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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1886

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Newcastle Mercantile Rowing Club Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 8

THIS popular and fashionable annual reunion came off last evening with unparalleled success, and will form one of the most memorable events in the ter[?].sichorcan…

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Victoria Theatre. The Lynch Family Bellringers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 5

ONCE more it is our pleasing duty to chronicle the arrival in our midst of the ever-welcome Lynch Family of Bellringers. There are some public entertainers whose…

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Newcastle Mercantile Rowing Club Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 5

THE winter terpsichorean festivals this reason have been most successfully initiated by the first annual plan and fancy dress bill of the above popular club at the…

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New Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 5

The new Princess Theatre will cost £40,000, and will be ready about Christmas…

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Victoria Theatre. The Lynch Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 5

A GREAT crowd visited the theatre on Saturday night last to hear the last of the present series of performances by the justly celebrated Lynch Family Bellringers. Long…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 8

A LONDON correspondent writes:—In pursuance of the programme laid down for the brief engagement of Mdme. Sarah Bernhardt and her…

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Islington. School of Arts Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 3

A concert in aid of this institution came off on Monday evening. Mr. W. A. Wooderson occupied the chair. The hall was nicely filled with an…

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Coorabong. Soiree and Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1886 · page 8

On Monday evening last the residents of Cooranboug gave a tea and dance in aid of the Sisters of St, Joseph's Convent School. The school b are a very high reputation,…

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Victoria Theatre. Professor Stanley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1886 · page 5

PROFESSOR C. H. STANLEY appears to-night and Monday night at the theatre in his mysterious eats. This royal illuminist and wizard of the age will show many of the…

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Victoria Theatre. Professor Stanley's Entertainment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 5

AT the theatre last night Professor Stanley, the well-known prestidigitator, gave his celebrated entertainment. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the house was…

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Lynch Family of Bellringers Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 5

THE programme in store for theatre-goers to-night is one which would itself be ample to attract a large audience, even apart from the fact that a great many of those who…

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Ly-ee-moon Concert Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 4

THE usual weekly meeting of the Newcastle Social Musical Union was held last night at the Hunt Club Hotel, when there was a large attendance of members…

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Victoria Theatre. The Lynch Family Bellringers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1886 · page 5

AT the theatre last night the Lynch Family again appeared, to the delight of a very full house, which put in an appearance long before the hour of commencement…

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The Victoria Theatre. Professor Stanley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1886 · page 5

WE would remind the public that Professor Stanley appears again at the Theatre tonight. On his last appearance the weather conspired against his having a good house,…

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Victoria Theatre. Lees and Newton's Athletic Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1886 · page 5

Mr. ALFRED WYEURD, advance agent for this company, is now in Newcastle, making arrangements for their appearance at the Victoria Theatre next Saturday night…

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Ball to Colonists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 5

A grand ball was given in the Guild Hall last night, in honour of the Australian and other Colonial visitors now in London. The assemblage was of a most…

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Victoria Theatre. Grand Concert in Aid of the Ly-ee-Moon Disaster Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 5

LAST night, in the Victoria Theatre, one of the most successful entertainments ever provided for the public of the city was given by the Newcastle Social Musical Union and…

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Victoria Theatre. The Faust Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1886 · page 5

TO-NIGHT this talented group of artistes give their first entertainment in the Victoria Theatre, Newcastle. The family is truthfully described in the advertisement as a…

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Hand Ball at Adamstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 8

There was a large attendance of spectators present on Saturday to witness the handball handicap at Charley Johnson's Royal Standard Hotel. On account of the limited…

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Victoria Theatre. Faust Family Combination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 5

AT the Theatre last night the Faust Family, who have been performing to crowded houses in other Northern towns, commenced a season in Newcastle to a…

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