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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1900

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The Cricketer’s Concert

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 2

Coonabarabran people are famed for supporting their own local Amateurs rather than travelling troupes, and they well sustained their reputation at the…

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Oddfellows' Ball

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 2

A ball in connection with the Oddfellows' Sports was held on Monday night in the Oddfellows' Hall. There were between 35, and 40 couples present, and dancing was…

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Patriotic Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 2

The concert being organized in the interests of the Patriotic Fund, notice of which appears in another column, promises to be huge success, It is gratifying to…

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Pictures, Work, and the Sabbath

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4

It was decided to throw open the loan exhibition on Sundays, the Day of Rest being the only day of the seven available to many of the working classes. Lord Overtoun the…

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The Patriotic Concert

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

Affairs in connection with the above have been pushed on splendidly during the past week and everything points to a most successful concert on Wednesday night. The…

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Baden-Powell makes a Night Attack upon the Boer Fort. Traitors Give the Alarm. The Gallant Band shews Supreme Bravery, but is Compelled to Retire. Buller tries to Draw the Enemy but Fails. January 6

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4

Colonel Baden-Powell has made nnother determined attack on the Boer position outside Maieking. Another night surprise was arranged…

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Patriotic Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2

One thing can truly be said of the people of Wellington, and it is one to be proud of, they always support generously anything local. The concert given in the Protestant Hall last night, in…

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The Late Patriotic Concert

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 2

We are informed that the not proceeds of the late Patriotic Concert will amount to £22. This is a very satisfactory sum, and the promoters are to be warmly congratulated on the result. The total…

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The Concert To-night

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

To-night the concert in aid of the Nights ingale Fund will be held in the Union Hall. Songs will be contributed by Misses Peter, Cowling, Dowhurst, Book, and R. Senior;…

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The Sunflower Dance

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1900 · page 2

On Anniversary night a particularly pleasant and successful dance was held in the Band Hall, in aid of the Convent Building Fund. A very large number were…

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Cricket Club Concert

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1900 · page 2

A very enjoyable concert in aid of the funds of the Wellington Cricket Club, was held in the Protestant Hall on Thursday night, in the presence of a large and…

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Patriotic Concert

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

THERE was an enormous attendance at the Patriotic Concert in the Masonic Hall, on Friday evening last. The large hall was crowded in every part, and the local Patriotic…

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The Town Common Ball

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 3

Every ball here seems to be a success, principally we believe, because the people are more united than in most of other places, notwithstanding that there are a…

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Patriotic Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 3

At the meeting at which the Dubbo branch of the N.S.W. Patriotic Fund was initiated, Mr. H. B. Pinnington kindly offered to organise a concert in aid of…

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Concert

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

On Thursday, the 25th January, a most successful fruit soiree and concert, in aid of che local Wesleyan Church, eventuated in the Assembly…

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Patriotic Concert

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2

On Friday, 16th instant, Narromine will be afforded an opportunity of attesting its answering loyalty and unbounded attachment and admiration…

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Blind Musical Students' Concert Company

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 3

THIS talented company open in the Masonic Hall to-night for a short season. Their programme comprises vocal and Instrumental solus, nets, and trios, all rendered by Indies and…

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Tommy, the Boer and the Band

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 6

A PARTY of British soldiers not long ago sat at a table in a Cape restaurant at the other side of which was a typical Boer, who speedily roused the wrath…

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Patriotic Concert

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 2

The conceit promoted in aid af the Patriotic Fund was held in the Assembly Hall last Friday evening, and was a very Successful affair, The hall was…

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Hospital Ball at Bodangora

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 2

The ladies are working energetically to make a success of the plain and fancy dress ball, to be held at Bodangora on Friday, 16th March, in aid of the funds for the new…

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