The Race Ball
Held in the Temperance Hall on New Year's night, and was a pronounced success. The night was warm but this did not deter the merry throng from enjoying themselves…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1908
70 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Terrible Panic at a Theatre
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—During a cinematograph entertainment at the Rhoades Opera Home, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, an explosion occurred among the apparatus, setting fire to the…
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The regular umpire for a small cricket club had for some reason failed to turn up at the time the match was to start, but after some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theatre Hats of the Season. a Frenchman's Relections
These are the reflections of a Frenchman concerning the theatre hat of this season of cart-wheel hats. They appear over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Families Massacred. Midnight Death Struggle. a Band of Robbers
From Rostoff-on-Don the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 17th December wrote on 8th December:— Two families were practically…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting, presided over by Mr. W. S. Hill, was held at the School of Arts last night for the purpose of making arrangements for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by a Cricket Ball
A LITTLE girl named May White died suddenly from the effects of a blow from a rubber cricket ball at North Fitzroy, Melbourne. Marshall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scientific Items. Telegraphed Pictures
Nowadays photographs and other pictures can be transmitted over the ordinary telegraph wires as cipher messages. The picture is inserted in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ball
The ball to be held in the Temperance Hall to-morrow night bids fair to be one of the best gatherings of the kind ever held locally. The music will be of the beat and,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Families Massacred. Midnight Death Struggle. a Band of Robbers
From Rostoff-on-Don the correspondent of the "Dally Mail" of 17th December wrote on 8th December:—Two families were practically…
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The dance at night was largely attended, between 70 and 80 couples being present. The floor was in good order, and dancing was very enjoyable, although one at times…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butterfly Ball. Millionaire's Freak. Costs £25,000
All Philadelphia to-day (wrote the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on 27 December) is discussing a sumptuous banquet and ball given last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burned Alive. Some Humours Thereof. Banquets and Concerts
From New York on 5th January the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:—The three miners who a month ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Naas School Picnic and Dance
ON Saturday last the above-named school held their picnic on the show grounds. The day was ha[?]dly what might be wished for on such an…
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ON Friday night the ball promoted for the object of augmenting the funds of the Queanbeyan Cricket Club was held in the Protestant Hall. For some…
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ON Tuesday night last a ball was held in the Protestant Hall, which was in every way a decided success. It was promoted by the Queanbeyan Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Look on These Pictures. Dissipated Fortune
At the London Bankruptcy Court recently the public examination was concluded of Richard Atkinson, described as of Park-lane W.,and other addresses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss Ella Casper's Concert Company
A CROWDED house greeted this promising vocalist on Thursday evening. Miss Casper delighted her audience, and is well deserving the favourable reports we have heard of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Other Lands. Lions in the Bioscope. Two Beasts Shot to Provide Moving Pictures of "A Hunt."
The lives of two lions have been sacrificed at Copenhagen for the most extraordinary reason—to provide a bioscope owner with a realistic…
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A shoe coming loose from the forefoot of the thill-horse, at the beginning of the ascent of Mount Taurira. the postillion dismounted, twisted the…
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