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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1912

109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

Smoke Concert

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 3

On the first night of the show a smoke concert was held in the M.U. Hall, President R. Moore being in the chair. There was a good attendance,…

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Euchre Party and Dance

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

A highly successful euchre party and dance was held in the Protestant Hall last night under the auspices of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Liberal…

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Smoke Concert

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

On the first night of the P. and A. Show, which Look place last week, a smoke concert was held in the M.U. Hall, under the auspices of the P. & A…

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Queanbeyan P. & A. Association. the Smoke Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

HELD in the M. U. Hall on the first night of the show was well-attended, and the sub-committee appointed to manage same, Messrs. R. R Hetherington, E…

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In a Turkish Theatre

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 5

A curious notice may be seen in one of the theatres of Contsantinople. It solves the problem of people at the back obtaining a clear view, and is…

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At a Dance. Hints on Behaviour

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 5

At public balls, and occasionally at dances given in private houses in the country, the guests are supplied with programmes, to each of which is…

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The Band

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

MEMBERS of the Queanbeyan Band are evincing much interest it its welfare and are practising assiduously. On Saturday night they played in…

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Moving Pictures Among the Savages

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 4

A Chicago publisher who led an expedition into the Central African jungles tells an interesting tale of the moving picture and its effect…

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Band of Hope

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Our Hall correspondent writes:--The opening meeting of the Band of Hope for the season was held at wattle Park on Wednesday, 1st May. Mr. C. W…

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Bungendore Band Rules

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 6

(1) This Band shall be known as the Bungendore Brass Band. (2) The members shall elect the officers at the annual meeting. The election to be by…

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Victor Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 2

LAST night the popular Victor Picture Co. screened an exceptionally fine series of pictures which won the admiration of all who saw them. The principal attraction was a…

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Swastika Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 2

ON Wednesday the above was opened in the Protestant Hall under the most encouraging conditions, there being a large and appreciative house and the entertainment of a…

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Swastika Electric Pictures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last, in the Protestant Hall, the Swastika Electric Picture Company gave an entertainment in aid of the funds of the Queanbeyan…

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Guild Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

THE Guilds achieved a magnificent success with their annual ball, which was held in the Protestant Hall, on Friday night last, and the event, in…

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To-Night's Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

THE programme for the Swastika Electric Pictures, to be shown in the Protestant Hall to-night, comprises a really high-class series of pictures. Patrons can rely on receiving…

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Oddfellows' Ball at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

THE annual ball, held under the auspices of the Werriwa Lodge, G.U.O.O. Oddfellows, in the Temperance Hall on Friday night, was a pronounced…

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A.h.c. Guild Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

The annual ball in connection with St. Gregory's Branch of the A.H.C. Guild, was held in the Protestant Hall last Friday night. The weather was all…

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Hanging Pictures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 3

A large picture hung by one wire is hard to keep in place so that it will always appear straight, as a slight jar or a gust of air may shift…

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Chapter Xv. a Theatre Party and its Consequences

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

Donna Gusherini, otherwise Miss Kate Fitzcackler, was playing in grand opera in His Majesty's Theatre in Sydney. Before her inimitable grace and lovely voice the…

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