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New England · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1885

16 stories in New England's papers

Local & General News. Armidale Band of Hope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1885 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last the first public meeting of this Society was held in the old Town Hall, admission being free. The Hall was crowded, not with young…

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Armidale Band of Hope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1885 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of this Society was held on Wednesday evening last, and and drew together an audience of young and old that entirely filled the old Town…

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Ballade of the Dance

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1885 · page 6

An Exercise in an old French Metre. The ebbing music dies away — "Delightful," "glorious," "quite divine,"…

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The Little Ball Player

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 3

'STEP up here!' Little Johnnie Mullins looked more scared than he had been looking at this stern summons from His Honor. He got upon tiptoe, and the Court…

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Local & General News. Hospital Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1885 · page 4

BETWEEN 30 and 40 ladies assembled in the old Town Hall last Tuesday afternoon to consider the advisableness of giving a ball in aid of the funds of the Armidale…

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The Hospital Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 4

THIS year for the second time a plain and fancy dress ball was held in aid of the funds of the Artnidale and New England Hospital. It will be remembered that the…

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Extraordinary Characters to Impersonate at a Fancy Dress Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1885 · page 3

"PARIS is a town of striking contrasts," (a Paris correspondent took occasion to say a few days ago), and he who writes from history passes easily from grave to gay, from…

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An Extraordinary Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 4

There was a hall at the Pennsilvania female College recently--a hall the like of which is not often seen. Within the chapel the floor was cleared, and every bench pushed hack, and on the little stage at…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents) the Late Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 2

SIR,--Permit me through the medium of your paper to thank, on my own as well as on the part of the Good Sisters of St Joseph, all the ladies and gentlemen who so ably and cheerfully gave their…

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Band of Hope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1885 · page 4

THE old Town Hall was crowded almost to excess on Wednesday evening last at the monthly meeting of the Armidale Band of Hope and Temperance…

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Metropolitan Memos. Sydney, Wednesday. the Mayor's Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1885 · page 4

THE Mayor's Ball in the Town Hall was a brilliant success, the rooms being full without that inconvenient crowding so often experienced…

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Band of Hope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1885 · page 4

THE Band of Hope held its monthly meeting in the old Town Hall on Wednesday evening. The continued interest of the public was shown by the large attendance,…

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Local & General News. Amateur Concert

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 3

BY 8 p.m. on Monday last the new Town Hall was filled to its utmost capacity by an appreciative and enthusiastic audience—many of whom…

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Band of Hope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1885 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of the Band qf Hope came off on Wednesday evening, under the presidency of the Rev. J. E, Carruthers. The audience, as usual, was…

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Tea Meeting and Concert

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 5

The tea meeting and concert in aid of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church building fund were held in the old Town Hall, on Wednesday evening. Although heavy…

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Hospital Concert

The Inverell Argus · Saturday 19 December 1885 · page 2

Ti[?]e third annual concert in aid of the Inverell hospital, was held in the Masonic hall on Wednesday evening. The recent inclement weather had rendered it…

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