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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Louth Hospital Ball. (From Our Correspondent.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

A ball in aid of the funds of the Bourke [?] was held at [?] on the evening of [?] [?]…

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Agricultural Society's Ball

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 5

The Agricultural Society's Ball last night was a great success. The Governor and suite were present…

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The Oddfellows Ball

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 2

In the pressure of several public matters requiring attention last week, the oddfellows annual ball was crowded out. Sickness and other unavoidable causes…

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Cricket Club Smoke Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 2

The smoke concert in aid of the funds of the Wellington Club took place on Tuesday evening in the Band Hall. The affair proved a most creditable success, for which…

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The Black Band

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 5

Though many long years have passed away since the dread incidents occurred that I am about to relate, the vivid impress, the horror of the awful adventure, remains indelibly fixed…

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Foresters' Ball

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 2

The third annual plain and fancy dress ball organised under the auspices of the Court Great Western Ancient Order of Foresters, came to a crisis…

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The Fatal Dance

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 5

ND you are really going, Fred, old fellow ? So glad !"…

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Churches Where They Dance

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 3

There are still two European churches in which the practice of dancing has survived— those of Seville, and [?]chternaoh in Luxembourg. At Seville it is customary on the…

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Roman Catholic Concert

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 2

The entrance tariff of " three and two" prevented quite such a crush at the concert on Thursday night as the usual unpretending Colonial Robert might have led to, but…

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Pen Pictures. MR. J. S. LARKE

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1899 · page 3

When good speaker appears, the people like to known what they are like. Mr. Larke, the Canadian Commissioner, is tall, being over six feet high, with a dark skin, hair and beard close cropped, turned…

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Winter Dance Club

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 June 1899 · page 2

The first dance of the season in connection with the Wellington Winter Dance Club, was held in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday night, 13th June. It may be said at the…

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Football Smoke Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1899 · page 2

In the evening a "smoko" was given in honor of the visitors, at the Royal Hotel. The large room was crowded, fully sixty being present. Recitations, songs, and…

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Wesleyan Concert

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 2

On Wednesday last the long-looked-for concert, in connection with the Wesleyan Church, came off. The attendance was large, some 200 being…

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The Hospital Ball

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

In compliance with an advertisement calling a meeting of ladies at the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon last, to consider the advisability of holding a ball in…

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The Oddfellows' Ball

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

On Thursday night last the seventeenth anniversary of the Loyal Darling Pioneer Lodge, M.U., I.O.O.F., was celebrated by the holding of the Annual Hall. As has…

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Eschol Ball Entertainment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

THE concert and tableaux-vivants conducted at "Rockey" (Mrs. Machattie's) on Wednesday evening in aid of the building fund of…

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Miss Carmichael's Dance

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

ON Friday night, Miss Carmichael gave a very smat dance in the Masonic Hall. The guests, numbering about 150, were received by the hostess and her sister (Mrs…

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The Hospital Ball. a Most Successful Gathering

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

If there is one institution that needs support, and continuous support, it is the Bourke District Hospital, and we are pleased to recognise the fact that, notwithstanding the…

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The Grisettes' Ball. From the French of Paul De Koch

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 6

MDLE. Sophie was a young seamstress living in a rented room. She was a…

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The Juvenile Ball. a Magnificent Success

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

During all the burry and bustle and work in connection with the Hospital Ball, the dance for the youngsters, and in aid of the same object, was not forgotten. Although…

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