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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1889

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Oddfellow's Concert

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 2

The entertainment to contention with the ... of the fellowa, tuck place to the Assembly Hall on Saturday evening, and was very fairly attended…

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Concert

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 6

THE complimentary concert to the Town Band came off in the Assembly Hall on Monday evening. There was a fair attendance and the entertainment was enjoyable…

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School of Arts Concert

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 5
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal

THE concert given on Tuesday night in aid the local School of Arts fund was well attended, and, from an artistic point of view, was an undoubted success. Upon the rising…

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A Melbourne Theatre Destroyed by Fire. Two Men Killed—six Others Injured. Estimated Damage, £66,500

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 3

ABOUT half-past four on Monday afternoon, a fire broke out in the dress-circle of the Bijon Theatre, Bourke street, east. The flames spread to every portion of the…

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The Concert

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 2

APRIL. 25—The concert and dramatic entertainment on Easter Monday night was as great a success as the sports held during the day, and notwithstanding a dance was being held the same…

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Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon last the adjourned meeting of ladies who are interesting themselves in the Ball to beheld in aid of the local Hospital, was held at the Council…

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The Destruction of the Bijou Theatre

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 4

There is nothing now loft of tho Bijou Theatre, the prettiest and most comfortable house of entertainment in the city, but a pile of blackened ruins,…

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Bachelors' Ball. [From a Correspondent.]

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1889 · page 3

A BACHELORS' ball was held at Mr. Shepherd's farm, Boggy Creek, on the 12th of April, and was well attended. A hall was especially erected for the occasion. The…

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The Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 2

A MEETING of the ladies' committee, in connection with the hospital ball, was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Present—Mrs. H. B. Fitzhardinge, president (in…

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CONCERT and BURLESQUE

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 6

ON Tuesday night there was a well filled house (worth £25) to patronise the efforts of our local amateurs who had undertaken to give a "grand entertainment" in aid of…

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Concert

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 2

The concert in aid of the Coursing Club Grandstand, took place on Tuesday, and we are pleased to report that a first-rate house greeted the performers. The front…

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Bachelors' Ball at Boggy Creek. (From a Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 3

A BACHELORS' ball was held at Mr, Shepherd's residence, Boggy Cieek, and was a great sucoess. Owing, however, to the inclemeney of the weather, there was not so…

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Concert in St. Joseph's Hall

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 3

A GRAND vocal and instrumental concert, in aid of the Organ Fund of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, was given last night at St. Joseph's Hall, Johnstone-street…

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Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 2

ON Thursday evening one of the most successful balls held in connection with our popular institution, the Hospital, took place in the Oddfellows' Hall, which was generously…

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The Concert

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

A crowded and fashionable audience greeted the performers when the curtain rolled up, and the programme forshadowed a really first-class lot of songs and, but for the low, blackguardly conduct of…

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The Indian Sun Dance. Horrible Ceremonies

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1889 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Canadian Institute of Toronto the Rev. John M'Lean, a missionary to the Canadian Indians, gave an account of the barbarous dances of the…

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The Concert

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1889 · page 3

Put a division in here, Mr. Editor, I want to change the subject. I have just thrown up my hat and yelled hurrah for ourselves, whistled there is nothing succeeds like success, soaked my head…

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Hospital Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 6

THE climax of the week's carnival was the Hospital Ball, which was held under happy auspices, despite foul weather, on Thursday night. The Assembly hall was the dance…

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The Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 2

IT is sincerely gratifying to us to be able to report that the plain and fancy dross ball which wound up up the festivities in connection with the Hospital fêta…

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