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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1890

379 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 19

Lambton. Oddfellows' Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1890 · page 3

The members of the Loyal Lambton Lodge, No. 4, I.O.O.F., celebrated their anniversary by holding a public ball in Mrs. Ralph's Druids' Hall, on Friday night last…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Satanella."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1890 · page 5

THE Simonsen's Opera Company produced Balfe's beautiful opera "Satanella" in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening, when, there was a very good audience. The…

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Mr. C. Malcolm's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1890 · page 4

IN the Lyceum Hall this evening, Mr. Charles Malcolm will give his eighth grand concert in Newcastle, and the programme prepared for the occasion is a very fine one…

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Mr. Malcolm's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 August 1890 · page 5

LAST evening the Lyceum Hall was filled with an appreciative audience, the occasion being Mr. Charles Malcolm's eighth concert in this city. The programme was a…

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Jesmond. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 September 1890 · page 7

The usual meeting of the Band of Hope was held in the Primitive Methodist Church on Friday evening, when there was a good attendance. Mr. Isaac Burnley presided,…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Little Lord Fauntleroy."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 5

THIS evening at the Victoria Theatre one of the best companies that has yet visited Newcastle will commence a two-night's season with "Little Lord Fauntleroy," a…

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Mr. Farley's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 5

We are informed that the sale of tickets for the above concert is proceeding so rapidly that immediate application should be made for reserved seats, there being only a few left…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. Little Lord Fauntleroy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1890 · page 5

THE pretty domestic comedy Little Lord Fauntleroy, by Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett, was produced for the first time in Newcastle in the Victoria Theatre on…

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District News. Lambton. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1890 · page 7

A concert in aid of the widow of the late Mr. Thomas Brogden, New Lambton, is to be held to-night in the Music-hall, Dixon-street, when the Mayor (Alderman W.T. Dent)…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Little Lord Fauntleroy."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 5

THE second production of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" attracted a very large audience at the Victoria Theatre last evening, and the beautiful and thrilling comedy evoked…

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Latest District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 8

SPECIAL attention is drawn to the concert to be hold this evening in the hall of the School of Arts, in aid of our local Volunteer Fire Brigade. An excellent programme has been…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Little Lord Fauntleroy."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1890 · page 4

THE attendance at the Victoria Theatre last evening to witness the farewell performance of Miss Olive Berkley and Miss Mabel Russell, in their fascinating character of…

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Lambton. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1890 · page 3

The concert held in the music hall, Dixon-street, on Monday night, in aid of the widow of the late Mr. Thomas Brogden, proved a thorough success. There was a large…

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District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1890 · page 3

The benefit tendered to the members of the fire brigade, on Tuesday evening, in the Wallsend School of Arts, proved an unqualified success, the large hall being crowded to…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. The Benefit to Mr. Farley. A Great Success

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 September 1890 · page 8

THE benefit concert tendered to Mr. Edward Farley by the citizens of Newcastle, in the Victoria Theatre lust evening, was a distinct success, both artistically and financially. For…

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A Smuggling Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 11

IT has been ascertained that there is an organised band of smuggllers making weekly trips between New York and European ports, who are oath-bound never to reveal the names…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. Rev. Charles Clark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 8

IN the Victoria Theatre to-night the famous lecturer will make his reappearance, after an absence of 12 years in the old country. The Rev. Charles Clark has, perhaps, the greatest…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. The Rev. Charles Clark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 8

THE Rev. Charles Clark, after an absence of nearly twelve years, renewed his acquaintance with a Newcastle audience in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening, when he…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "The Tower of London."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 5

THE second of a service of three lectures was delivered by the Rev. Charles Clark at the Victoria Theatre last evening, and, it is needlees to say, proved a brilliant success. The…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. The Rev. Charles Clark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 4

THE Rev. Charles Clark delivered his third and last lecture in the Victoria Theatre last evening, when the house was filled with a select and appreciative audience. The…

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