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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1906

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The Town Band

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 3

Again I beard the band. I do not Know much of music, but I have seen a lot. Sometimes music is played so thick that one can see it. The…

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Dubbo Orchestra. Annual Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Dubbo Orchestral Society was held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening. The outgoing Provident (Mr. J. A. Ryan) occupied the chair, and apologised…

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Macquarie Town Band. Collecting for Instruments

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

IN accordance with resolution recently passed at a meeting of the town band an appeal is being made to the townspeople for funds with which to purchase nineteen more instruments…

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Irish National Concert. Monday, March 19th

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

THE Irish National Concert, to be held in the Masunic Hall on Monday, promises to be a big success. A most attractive programme has been arranged. The assistance of the Dubbo…

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To-morrow Night's Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4

Apart from the fact that it is a long time since a concert was held here, that of to-morrow night, in the Protes taut Hall, will commend itself mainly…

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The Irish Concert

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

Our readers may be again reminded of the Grand Irish Concert which will be held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening, the 19th inst, in honor of St. Patrick's Day…

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The Band. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 4

Sir,—As a now arrival in your town I cannot congratulate you upon your band. I hold that a good band is one of the essentials to a prosperous and…

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The Concert

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

The concert on Friday evening was very successful from a musical point of view, but otherwise it was not. The attendance was barely 140, which…

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St. Patrick's Night. National Irish Concert

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

ST. PATRICK'S DAY in Dubbo was commemorated on Monday night by a national Irish concert in the Masonic Hall. There was a large audience, and the various items were all well received…

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The Recent Concert

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

"A VISITOR" writes:-- "Amongst the beat rendered of the many good items at the concert on Monday were those of the Catholic Boys School under the baton of Mr. A…

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Irish Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

The promotors of the Irish concert in honor of the festival of St. Patrick, must have been gratified by the success that attended their efforts in the capital…

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The Ball

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 3

The ball held in the evening in the Oddfellows' Hall was really beyond expectations in its success. There were quite eighty couples present…

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A Theatre Lecture

The Castlereagh · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 4

Mr. Hogue thinks that theaters should pay a [?] to cover cost of supervision…

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The Recent Concert and the Orchestra. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 5

SIR,--Will you kindly allow me space to say a few words in reply to your correspondent signing himself "Visitor," who might just as well put his proper name, for I think I can guess in…

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The First Band of Hope

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 7

Leeds, a writer in the "Sunday Strand" tells, has the honor of having given birth to the first "Band of Hope." Mrs Ann Jane Carlile and the Rev…

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The Concert

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 2

In the evening Fitzgerald's Hall was crowded, the attraction being a vocal and musical concert by the Convent School children assisted…

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Convent School Concert

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 6

The annual concerts in aid of the R.C. Church, put on by the Convent School children, assisted by the local amateurs, always draw a big house,…

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The Town Band

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the citizens' committee was held last Thursday, when it was shown that the hand is moving under favourable circumstances. It has a…

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District News. Concert and Social at Stuart Town

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 3

On Friday last, at Boehme's Hall, the most successful Hospital Concert and Social of recent years took place. From start to finish it was a success…

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The Benevolent Ball

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 4

The social held in the Protestant Hall last evening in aid of the funds of the Benevolent Society was not quite the success expected of it, and…

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