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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1906

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Methodist Band of Hope

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo Methodist Bound of Hope was hold in the Methodist School Hall on Wednesday evening last, when a very good programme was rendered. Rev. W…

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The Town Band

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

The Town Band, under the conductorship of Mr. G. A. White, bandmaster, last night made their first public appearance, playing a number of…

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A Woman's Letter. Holidaying—Open Air Concerts "Chuting"—The Stage. Matrimony—Lady Doctors—Etc

The Castlereagh · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

Town is beginning to quite settle down again and its pulse reading is almost normal. No Longer now are the sidewalks of Brickfield Hull crowded…

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Wellington Town Band

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Wellington Town Band was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday night, there being present Messrs. T…

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The Town Band

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

A public meeting in the interests of the Town Band will be held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening next, when the balance-sheet for the past 12 months will…

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District Band Concert

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 3

On Tuesday evening of this week a concert in aid of n movement to send the District Baud to the Orange contest was bold in the Masonic Hall…

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The Macquarie Town Band. Annual Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the Macquarie Town Band was held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening. Price to the commencing of the proceedings…

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An Eskimo Girl's Ball Dress

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

When an Eskimo young lady goes to a ball she is a gorgeous sight to gazo upon. You did not know that they had dances in her country? Well, they do, and a traveller…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, January 20 1908. the Town Band

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Town Band, at which the public were invited to be present, was held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. J. A. Ryan…

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King Edward As a Dance-lover

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 8

'The young Prince,' wrote a 'New York Ho[?]ld' reporter, when describing a ball given in His Royal Highness's honour at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 'is a capital…

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Baptist Tea and Concert at Bodangora

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

The tea meeting and concert, to celebrate the anniversary in connection with the local Baptist Church, came off on Wednesday last, and, as…

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The Boys' Band

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 3

When the mail train steamed into the Cobar station on Monday evening with tho Cobar contingents on board, it was met by a huge crowd…

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The Town Band

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 2

The Wellington Town Band is making a big effort to get itself on to a plane worthy of the town. Some enterprising townsmen lent £15 with which…

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Dubbo Orchestra. Election of Conductor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting of the the Dubbo Orchestral Society was held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening. Present: Mr. L. Snelling, in the chair, and Messrs. E. Sharp,…

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Theatre Run by Women

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 7

The American woman is proud in the knowledge that she can stand alone without the support of mere man, she has taken her place in the world of affairs, and now…

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Methodist Band of Hope

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the above was held in the School Hall on Wednesday sight, the Rev. W. Atkinson presiding. There was a fair attendance, and an…

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Dubbo Orchestra

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

A MEETING of the Dubbo Orchestral Society was held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening. It was decided to accede to the request to assist at the Hibernian Concert to be held on…

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Dubbo Band

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Johnstone, the local bandmaster, is anxious that further efforts shall be mads to purchase 19 more instruments for the town, and already some progress has…

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Benefit Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. G. Dobbyns, [?]., is organising a concert in aid of the family of the late Mr. E. H. Landon, to take place at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening, the…

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A Sad Story. Struck Blind at a Dance

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 7

A tragic event marred the gaiety of a dance at Newark, New Jersey, telegraphs the New York correspondent of the "Petit Journal."…

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