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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896

51 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

The Coming Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

A meeting of single ladies and gentlemen was held in the Protestant Hall on Friday night to make arrangements for the, ball which it is proposed to tender to the married…

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The Invitation Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 2

IT must be very gratifying to the bachelordom and spinsterdorn of Queanbeyan that their invitation to the married folks of the community to the Ball of Wednesday night…

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The Bachelors' Ball. a Brilliant Success

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 August 1896 · page 2

It is a long time since such a splendid-ball was held in Queanbeyan as the Bachelors' Ball of Wednesday night proved to be. In every respect the ball was a most decided…

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The Return Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 September 1896 · page 2

A MEETING conveyed by the Mayor, Mr. E. H. Land, to arrange to give the single, ladies and gentlemen a return ball, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall last night. The…

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The Military Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 2

THE people of Queanbeyan, like most other communities, are partial to dancing, and anything in the shape of a small dance-party or the more pretentious ball is sure to…

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The Military Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 2

Owing to the recent retrogression of the Queanbeyan half-company of Mounted Rifles it was found necessary to make extra efforts to recover lost ground. Fortunately for the…

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The Bungendore Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 September 1896 · page 2

TO-MORROW night, in the Bungendore Temperance Hall, the plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the Queanbeyan District Hospital takes place. We have head that excellent…

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Queanbeyan Band of Hope

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 2

LAST Friday the usual monthly meeting of the Band of Hope was held, the proceedings commencing with sing Hoyle's hymn. No. 17, fallowed by prayer and the chairman's…

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Local News. The Return Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 2

EXCELLENT as was the ball given a short time since by the unmarried people of Queanbeyan to those of the community who pertain to the higher dignity of the…

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The Return Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 2

The Return Bill, given by the married ladies and gentlemen of Queanbeyan in response to the Bachelors' Ball, given them a few weeks ago by the single ladies and…

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Local News. The Wesleyan Concert and Gift-Tree

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 2

So fully advertised during the past few weeks, cause off on Wednesday night at the Protestant Hall. It was announced that the doors would be open at 7 p.m. But…

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Hospital Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 2

WE understand that preliminary stops are being taken to get up a ball in aid of the Queanbeyan District Hospital. The promoters of the affair include the leading…

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The Military Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 October 1896 · page 2

There was a very good house in evidence at the concert given on Saturday night by the Queanbeyan Musical and Dramatic Society, and included in the audience were…

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Return Ball at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 October 1896 · page 2

ON Wednesday night those who had accepted the invitation of Mr. D. Leahy, J .P., to a ball which come off with great eclat a short time ago, gave the customary return…

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The Lila[?] Dance

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 2

WHICH was a fixture for Friday night last, at the Protestant Hall, drew amazingly. It was the biggest thing in the way of a dance that Queanbeyan has witnessed for many a…

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Local News. Band of Hope Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the local temperance organisation known as the Queanbeyan Bund of Hope took place in the Wesleyan Church on Friday evening,…

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The Lilac Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 2

The Lilac Dance, organised by a very large committee in aid of St. Gregory's Church building fund, took place in the Protestant Hall on Friday night, and proved eminently…

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The Hospital Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 October 1896 · page 2

FOR the fartherance of this project a very strong committee has been formed, and in such good hands a first-class result may be [?] has [?]…

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Chapter Xlvi.—at the Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 November 1896 · page 4

'I like Madame Vanira,' said the C[?]un[?]ess of Lanswell, a few days after the introduction. 'She is not only the most gifted singer of the present day, but she is an…

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Bread and Butter Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 November 1896 · page 2

The bread and butter dance in aid of the Chirstmas tree prize fund of the Christ Church Sunday School was held in the Protestant Hall on Monday night,…

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