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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1890

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Drink"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1890 · page 5

THIS piece was played at the Victoria Theatre again last evening, and, it is gratifying to say, was witnessed by a very large audience. Downstairs the building was packed…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Never Too Late to Mend."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1890 · page 8

THIS popular dramatisation of Mr. Charles Reade's book was produced at the Victoria Theatre last evening. Notwithstanding the fact that the heat was almost stifling the…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Never Too Late to Mend."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1890 · page 5

MR. CHARLES WARNES, with the assistance of his talented company, repeated the old but highly-interesting drama. "Never too late to mend," last evening…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

BOUCICAULT'S famous dramatisation "The Streets of London" was produced by the Warner Company last evening with very great success. Whether it is that the piece…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 4

MR. CHARLES WARNER and his dramatic company concluded their Newcastle season last evening, when there was another excellent attendance. Mr. Warner and his talented…

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Destruction of a Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 8

THE theatre at Zurich was completely destroyed by fire recently while a performance was going on. The fireproof curtain, however, prevented the spread of the flames to…

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Concert at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

ON Tuesday evening last a concert was given in St. James' Schoolroom, Wickham, to a very fair and enthusiastic audience. The Rev. W. Swindlehurst (who was in the chair),…

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Islington. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 3

A grand concert will be given in the Mechanics' Institute, Islington, this evening, in aid of Mr. E. Carr, who has been unable to follow his employment through sickness…

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Mr. Gee's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 5

THE concert to be given by Mr. Gee, assisted by his personal friends of the musical world in this city, will take place on Thursday next, and we learn that there is every certainty of…

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A Grant New Year's Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 8

THE grand New Year's ball at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, was the most brilliant and successful etertainment of the kind ever produced in New York. About…

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Islington. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 3

A grand concert, in aid of Mr. E. Carr, who has through illness been incapacitated from following his work for some time past, was held in the Mechanics' Institute,…

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Mr. Gee's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 5

MR. A. H. GEE's concert to be hold at the Victoria Theatre, on Thursday evening, promises to be a great success. The vocalists comprise some of the best of which, the…

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Mr. Gee's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 8

The concert to be given under the direction of Mr. A. H. Gee, at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday night, will be the occasion of introducing "The Spanish…

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Mr. A. H. Gee's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1890 · page 5

THE programme as published in our advertising columns should be sufficient to warrant us in predicting for Mr. Gee a bumper house to-night, as in addition to the best available…

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Concert at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

A VERY successful concert was held in the School of Arts, Wickham, in aid of the Hamilton R.O. Choir Fund, last evening. The attendance was moderately good, and…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 5

THERE was another large audience at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening to witness the second appearance of Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels. The programme, which…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1890 · page 5

THIS talented combination amused a large audience at the Victoria Theatre again last evening. The various members of the company sustained their reputations with more…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1890 · page 5

THE popularity of the Hugo Buffalo Minstrel Company has, so far, not shown the least sign of waning. The Victoria Theatre was filled to overflowing last evening, and the…

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Stockton Notes. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 5

INCORPORATION seems to have produced a remarkable effect. The place is in a state of violent eruption, and breaks out in some new place almost daily. Last night a meeting…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 5

THAT the residents of Newcastle and district have a keen sense of humour has been clearly illustrated by the large audiences which have greeted the Buffalo Minstrels…

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