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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1898

329 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 17

Stockton. Mrs. Ferguson's Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1898 · page 3

The programme of this concert, which has been prepared with great care and will come off to-night, will be found in another column…

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Adamstown. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1898 · page 5

The entertainment held in the Carrington Hall on Friday evening in aid of Mrs. Hyram Price and family was a great success in every respect, and…

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Stockton. Mrs. Ferguson's Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1898 · page 5

This concert, which has been under active preparation for some weeks, was held last night at the Temperance Hall. There was a very large…

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Presentation to Mr. George Leishman. Smoke Concert at the Centennial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1898 · page 8

Mr. George Leishman, who for many years has bees the manager of the Newcastle branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia, and who [?] about to leave the city to take up…

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Maitland District St. John's Society Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1898 · page 8

The annual ball tendered by the members of St. John's Literary and Debating Society in connection with their anniversary, was held in the Town Hall last evening, and…

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Wickham. the City Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1898 · page 5

The welcome sunshine and mild calm weather of yesterday was the harbinger of an early spring, and came as a pleasant change after the heavy…

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New Lambton. Federal Club Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1898 · page 6

On Friday evening the Federal Dance Club held a successful plain and fancy dress ball in Garratt's Centenary Hall. The hall was gaily decorated with streamers of flags…

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Hunter-street Presbyterian Church. a Successful Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1898 · page 5

A most enjoyable concert was held in the Y.M.C.A. Hall last evening in aid of the funds of the Hunter-street Presbyterian Church. There was an…

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Greta. Concert by Blind Students

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1898 · page 6

A successful concert was given in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening by the members of the Blind Musical Students' Concert Company…

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Minmi. Progress Committee Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1898 · page 6

The sub-committee who have the management of the above concert met on Tuesday night, and judging by the programme they have drafted for the concert, which is to be…

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Merewether. Band Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1898 · page 5

The concert arranged by the local Brass Band, with a view to procuring the necessary funds for purchasing additional instruments, came off in…

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Lambton. Band Performance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1898 · page 3

With beautiful weather about 2000 persons gathered in the Lambton Park on Sunday afternoon, and were afforded a rare musical treat by a visit…

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Fire Brigades' Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1898 · page 4

The members of the recently-formed Fire Brigades' Band discoursed an excellent programme of music from the balcony of Hollinshead's Royal…

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Victoria Theatre. The Beales Entertainment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1898 · page 4

The complimentary entertainment to be tendered Mr. Robt. Beales is to take place in the Victoria Theatre this evening. The event has been…

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Band Playing on Saturday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 3

Sir,—In your issue of Friday, reporting the business of the Licensing Court, re the application for a music permit for the Royal Exchange Hotel…

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Beales Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 5

As anticipated, the benefit concert in the Victoria Theatre last evening tendered to Mr. Robert Beales by a number of his friends and sympathisers was a thorough success. There…

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District News. Minmi Progress Committee Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1898 · page 3

The concert in aid of the improvement committee funds took place on Monday night in Mr. G. Wile's Hall. Mr. J. C. Cosgrove, presided. The…

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Grand Sacred Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 8

A grand sacred concert, organised under the auspices of the West Maitland Wesleyan Church committee, was held in the Wesleyan Church last evening, in the…

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Catholic Ball at Morpeth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 5

The young people of Morpeth, also a good many of the old ones, seemed quite en fete on Tuesday evening, when a ball, with supper, was given in aid of the…

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Islington Reserve and the City Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 3

"Visitor" writes:—Your Wickham correspondent makes some sensible observations and suggestions for the further improvement of the Islington reserve. When…

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