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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1881

165 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9

Concert at Onebygamba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1881 · page 2

A GRAND concert, in aid of the prize fund of the Onebygamba Public School, was given in the schoolroom on Thursday evening last, and was a decided success,…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1881 · page 2

SOUTH'S Pinafore Company was again rewarded by a well-filled house last evening, affording frequent testimony to the merits of the performance…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1881 · page 2

A VERY excellent house last night testified to the continued attractions of H.M.S. Pinatore as performed by Mr. South and his immensely popular company. The…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Herr Gottlieb's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1881 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE practice was effected in the rehearsal by the Newcastle Choral Union, on Monday night, of the choruses to be sung at Herr Gottlieb's concert, on the…

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A Band of Brigands Burnt to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 2

A BAND of Spanish brigands, who for a long time past have infested the neighbourhood of Malaga, have just been destroyed after a desperate and…

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Herr Gottleib's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1881 · page 2

THE Newcastle Choral Union had a special rehearsal last night of the selections to be given on the occasion of Herr Gottleib's concert at the Victoria Theatre, on…

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Herr Gottlieb's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1881 · page 5

IN another column will be found the programme in connection with the entertainment to be given by the Choral Union and other lady and gentlemen vocal and…

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The Mayor's Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1881 · page 3

THE grand ball given by his Worship the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. John Harris) to the Admiral and officers of the Detached Squadron, took place on…

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Herr Gottlieb's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1881 · page 2

WE are requested to remind the members of the Newcastle Choral Union, and the lady and gentleman amateurs who are to take part in the above concert, to-morrow…

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Herr Gottlieb's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1881 · page 2

THE final rehearsal of the above took place last evening, and gave every assurance of the complete success of the public entertainment, which will take place at…

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Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1881 · page 2

THE concert tendered to Herr Gottlieb by the Newcastle Choral Union, lady and gentlemen amateurs, and his pupils, assisted by the Great Northern band, came…

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Plattsburg. Choral Union Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1881 · page 3

THE members of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Choral Union made their debut on Tuesday evening last, in the large hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics Institute, and…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 5

OUR readers will be glad to hear that the ubiquitous Liddy is again amongst us as the herald of the Kelly and Leon Opera Troupe, who will appear on Monday week…

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Newcastle Rowing Club Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1881 · page 2

WE have been requested by the stewards of the above to state that it has been decided to hold the ball in the Protestant Hall on Thursday, the 25th instant, on…

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People's Temperance Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1881 · page 2

THE above concert was re-opened on Saturday night with great success. One of the best programmes ever brought before the public was gone through by Mr…

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Newcastle Benedicts' Annual Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 August 1881 · page 2

THE above enjoyable event came off on Wednesday evening, at the Protestant Hall, Newcastle, most (tastefully decorated for the occasion), and was in every…

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Concert at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1881 · page 8

THE entertainment given by the Minmi Glee Party, on Friday evening last, August 5, In aid of the Congregational Church, was a grand success. Mr. Alex…

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The Great Northern Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1881 · page 2

THE performance of the G.N. Band on the grounds of the Hospital for the Insane was of a very superior order, on Saturday; and some pieces,…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1881 · page 3

LAST night the above theatre was reopened after a lengthy recess by the world-renowned Kelly and Leon Opera Company, with the serio-comic opera "Les Cloches de…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1881 · page 2

LAST evening, Lecocq's delightful opera of "Girofle Girofla" was produced by the Kelly and Leon Opera Company before a crowded house, with triumphant success…

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