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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1894

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Concert and Ball at Jacksons' Watarholes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 3

QUITE a large contingent set out from Naranders on the afternoon of Boxing Day, the writer amongst the number, in order to assist at the concert which is got up…

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Sports and Ball at Humula

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 3

A communication dated 6th January giving a report of sports and ball at Humula, reached us last evening. It was as follows:— A day's sports and horseracing was held at…

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Great Fire at Broken Hill. the Theatre Royal Burned Down

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 2

SHORTLY before 11 o'clock on Thursday night a violent ringing of the firebell, followed by the continuous blowing of the mine whistles, made it apparent that a fire…

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All Oriental Dance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 3

NEW York has recently put on a spasm of virtue, (says the Age correspondent). One of the attractions of the Chicago Fair was the Midway Plaisance, where people of…

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Moonlight Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A SUCCESSFUL moonlight concert was held in the saddling paddock of the Wagga racecourse last evening, in aid of the funds of the bazaar, which it is proposed to hold in…

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Cricketers' Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 9

A CRICKETERS' ball was held in the Stockinbingal hall on Friday night and proved a great success, there being between twenty and thirty couples present. The committee…

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Wagga Polo Club. Moonlight Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 2

AN open-air concert, under the auspices of the Wagga Polo Club, was held in the Saddling haddock of the Wagga Racecourse last evening. The weather during the early…

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Moonlight Concert in Aid of the Polo Club

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 2

It is a remarkable fact that on the occasion of two Moonlight Concerts held in the saddling paddock recently, in the interests of sport, the moon has refused to lead…

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Scurrilous Circulars at the Wagga Polo Club Concert. [To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to some paper slips which were circulated at the concert on Wednesday evening, and which purported to be the programme of the…

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Scurrilous Circulars at the Wagga Polo Club Concert. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to some paper slips which were circulated at the concert on Wednesday evening, and which purported to be a programme of the…

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After the Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 4

AFTER the Ball. This latest lyrical craze is, of course, by an American. But, in a notice of the author's marriage, a transAtlantic newspaper, with that strange and…

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After the Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

After the Ball. The latest lyrical craze is, of coarse, by an American. But, in a notice of the author's marriage. a trans-Atlantic newspaper. with…

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M.T.C. Ball Committee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

A VERY successful meeting of ladies of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club Bazaar Committee was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon last, to discuss the holding of a…

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Murrumbidgee Turf Club. Moonlight Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 March 1894 · page 2

The moonlight concert arranged by the bazaar committee in aid of the funds of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club was held last evening at the racecourse saddling paddock…

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Concert at Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1894 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A SUCCESSFUL concert was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Coolamon, on Saturday evening last in aid of St. Cunioo's Church. There was a good attendance, and…

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Hibernian Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 2

Monday g snorts, in honor of St. Patrick, were followed by a ball held in the Convent schoolroom, which had bean cleared for the occasion. There were sufficient…

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Ball at Mallee Point

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 5

THE residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffs presented a lively appearance on 17th inst., where the kind host and hostess had arranged to celebrate the day by…

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Murrumbidgee Turf Club. the Coming Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of the Ladies Committee appointed to assist the bazaar fund in aid of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club was held at the Wagga Town Hall yesterday afternoon…

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