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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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The Benevolent Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

THE above annual function, which was for so long an interesting topic in social circles in our district, is now numbered with the past, and the only facts that remain of the…

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Churches Where They Dance

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 1

There are skill two European churches in which the practice of dancing has survived-- those of Seville, and Echternach in Luxembourg. At Seville it is customary on the…

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Hospital Ball

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 5

A most erroneous impression has got abroad with regard to the fancy dress sets at the forthcoming Hospital Bail. It is assumed that the sets arranged are the only ones that…

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Tennis Match and Concert at I Oakwood

The Inverell Argus · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 2

The Tennis Club recently formed under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor Society, and called the Endeavor Club, journeyed to Oak wood on…

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Concert at Little Plain

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

On the 21st inst, a magic lantern n[?]tertaiam-at supported by a rather lengthy musical programme drew a very satisfactory audience to the local Wesleyan Church. The len[?]ers…

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Ball at Wallangra

The Inverell Argus · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 2

The annual Bachelor's Ball was held in the large room at Wallangra on Friday evening, 16th, and was a great success, and a record ball for Wallangra. Too much prise cannot…

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The Ball

The Inverell Times · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

In the evening a plain and fancy dress ball was held in the Masonic Hall. When the opening dance was commenced there was a tremendous attendance, which later on increased till…

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Our Hospital Ball

The Inverell Times · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 5

Merry feet, pit pattering, Female tongues, all chattering. Looks given, fond and fl[?]ttering, Male hearts, and feelings hattering…

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At the State Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

A STATE ball may not be an amusing function, but it is, without doubt, a stately and most interesting one. Buckingham Palace is its background,…

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To The Maidens Who Went To The Ball

The Inverell Times · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 2

"Maidens ! We scorn him who thus doth assent That we go to a ball to chatter and flirt, Who even declares—an odious thing— That we all are "trying to get a ring."…

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Concert at Boggy Camp

The Inverell Times · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 5

On Wednesday evening last an entertainment in aid of the Church of England Building Fund was given in the Hampden Hall, Boggy Camp, to a very fair…

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Military Ball. a Brilliant Function

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 2

There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and…

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Tennis Ball

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 5

The local Tennis Association has added another laurel to its crown by bringing to such an eminently satisfactory issne its annual ball, which enlivened a seotion…

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Druids' Ball

The Inverell Times · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 5

The local Druids celebrated their twentieth anniversary on Wednesday evening last by a grand ball. Previous to the opening of the ball a torchlight procession of members of the…

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Band and Football Socials

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Town Band and the Football Clubs was held at Mr. A. M'Donald's on Wednesday night last, to arrange for holding a…

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Gain and Chaff. What the Band Played

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

AT Windsor Castle the band wan playing during the afternoon. Presently a new air, ineffably dreamy and sweet, stole on Her Majesty's car. It so charmed her that she sent an attendant to knew…

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Benevolent Ball

The Inverell Times · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

For some weeks past the Benevolent Balls, which were held in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last, were looked…

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Wesleyan Church concert

The Inverell Times · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 5
Also in Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek

During the week the residents of Boggy Camp have been treated to a series of entertainments, but the greatest treat of them all was the concert given in the Hampden Hall…

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May I Listen to the Band?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 7

SHE was a dear little girl of six, but such a trial to her mother, a tall, slender, listless woman, who spent the greater portion of the…

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