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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1901

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The Band

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 2

If there is one local institution which deserves practical encouragement more than…

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Manilla Town Band

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

The adjourned annual meeting of the Town Band was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday night. There were present Messrs M…

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Race Concerts

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

ON race nights two concerts in aid of two worthy objects—the Manilla Hospital Fund and the Mechanics' Institute—took place in the local…

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The Sketcher. Revenged at Last. The Triumph of a Man Who Sat Behind a Big Theatre Hat

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 6

" What have you got to do this evening ?" said Cmythe. " Nothing whatever," I replied. " Well," said he, " I have a couple of…

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Pictures in Butter

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 6

Statues have been made out of various substances besides marble, which is the material most suitable for She purpose. Coal, cheese, paraffin, and soap have each in…

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The Band Played the Same Old Tune

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

Jimkina had a habit of keeping late hours, and although his better-half made it uncomfortable for him at times, she failed to cure him of his nocturnal…

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The Dance

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 3

A dainty trifle, silk and lace, All white and palest blue ; A pencil hangs below the place Where it is bent in two…

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Town Band

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 7

A COMMITTEE meeting of the Manilla Town Band was held in the Mechanics' Justitute on Wednesday evening. There were in attendance :—Messrs. T. N…

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Manilla Town Band

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 2

At the usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above on Tuesday night, the following were in attendance :—Messrs. J. D. Kennedy, F…

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Roman Catholic Ball

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 5

THE above was a great success last night. The attendance was very large, and must have numbered at a glancing estimate well on to 90 couples,…

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Musical Society's Concert

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

IT has been written that the human being does not exist "who cannot feel an affinity for certain sounds that meet the ear." With this opinion many…

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Catholic Ball

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

As briefly intimated in last issue the ball, in aid of the fund for enlarging the local Roman Catholic Church, was a complete success, reflecting highly on the…

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Bachelors' Ball

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 7

THE bachelors of the Manilla district entertained a large number of their friends at the local Mechanics' Institute hall on Thursday evening. The…

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The Juvenile Ball

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

On Saturday night the large hall resounded with the rippling laughter and joyous shouts of the "little bairnies." By this, it is not to be considered that the…

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Town Band

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 7

AN adjourned meeting of the committee of the above ws held in the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday night. There were present: Messrs…

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The Band Ball

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 8

BLESSED was the ball committeeman who expected little from the Band ball on Monday night. He was not disappointed. It was an unusual…

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Sir Robert Ball and the Secretary

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 3

Sir Robert Ball, the famous astronomer and science lecturer, tells a good story of an incident that occurred when he was giving a popular science lecture in a…

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Smoke Concert. a Great Gathering

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 2

"IT was well worth enduring all the hardships of an arduous fifteen months' Campaign to come back and be as warmly welcomed as we have…

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The Ball

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 2

In spite of the great demand that at the moment is being made on the private purse, and the unpropitious nature of the elements, the ball at…

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School Concert

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 2

ON Friday night last the children of Manilla Public School, assisted by a few ladies and gentlemen, rendered a highly enjoyable and successful…

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