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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1906

170 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 9

HER Living PICTURES

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 5

The sun was setting its gleams adding new beauty to an already, fair scene. At the door of an old farmhouse stood a girl of about nineteen, her dark…

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The Race Ball

The Age · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

Was a decided success in every way, the Temperance Hall being taxed to its utmost ,to hold the 75 couples estimated to be present. The hall was nicely decorated with flags and greenery and special attention…

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An Eskimo Girl’s Ball Dress

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

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

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Town Band

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

The Town band (under Bandmaster Jewell) played a highly appreciated programme on Wednesday evening from Mr. Monaghan’s balcony in…

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Old St. Paul's. A Story of the Great London plague. PART 19. Book the Sixth. September, 1666. Chapter 1. the Fire-ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

About nine o'clock on the night of Saturday the 2nd of September, 1666 — and rather more than nine months after the incidents last related — three men took their way from Smithfield to…

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Faked Pictures. the Trade Therein

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

A remarkable article is contributed by M. Franche an authority on art to the “Revne International [?] the official organ of an[?]…

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Faked Pictures. the Trade Therein

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

A remarkable article is contributed by M. Franche an authority on art to the Revue Internations F[?] the official organ of in…

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Wanted, Excitement. a Dance in West Africa

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

A correspondent of the London Daily Mail writes from [?] on 7th October:— I think that night we had all got a fit of the blues. The evening meal was…

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Wanted Excitement. a Dance in West Africa

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

A correspondent of the London Daily Mail writes from Lagos on 7th October:— I think that night we had all got a…

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The Keith Kennedy Concert

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the many counter attractions, a large and appreciative audience greeted the Keith Kennedy Co. on the occasion of their…

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Theatre Run by Women

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

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

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Theatre Run by Women

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 1

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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Tennis Club Ball

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 2

We would direct attention to the Tennis Club ball to take place this evening, which, judging from the manner in which the promoters have taken the…

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Band of Hope

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

A very successful entertainment was given on Thursday night in St. Andrew's School Hall by the members of the Church of England Band of Hope. The attendance was good, the room being…

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In a Theatre

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 4

In the play "A Cigarette Maker's ' Romance," Mr. Martin Harvey wears a hat of a certain "shape. One night during a performance it…

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United Tennis Club Ball

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

A ball, under the auspices of the United Tennis Club, was held in the Literary Institute on Friday night last. The Hall, was appropriately decorated…

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The United Tennis Club Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

The United Tennis Club Ball, which eventuated in the ball of the Literary Institute on Friday night last, did not attract as large an attendance as was anticipated. About 25 couples graced the hall…

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It Moved the Czar. Battlefield Pictures. Vivid Scenes

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 6

The award of the Nobel peace prize of L8000 to Baroness Bertha von Suttner has drawn attention to her remarkable book, “Lay Down Your Arms” the…

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At the Theatre

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 3

The following was told to me by a manager of a touring theatrical company, then playing a well-known drama. One scene was the interior…

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Smoke Concert

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

The Judges were entertained at a smoke concert on Wednesday night at the Literary Institute, when about 40 gentlemen, including the Committee, sat down to a well-furnished table, the spread…

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