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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1900

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Lambton. Base Ball Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 8

The members of Hogan's minstrel troupe (now performing at Newcastle) visited Lambton on Saturday afternoon, and played the local club a baseball match. The…

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Victoria Theatre. Ernest Hogan's Minstrels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 8

On Saturday evening Mr. Ernest Hogan's company of gifted negros delighted a large audience by submitting the fifth of their season's excellent programmes. The…

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Sacred Concert for the Patriotic Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 8

At the close of the church services last evening the members of the company again appeared on the stage of the Victoria Theatre, to fulfil their very readily given…

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Victoria Theatre. "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 5

On many occasions has the popular and pathetic old story of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" been told in Newcastle by dramatic companies but last night, for the first time…

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Victoria Theatre. the Hogan Minstrel Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 5

The Ernest Hogan Negro Company repeated "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the Victoria Theatre last evening to another large audience. The version is…

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Lambton. Base Ball Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 5

The members of the Hogan Negro Troupe played another game of baseball against the local team yesterday afternoon. The day being a half-holiday under the provisions…

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Masonic Hall. People's Monthly Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 5

"Standing room only, and very little of that," could easily have been placarded outside the Masonic Hall last evening, when Messrs. Hall and Simon gave another of…

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Victoria Theatre. Hogan's Negro Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 4

Last evening's change in Mr. Ernest Hogan's Negro Company's programme at the Victoria Theatre was keenly appreciated by a satisfactory…

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Carrington. Band of Hope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

The Carrington United Band of Hope held its first meeting this year last night in the Seamen's Bethel; the Rev. R. M. Bowles, president, occupied the chair, and made a few…

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Victoria Theatre. Hogan's Negro Minstrels.—the Last Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

Mr. Ernest Hogan's Negro Company's entertainment at the Victoria Theatre last evening was enjoyed by a fairly large audience. The programme…

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Islington Patriotic Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 7

A concert promoted in aid of the Wickham Patriotic League by the members of the choir of the Congregational Church was held in the sacred building on Thursday evening. Mr…

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Wickham. Farewell Smoke Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 8

On Tuesday night the members of the Hetton miners committee assembled at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, at a smoke concert to say farewell to their late chairman, Mr…

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Merewether. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 5

The committee working up the benefit in aid of Mr. Thos. Jones are meeting with unqualified success in the disposal of tickets. An excellent programme of items for the…

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How Paris Papers Obtain Their War Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3

An Englishman writing from Paris on November 8, says:—Having to go into the city this morning on business, I perchance passed through one of the parks situated…

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The Departure of Dr. Horsfall. Smoke Concert at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 5

Lieutenant A. H. Horsfall, who is attached to the Army Medical Corps for service in the Transvaal, was last evening entertained by the residents of Hamilton at a smoke…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 5

The vocal and instrumental concert promoted by the Newcastle Scottish Rifle Corps in aid of the late Private D. Laughton's wife and four children, attracted a fair…

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Chasing a Band of Rebels. Our Rifles Lend a Hand. a Smart Bit of Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Sixty of the New South Wales Rifles and 120 men of Remington's Corps on the 12th drove a party of Griqualand West rebels from…

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Cathedral Guild Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 5

A concert, assisted by Messrs. Hall and Simon and the Lambton Parish Club, was given in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday evening. Owing probably to the admission…

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Moonlight Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 5

A deserving charity, the relief of the Merewether miner Thomas Jones, who recently had added to his afflictions of deafness and dumbness, the loss of his right…

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Hamilton. Benefit Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 5

A meeting of the friends of Widow Henderson was held in the council chambers last evening to devise a scheme whereby to assist her in her present indigent…

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