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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1894

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Victoria Theatre. "Nevada, or the Lost Mine."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 4

ON Saturday evening in the Victoria Theatre the Ogden Dramatic Company produced for the first time Joachim Miller's American play "Nevada, or the Lost Mine." The audience…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

THE Ogden Dramatic Company concluded their season in this city last evening, when they again produced the American play "Nevada." There was a fairly large…

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The Hallewell Concert Party

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 5

THE Hallewell concert party, who have been giving a series of very successful entertainments in the north, are announced to appear at the Masonic Hall to-morrow evening. The…

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Islington. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 8

The members of the Islington Christian Abstinence Union held their half-yearly meeting in St. Mark's Church on Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance of…

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Adamstown. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 8

This evening in the Carrington Hall a grand concert will be given in aid of Mr. Michael M'Namara, who has been unable to work for some weeks on account of a broken…

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The Hallewell Concert Party

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

A HIGH-CLASS concert was given in the Masonic Hall by the Hallowell Concert Party last evening, and in a musical sense the entertainment was very successful. The building…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 5

THE members of the Newcastle Wesleyan Band of Hope gave an entertainment last evening in the church schoolroom. There was a large attendance of young people, who…

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Fourth Regiment Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 5

THE 4th Regiment Band, under Bandmaster Barkel, performed the programme as printed yesterday in the Upper Reserve last evening. The assemblage was the largest yet seen, and…

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Promenade Concert at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 4

A GRAND promenade concert was given by the band of the New South Wales Regiment Cavalry, the Maitland Philharmonic Society, and the East Maitland Glee Club on the…

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The Eisteddfod. The Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

IN the evening a concert was given, and it formed a fitting conclusion to the day's proceedings. The Rev. Seth Jones presided, and there was a fair number of people present…

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Second Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 5

The Eisteddfod was concluded on Saturday evening with an attractive concert. Mr. D. J. M'Lean was to have taken the chair, but was unavoidably detained. In his…

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Mayfield. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 7

The Mayfield Band of Hope held their usual monthly meeting in the Wesleyan Church on Thursday; Mr. W. Arnott in the chair. The…

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District News. Junction. Social and Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 7

A GRAND social was held in Smallcombe's Hall, Junction, on Thursday evening. Shortly after 8 o'clock over 50 couples sat down to a splendid…

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Wickham. Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 3

On Thursday evening the choir of St. James' Church, Wickham, gave a sacred and secular concert in the schoolroom on behalf of the church…

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"After the Ball."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 11

THIS latest lyrical craze is, of course, by an American. But, in a notice of the author's marriage, a Transaltantic newspaper, with that strange and…

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District News. Merewether. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 3

ON Monday evening the fortnightly meeting of the Band of Hope in connection with the Old Racecourse Primitive Methodist church was…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

POLLARD'S well-known Liliputian Opera Company will commence a season of seven nights at the Victoria Theatre this evening. The opening piece is "Aladdin,'' described as…

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Relief Concert at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 8

THE Federal Surprise Party gave a benefit concert last evening in the Wickham School of Arts in aid of the Wickham Relief Fund, in the presence of a large audience. The…

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Victoria Theatre. "Aladdin."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 5

AFTER a very successful tour in New Zealand and Tasmania Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company commenced a short season in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening. Since…

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Victoria Theatre. "Aladdin"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 5

POLLARD'S Liliputian Opera Company repeated the burlesque "Aladdin" at the Victoria Theatre last evening with the most successful results. The performance was…

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