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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1888

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Departure of Mr. W. G. Broadhurst Valedictory Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 2

DURING the present month Mr. G. Broadhurst will take his departure from Wagga, where he has lived, and "done the town some service," for the past seven years. Mr…

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Concert to Mr. Broadhurst

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 2

THE concert given in the Freemasons' Hall on Thursday evening, in compliment to Mr. W. G. Broadhurst, on the occasion of his leaving the district, was a very successful…

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Panic in the Newcastle Theatre

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 2

ON Friday night, a little after 10, while the [?] Wages of [?] was being performed at the Victoria Theatre to a full [?] someone in the pit raised a false alarm of…

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Wagga Temperance Guild Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

THE concert given by the members of the above Society last night was an unqualified success, the hall being completely filled. A most entertaining and attractive programme…

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Mr and Mrs William Coopers Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 2

Mr and Mrs William Cooper contributed a memorable portion of the social celebration of the Centennial by giving a ball on Wednesday evening, which in many aspects…

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The Ball

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1888 · page 2

will take place on Tuesday evening, and a sub-committee are making every arrangement to ensure its success. The Assembly Hall will be used for the occasion, and the decorations will be of a most…

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The Gundagai A. & P. Association. the Ball

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 2

to inaugurate the Society was held in the Assembly Hall on Tuesday night There was a good representative, gathering, but the presence of a dozen more gentlemen would have made it as successful…

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Complimentary Concert to Mr. Lilley

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 2

FULL house greeted the Wagga Amateur Minstrels last evening, and the excellent programme presented and carried through so efficiently was a pleasurable ending to a…

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State Ball at Government House

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Carrington inaugrated the social season by a dates on Wednesday evening, at which about see ladies and gentlemen were present…

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Amateur Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1888 · page 2

HE co[?]cert in aid of St. Michael's School unds was fairly well patronised last evening, when we consider what other attractions were held out to pleasure-seekers. When the…

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Concerts

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 8

On Tuesday and Wednesday nights two concerts were given here by visitors and local amateurs, the former being Messrs. R. Millen, A. Heslop, and their pianist (Mr…

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Hospital Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 6

MESSES. Matthews Bros., of the Railway Stores, having offered the use of their newly erected storerooms to the hospital committee for a ball, the latter accepted the…

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The Hospital Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 2

WE regret that we[?] to write that this [?]nt was that the [?] it usually is and [?] to be. This evet has hitbern mission [?] in…

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Ball at Coolamon. (From Our Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 2

THE bachelors of Coolamon and locality wakened up [?] a sense of their small responsibilites, and a proposition to give a ball was bailed with great favour. In spite…

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Items of News. Bargaine in Concertinas at FERGUS'

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

The Wagga farmers complain of a mice plague, the plough turning them up in hundreds. (Fortunate they can [?] anyway !) It is believed to be the result…

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Wagga Temperance Guild Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 2

The concert in ald of the funds of the Wagga Temperance Guild was a great success last night, there being hardly sufficient seating accommodation for the audience,…

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The Town Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 2

A MEETING was held at Browe's Freemasons' Hotel last evening, for the purpose of reorganising the Town Band. Mr. H. B. Fitzhardinge was in the chair, and the…

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Wagga Towd Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of the temperary committee of the above was held at Browe's Freemasons' Hotel last evening. There were some 15 members present, and in the absence of Mr…

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Town Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at Browe's Freemasons' Hotel, last evening, for the purpose of electing Committee and officers, passing rules, enrolling members, &c, in…

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Concert and Faroe

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 6

ON Wednesday night the hall was well filled to hear the entertainment by the half-holiday boys and assistants; and the association may be congratulated upon the result,…

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