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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1890

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The Late Band Contest. Presentation of Prizes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 7

ON Saturday the presentation of prizes won at the recent band contest was made at the Rouse Hotel. Mr. MORONEY, promoter, after briefly…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Judge Not."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 5

DESPITE the unfavourable weather, there was a very good downstairs audience in the Victoria Theatre, last evening, when the Holloway-Howe Dramatic Company made…

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Lambton. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 3

The usual weekly Band of Hope meeting was held in the Wesleyan Church on Monday evening. The weather was very wet, but notwithstanding this a large number…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Judge Not."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 5

ANOTHER fair audience assembled in the Victoria Theatre last evening, when the Howe-Holloway Dramatic Company again produced the powerful drama "Judge Not."…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. The Howe-Holloway Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 5

The fine drama "Judge Not" was produced for the third time in Newcastle last evening by the Howe-Holloway dramatic company. Owing to the weather the…

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South Australia. Purchases of Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 6

Two of the pictures in the collection sent out by the Anglo-Australian Society of Artists, and now on exhibition in Melbourne, have been purchased by the Adelaide Art…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Judge Not."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 8

"JUDGE NOT " attracted a large and fashionable audience at the Victoria Theatre last evening, and the various characters of the very interesting drama were sustained with…

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The Women had their Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 11

THE family of Thomas Cavanaugh gave a party at their homo in Watertown, New York. Father Glenn, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, with which the Cavanaughs are connected,…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "The Magistrate."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 5

PROBABLY never before in the history of Newcastle has a comedy been so successful as was "The Magistrate" at the Victoria Theatre last evening. The lower portion…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. The Land of the Living

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1890 · page 5

THE production of Frank Harvey's sensational drama "The Land of the Living," at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening proved conclusively that the people of Newcastle are…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. The Land of the Living

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 5

The Holloway-Howe dramatic company have evidently hit the public taste, as there was another large audience in the Victoria Theatre last evening, when they again…

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Victoria Theatre. "The Land of the Living."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 5

THE Holloway Howe and Little Comedy Company were again greeted with a large audience at the Victoria Theatre last night, when Mr. Frank Harvey's romantic drama…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "The Magistrate."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 4

LAST night the Holloway-Howe Dramatic Company again attracted a good audience to witness the last performance of "The Land of the Living." As on previous nights…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "The Magistrate."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 5

THAT Popular comedy, "The Magistrate," was produced by the Holloway-Howe Dramatic Company in the Victoria Theatre last evening to a very large audience. Since…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Judge Not."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 5

LAST night, at the Victoria Theatre, Frank Harvey's drama, "Judge Not," was reproduced by the Holloway-Howe dramatic troupe, by special desire. The house was…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "The Shadows of Life."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1890 · page 5

ON Saturday evening the Holloway-Howe Dramatic Company produced for the first time in Newcastle Arthur Shirley's drama "The Shadows of Life. As anticipated the…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. a Ring of Iron

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 5

FRANK HARVEY'S sensational drama, "A Ring of Iron," was produced at the Victoria Theatre last evening and proved an unqualified success. The audience was exceedingly…

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Amusements. Victoria Theatre. "Written in Sand."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1890 · page 4

THE Holloway-Howe Dramatic Company concluded a most successful season at the Victoria Theatre last evening, the performance being a benefit tendered by the company…

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Beatrice. [Published by Special Arrangement]. Chapter Xxxi. the Duchess's Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1890 · page 2

GEOFFREY reached town a little before 11 o'clock that night—a haunted man —haunted for life by a vision of that face still lovely in death floating alone…

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Band Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 8

THE Illawarra Mercury, of May 17, contains the following:—Mr. J. Kirby, hon. sec. to the Wollongong Town Band, is in receipt of the following communication from the 4th…

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