Band Competition
At the centennial band contest the judges awarded the 4th Regiment of New South Wales first prize, Bulch's Model Band, Ballarat, second prize, and the…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1888
26 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
Centennial Celebrations at Armidale. the Ball
AS a pleasant wind-up to the monster gathering of children at the centenary pic-nic on Thursday last a juvenile ball was held in the new Town Hall the…
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THE Presbyterians of this district held their annual celebration in the Music Hall on Thursday evening, and notwithstanding the great exodus of residents to the centennial festivities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ladies' Column. a Young Girl at Her First Ball
I WAS invited to my first ball at Vignolles Park, the residence of Sir Joshua and Lady Vignolles, who were generally the gayest people in the neighbourhood.... I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theatre Destroyed
The Union Square Theatre, New York, has been destroyed by fire. Later. Abyssinia and Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ladies' Bonnets at the Theatre
M. Francisque Sarcey is a courageous man; he has opened a campaign against ladies' bonnets at the play. He says the monumental height of feminine head gear at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Highest Auction Prices for Pictures
According to the art records for 1887, the highest price ever given for any portrait at an auction was obtained at the Lonsdale sale, London, for Boucher's 'Pompadour.' The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Queer Parisian Ball
THE ball of the Incoherents took place recently. It was the final one, the organisers of that maddest and merriest of the Bohemian festivities of Paris having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial. New Zealand, Thursday Night Theatre Destroyed
THE Opera House, at Wellington, was destroyed by fire this morning, the origin being unknown. The theatre had been closed for the past week and was insured…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WALCHA & District. Walcha, April 10. Benedicts' Ball
ON Friday evening last a ball was given by the Benedicts to a number of the ladies and gentlemen of this district. The ball was held in the hall of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Torpedo Cannon Ball
THE AVENIR MILITAIRE gives us some particulars concerning a torpedo cannon ball invented by Captain Coudray, of the navy. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An "Infernal Quadrille" at a Communist Ball
"INFERNAL Quadrilles," danced amid squibs, crackers, and Bengal-fires, were the rule at the Communist ball, which took place in Belleville on the night of the 18th. Owing to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Walcha & District. Walcha; April 27. Tea Meeting and Concert
ON Tuesday evening, 17th inst., a tea meeting and concert took place in the hall of the School of Arts, the proceeds of which were devoted to the building fund…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bundarra. Concert
ON the 18th May a very successful school concert was given by the children of the Bundarra Public School. Everybody seemed highly delighted with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Entertainment for Benefit of the Band
The Black Diamond Minstrel Entertainment on Tuesday night was an undeniable success, and their efforts were rewarded by the reiterated applause of an overflowing bumper house. The Band, as might…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Philharmonic Concert
THE fourth concert of the Armidale Philharmonic Society eventuated in the newTown Hall, on Tuesday night last. All the front seats were filled with a large and…
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SHE stood on the kitchen doorstep, 'Twas late and the work was done, The leaves and the grass were dancing A minuet with the sun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armidale Band of Hope
THE Band of Hope held their usual monthly meeting in the old Town Hall on Monday night last. There was a good attendance, and the chair was occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hospital Annual Ball
NOT a detail was overlooked by the promoters and committee of the ball which took place in M'Cormack's Music Hall on Tuesday night, and nothing occurred to militate against the glorious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Juvenile Hospital Ball
Another pronounced success was the juvenile Ball on Wednesday night, held at the Music Hall, when about 60 couples "tripped it delt and merrily." The sparkling eyes and flushed cheeks of the…
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