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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1882

16 stories in Riverina's papers

Fun in a Theatre

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1882 · page 1

There are a few things on earth that will start a female heart palpitating quicker or more violently than a rat, especially if it be anywhere about the organs or instruments of…

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Concert

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 3

FINANCIALLY, for that is the first consideration, the Church of England concert on Wednesday night last was a success, the hall being most uncomfortably crowded, and…

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Miss Thayer's Concerts

The Temora Star · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 2

THE entertainment given by this talented lady at Ward's Victoria. Theatre for the benefit of the Temora Hospital, far exceeded the most sanguine expectations that had been…

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Local & General News. Miss Thayer's Concert

The Temora Star · Wednesday 12 April 1882 · page 2

THE second concert given by this accomplished songstress came off on Friday (Good Friday) evening last; and as on the previous night, Miss Thayer again met with a most…

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Fun in a Theatre

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 1

There are a few things on earth that will start a female heart palpitating quicker or more violently than a rat, especially if it be anywhere about the organs or instruments of…

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Panic in This Theatre Royal, Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1882 · page 4

A SERIOUS panic was occasioned at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, on Monday night, at about half-past 10 o'clock, during the performance of the "Green Lanes of…

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Masonic Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1882 · page 2

IT would be impossible to write in too glowing terms of the success attendant upon the efforts of the Masons in their ball of Tuesday night last. Their hall was most…

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Hews of the Week. the Oddfellows' Ball

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last the brethren of the local lodge of Oddfellows, the Loyal Strangers Friend, celebrated their tenth anniversary by a grand ball and supper in Fry's assembly hall…

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Wagga Town Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1882 · page 1

THE following are the rules adopted by the Wagga Wagga Town Band Committee, and are in accordance with the generally expressed wish of the public, who have…

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Kendall Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1882 · page 2

THE benefit for the Kendall Memorial Fund came off last night at the Freemasons' Hall. We regret to state, considering the occasion of the entertainment, that there was but a…

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The Church of England Sunday School Concert

The Temora Star · Saturday 21 October 1882 · page 2

THE concert given by the children attending the local Church of England Sunday School for the purpose of raising funds for the purchase of the requisite School books, and…

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The Oddfellows' Ball at Young. Look on This Picture. Temora Star

Temora Herald and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 October 1882 · page 2

"There have been high [?] among the oddfellows of Young on Wednesday last, in consequence of the number of members of the lodge of that town having reached 200…

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The Oddfellow Ball at Young

The Temora Star · Saturday 28 October 1882 · page 3

A GREAT deal of capital having been made out of an annonym[?]us letter which appeared in the BURRANOONG CHRONICLE, and which represented the ball given by Dr. Heely to…

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Election Meetings. the Hon. James Watson at the Victoria Theatre

The Temora Star · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 4

THE large hall of the Victoria Theatrs was densely crowded last night to listen to the Hon. Jame Watson's address to the electors. We would willingly draw a veil over the…

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The Band and the Races. (To the Editor of the Teroma Herald.)

Temora Herald and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 December 1882 · page 2

SIR,—Many people ware wondering why the band did not tarn out and play at the races held last week. The reason is this. The band, numbering…

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Amateur Concert

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1882 · page 2

The concert giron on Friday evening lost though not so numerously attended as we expected must be looked upon as a very successful entertainment Those concerts serve to…

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