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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

294 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 15

Plattsburg. School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 3

The concert in connection with the Plattsburg Superior Public School, which is announced to be held on Tuesday, the 31st instant,…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 5

The performance of "The Shaughraun," by the Gerald Dramatic Company, drew a largo attendance to the Victoria Theatre last evening, among those present being the Rev…

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Promenade Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 8

The promenade concert given last evening in the grounds of "Cumberland Hall," the residence of Mr. Alexander Brown, M.L.C. In aid of the organ fund of St. Stephen's…

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Benefit Concert at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 8

THE benefit concert to Mr. Andrew English, tendered by the Sadler Juvenile Combination at the Mechanics' Institute lot evening, was fairly well attended. The first part of the…

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Moonlight Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

A MOONLIGHT promenade concert, in aid of the funds of the Mutual Help and Relief Societies, will be given in the grounds of "Rochallion," Church-street, to-night…

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Moonlight Promenade Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 5

THE moonlight promenade concert, organised by Mrs. Ireland and other ladies, in aid of the funds of the Mutual Help and Relief Societies, took place last night on the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 5

ON Easter Saturday Messrs. MacMahon and Co., the well-known theatrical entrepreneurs, will commence a dramatic season at the Victoria Theatre, when Mr. George Darrell's…

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Fire at a Masked Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 2

A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred recently at Santarem, a city on the Tagus, about 50 miles north of Lisbon. The close of the carnival was being…

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Plattsburg. School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 7

It will be observed by the programme published in another column that the concert to be given by the pupils of the Superior Public School, Plattsburg, in the hall of the…

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"Champion" Moonight Concert. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5

SIR,—We beg to hand you herewith the sum of £32 11s 4d, asking you to kindly hand this amount to the secretary of the Newcastle Benevolent Society, being the total takings…

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Greta. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 6

A concert is to be given this evening by the Greta and Branxton Amateur Dramatic Club in aid of Mrs. Adderley, whose circumstances since…

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Plattsburg. School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 7

The concert in connection with the Superior Public School will be held this evening in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. An excellent…

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Concert at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 8

LAST night, at the Temperance Hall, Stockton, an excellent concert was given in aid of the local Primitive Methodist Church. The greater number of the performers came from…

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Greta. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 3

The concert in aid of Mrs. Adderley on Monday night in the Oddfellows' Hall was a gratifying success. Long before the announced time for the…

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Plattsburg School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1896 · page 5

THE concert rendered by the pupils of the Plattsburg Superior Public School in the hall of the local Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday evening proved a great success, both from an…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5

THE Easter dramatic season to be inaugurated, to-night, when the popular actor-author Mr. George Darrell makes his re-appearance is Newcastle after an absence of five years,…

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Carrington. Sailors' Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 2

Officers, approentises, and seamen attended in large numbers the concert given in the Bethel on Tuesday night The Rev. R. M. Boles, seamen's chaplain, presided, and…

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Newcastle Superior Public School Floating Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5

The floating conceit given by the pupils of the Newcastle Superior Public School came off on Thursday afternoon, and proved in every way a decided success. The Tomago left the…

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Victoria Theatre. "The Double Event."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 5

THE Messrs. Macmahon, in selecting Mr. George Darrell's dramatisation of Nat Goud's Australian sporting story, "The Double Event," as the piece with which to…

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Victoria Theatre. "The Double Event."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 3

THE Messrs. Macmahon, in selecting Mr. George Darrell's dramatisation of Nat Goud's Australian sporting story, "The Double Event," as the piece with which to…

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