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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1889

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Hamilton. Baptist Mission Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 7

A grand vocal and instrumental concert was given in the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday evening, by the loading amateur talent of the district, in aid of the Hamilton Baptist…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 5

HUGO'S Buffalo Ministrels gave their last performance but one last night. The miscellaneous entertainment was appreciated as usual. The tour de force was a singing…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 5

ON Saturday night the Hugo Buffalo Minstrels closed their season with a benefit tendered by the company to Mr. Charles Hugo and Miss Priscilla Verne. The…

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Waratah. School of Arts Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 6

A grand concert was given in the School of Arts hall, Waratah, on Thursday evening, by the members of the Lambton United Choir. There was a fair attendance, and…

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Wallsend. Moonlight Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 7

Attention is called to an advertisement in another column announcing that a Moon-light concert will be held this evening at the Wallsend Agricultural Society's Ground…

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Music in the Moonlight. Liedertafel Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 5

[?]veet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night, Become the touch as of sweet harmony."…

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Newcastle Liedertafel. Moonlight Concert. A Successful Affair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 8

THE first moonlight concert under the auspices of the Newcastle Liedertafel eventuated last night on the Newcastle Cricket Ground, and the members have…

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Wallsend. Grand Moonlight Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 3

WHAT may fairly be termed the event of the season took place on Thursday evening in the large ground adjacent to the Agricultural Society's Hall, Wallsend. The attendance…

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"Band of Mercy Advocate." March Number

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

THE March number of this excellent little publication is to hand, and is full of useful articles and anecdotes connected with its object, viz., that of inculcating kindness in…

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The Carrington Band. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

SIR,—In the Carrington items of your Saturday's issue appears a bit about the band, and the reason they don't play out to please the residents…

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Islington. CONCERT

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 3

Last night a concert was held in the hall of the Islington Mechanics' Institute for the benefit of the Tighe's Hill Hose and Reel Fire Brigade. The affair proved a decided…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 5

STANFIELD AND SOUTH'S COMEDY COMPANY. PLAYGOERS will be pleased to learn that the Victoria Theatre has been taken for a short comedy season by Messrs. D'Arcy Stanfield…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 8

TO-NIGHT D'Arcy Stanfield and South's Company commence a short season at the Victoria Theatre. The abilities of the entrepreneurs are too well known to need…

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Ball-room Etiquette in Honduras

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 11

THE etiquette of Santa Toribio ball-rooms, according to a writer in the Philadelphia Record, is peculiar. The ladies sit around the room, their multiplicity of stiff skirts…

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Mr. Farley's Complimentary Concert. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 3

SIR,—Some surprise having been expressed that the complimentary concert to be tendered to Mr. Edward Farley by his Eisteddfod choir, has not yet taken place, I may state that…

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Music at Stockton. Charitable Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 8

A CHARITABLE concert was given in the Temperance Hall, Stockton, last evening, under the auspices of Hope of Stockton Lodge, G.U.O.O.F., in aid of the widow of…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre. "The Amazon."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1889 · page 8

DURING last week the appetite of the theatre going public was whetted by the announcement that D'Arcy Stanfield and South's Comedy Company would perform for a short…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 5

THE popularity of the D'Arcy Stanfield Company is continually increasing. There was a capital attendance at the theatre last night, and "The Amazon" went with great…

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AMUSEMENTS. Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 8

THE farcical 3-act comedy, "The Amazon," was again performed last night by the D'Arcy Stanfield and South's Company, and the large audience was equally as demonstrative in…

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Burwood. Minstrel Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 6

The concert in aid of the Merewether Minstrel Troupe took place on Friday evening last, in the Rutherglen Hall, and was a great success, the building being completely…

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