pasting pictures cut from nursery tales upon…

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Winter Concerts. to the Editor of the Recorder

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 5

SIR,—I notice in a recent issue of your paper a remark re "winter concerts," and would suggest a means by which these concerts could be given and would. I feel…

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A Masquerade Ball

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 7

I have a very vivid recollection of how I spent Easter, 1893. It was in a manner so uncomfortable, albeit ludicrous, that I certainly have no desire to be placed in a…

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Oddfellows' Ball at Urana

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 3

THE annual hall of the above lodge, which came off in the School of Arts, Urana, on the evening of Easter Monday, proved a decided success. The weather was…

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Concert and Conversazione

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 3

In the evening a concert and conversazione, in connection with the induction of the Rev. A. G. Michie, was held in the Skating Rink. A…

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Ball at Mahonca

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 16

The return ball given by the Mahongaites to surrounding friends is, thank heaven, over. It was held on the night of the 13th inst., and I must say without sarcasm that from the…

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Concert

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

On Monday evening last, a Concert and Musical Entertainment, was held in the Town Hall, under the auspices of the l.O.O.G.T. Lodge, No. 329. The attendance owing to the unsettled state of the…

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The Ball

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 2

After tho concert, the hall was quickly cleared for dancing, and about fifty couples indulged in this pastime till the small hours. Considering the newness of the floor,. it was…

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Bachelors' Ball Near Urana

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 2

THE much-talked of bachelors' ball took place at Hidewell (Mr. Warhurst's) last Friday evening. The hon. secretary (Mr. G. K. Jackson) and the committee had…

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Is It Magic? Snake Dance of the Moqui

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 39

Indian magic, writes Professor H. Kellar in the North American Review, finds its most startling survival and most horrible illustration in the snake dance of the Moqui…

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The Concert

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 2

The Concert held in the evening in the new School of Arts was a brilliant success in every way, the hall being crowded and the numbers on the programme containing great…

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Proposed Benefit Concert

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

A meeting was held at the Federal Hotel last Monday evening to make arrangements for holding a concert and ball to augment the funds subscribed to assist Mr Jamieson,…

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Bachelor's Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

THE School of Arts, Corowa, was the scene of a very gay and enjoyable festival on Friday evening last, when at the invitation of the bachelors of…

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The Convent School's Concert. a Children's Performance

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

The concert in aid of the Roman Catholic Church and School's Building Fund took place in the academy of Music on Tuesday evening. As is usual at these concerts the…

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The Rowing and Cricket Clubs' Concert. a Christy Minstrel Performance

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

Christy Minstrel entertainments can hardly be termed novelties, but is some time since one of these performances was given in Hay, and probably that fact contributed to…

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A Chinese Band

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

At one time there was always a lack of interest in musical matters in the town. Then the Fire Brigade Band started to Practice and for years formed the only available public instrumentation at…

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Catholic Concert

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening a concert was given in the Academy of Music by the children of the Convent School. There was a large attendance, the hall being full. The…

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