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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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The Ball

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

By arrangement with Mr. Hayman, his company played ‘A Night Out,’ on Thursday evening half the pro[?]de to go to the Club funds. W[?] not learned…

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Surgeons Require Living Pictures

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 4

The cinematograph, or biograph, as it is variously styled, is finding an excellent field in medicine, where it is being employed in the study of continuous or prolonged…

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Band Concert. a First-rate Function

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

The Cobar United Brass Band has every reason to be pleased with itself and the public. Its twenty-two members surpassed themselves in their…

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The Town Common Ball

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 2

THIS annual event on 26th January, was successful from every point of view. It was well patronised by the public, especially considering that there was…

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Narromine Brass Band

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 1

Several spasmodic attempts have been made in the past to establish a brass band in Narromine, but without success. At present another effort is…

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Ball-playing in Church

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

A singular custom its observed at Auxerre, on Easter Day; the canons, in the very centre of the great church, playing solemnly at ball. Vespers being sung, instead of…

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Measuring the Velocity of a Cannon Ball

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 5

Two specially constructed metal screens are set up at any given distance, apart and in such a manner that the ball, upon being projected, will pass…

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An Interrupted Dance

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 4

During the France-Spanish war (1808-14) a tailor at Borga, in Catalonia, was ordered by General D'Espana to make a certain number of uniforms which had to be ready at an early…

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St. Patrick's Night Ball

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

The Bell in aid of the Roman Catholic Church Funds tons place on Friday, March 17, being the first ball of the season, and was a pronounced…

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Complimentary Concert

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

The complimentary concert tendered to the Rev. F. J. and Mrs Branch on the eve of their departure from Cobar, consisting of Tableaux…

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The Donnelly McMEN Amin Concert Company

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

THE opening of the musical season brings us above all some of our best- known Sydney stars, many of whom are well known to Blue Mountain audiences, being, in fact, old…

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The Band Concert

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 2

The Concert in aid of the funds of the District Band was held in the Union Hall on Monday night last and was largely attended. Aa usual the comic items met with…

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THE McMENAMIN- Donnelly Concert

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 4

THE McMenamin- Donnelly Concert Company appeared at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday night. The rain and the cold prevented most of our concert goers and music lovers from…

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Band Sports. Good Attendance

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 4

Easter Monday morning broke with a cloudy sky, and a wintrg wind was blowing. Rain appeared to be fairly plentiful overhead, but…

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M'menemin-donnelly Concert Co

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

OW[?]G to the tempestuous weather experienced on [?]uesday evening, but a small audience was present at the concert given by the M' Menemin-Donnelly Company in…

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Ve[?]bury-spada Concert Co

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

LOVERS of good singing will be pleased to learn that the Newbury-Spada Company, which gave a most enjoyable concert at the Masonic Hall two or three weeks ago,…

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The Modern Dance

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 3

At any smart ball the intelligent foreigner looking on at a performance of the lancers, quadrilles, or double-quick waltzes as danced (“Sketch”…

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The Lyceum Theatre Dramatic Company

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 4

IT will be read with pleasure that during the show week, theatre- goers will be catered for, as it is announced that the Messrs. MacMahon, the well-known Sydney managers, will…

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Scene in a Theatre

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

During the performance at the Opera House on Saturday night, a man suddenly discharged a revolver at the coiling. He was promptly arrested…

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Sandwich Dance

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

The Sandwich dance in aid of the Roman Catholic Church funds was held on W[?]esday evening last and was fairly well attended by about 35…

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