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Murray · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1897

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The Charity Ball

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 20

The late charity ball proved a great success, the receipts being only a few shillings short of last near. The gross receipts were £45 17s. 6d., the expenses £10 12s…

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Narratives of the Bushranging Times in Van Dieman's Land. [Copyright.] Period, 1842. the Port Arthur Band. (In Six Parts.) Part V.

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 1

Atherton was an exceedingly bumptious man with an exaggerated idea of his own physical courage, and he told the messenger he would make short…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 29

A boy named Ellacott, eight years of age, was killed at the Public School, Wilcannia, by a cricket ball striking him on the left temple. It appears that at the…

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The Musin Concert Company

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 21

M. Ovide Musin, the groat Belgian violinist, and his celebrated company will appear to-night at the Mechanics' Theatre, after an absence of nearly five years. The company have just…

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Narratives of the Bushranging Times in Van Dieman's Land. [Copyright.] Period, 1842. the Port Arthur Band. (In Six Parts.) Part Vi

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 June 1897 · page 1

As dawn broke smoke was noticed issuing from two chimneys, one at the house and the other about twenty yards away attached to a large separate…

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Mr. Ball and the Stock Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 37

Mr. Ball forwards us the following letter for publication:— Parliament House, Sydney, June 14, 1897…

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Wesleyan Tea Meeting and Concert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 2

THE annual tea-meeting and concert of the above church took place on Wednesday evening last, and was in every way most enjoyable. The tea commenced at…

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The Ball

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

The night as well as the day Was given over to pleasure, and the School of Arts presented a pleasing appearance when a large gathering of young people [?] to…

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At Gunbar. Ball and Supper

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

On Jubilee night, a return ball was given by the ladies of Gunbar to the bachelors of that town, in Messrs Simpson and Pollard's store. It was a real success, partly because…

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At Maude. Sports Gathering and Dance

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

Sports in commemoration of Diamond Jubilee Day were held at Maude on the 22nd inst., Queen's weather prevailing. There was a fair attendance, and the…

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Mr. Ball and the Stock Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 25

Mr. Bowen has handed us the following letter for publication :- Walla Walla, via Culcairn, June 18th, 1897…

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Berrigan Record Reign Celebration. a Brilliant Success Procession Sports, and Ball

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

It was a happy idea which promoted a few residents in the some few weeks back to determine upon celebrating the sixty years reign of Her…

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The Juvenile Ball. An Unprecedented Success and a Magnificent Spectacle. The Rink Packed with Spectators

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

The success that attended the adult ball on the previous night, great though it was, was totally eclipsed by the unprecedented eclat which attended the children's dance on…

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The Juvenile Ball

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

The gathering in the Alma Rink on Wednesday evening, on the occasion of the juvenile ball, was the largest and certainly the most attractive ever seen in…

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Ball at the Oddfellows' Hall

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

MESSRS. S. M. and H. Y. Brown, of Naranghi Park, celebrated the occasion of a turf success by an invitation ball on last Friday night at the Oddfellows'…

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A Brass Band

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

NOT many years ago Balranald could boast of a very fair brass band, but from one cause and another it was allowed to die a natural death. When…

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Juvenile Ball

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

On Wednesday evening the celebrations were concluded by a children's ball in the Varicty Hall. The arrangements were not carried out by…

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Ball at Buckingham Palace. London, June 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 26

A state ball was given by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace last night, at which the more distinguished visitors to London in connection with the…

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Jubilee Temperance Concert

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 2

On Wednesday evening a vocal and instrumental concert was given to the Temperance Hall in aid of the funds of the Good Templar's Lodge. There was a very…

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Ball at the Guildhall. London, July 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 26

The Lord Mayor of London, Sir G. F. Faudel Phillips, gave a grand ball at the Guildhall last night, at which the colonial Premiers, the officers and the colonial…

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