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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1894

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Murrumbidgee Turf Club the Coming Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 April 1894 · page 4

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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M.T.C. Fancy Dress Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1894 · page 2

A ball in aid of the funds of the bazaar which is being arranged for the Murrumbidgee Turf Club was held at the Oddfellows Hall last evening, and was in every way a…

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Plain and Fancy Dress Ball. a Successful Affair

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 April 1894 · page 2

The plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club bazaar fund, held last evening in the Oddfellows' Hall, passed off in a most satisfactory manner…

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Children's Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 2

As a supplement to tho ball of the previous evening, a successful children's dance was hold in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening, in aid of the Bazaar, which is being…

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Shakspeare at the M.T.C Fancy Dress Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 4

I HAVE heard it remarked that Shakspeare "has a quotation for every occasion, and as I moved about the hall on the night of the recent ball and gazed down from the…

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Demoralising the Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

"Did you over try the plan of sucking an orange or a lemon before a band that was playing?" asked a man of a reporter. "Well, if you…

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School of Arts Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 6

The three days' rain and mud did not thwart a number of pleasure-seekers, who evidently had made up their minds to attend this ball on Thursday night, no matter what obstacles…

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Chrysanthemum Show and Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

The weather proved very unfavorable this year for the chrysanthemum show and ball. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were all very wet days, and the…

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Illabo Church Concert

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 5

An excellent programme was successfully got through in the Union church at Illabo on Monday evening, the concert proving a great success. The promoters deserve praise…

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Miss Jessie Middleton's Concert. a Brilliant Success

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 4

It is (says the Goulburn Herald) rarely that an entertainment in Goulburn is greeted with such a large and fashionable audience as that present on Tuesday evening at Miss…

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Illa bo Chur oh Concert

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 2

An excellent programme was successfully got through in the Union Churoh at Iila bo, on Monday evening, the concert proving a great success. The promoters…

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A Band Captured While Sleeping. London, April 27

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 4

In connection with the seizure of a train at Fort Keogh by the United States troops, it appears that the members of Coxey's Army, 650 in…

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Messrs. C. Rogers and Co.'s Ball, Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 5

LAST Thursday evening a ball in aid of the Goulburn Hospital and Orphanage was held in the Arcadian Hall. The idea of holding this ball was conceived by Mr. C. Rogers,…

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Show Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of ladies was held at the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association committee room yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making arrangements to…

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The Show Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 3

A meeting of ladies was held in the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association committee room yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making arrangements to carry…

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Concert at Berry Jerry

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 2

THE concert in aid of the Wesleyan Church fund, organised by the Rev. Mr. Willard, of Junee, and which was postponed from a previous occasion, took place in the Union…

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Concert in the Oddfellows' Hall

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 2

AN entertainment was given in the Oddfellows' Hall last evening in aid of the Wagga Horticultural Society. The attendance, however, was only moderate. An…

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Tea and Concert at Stockinbingal

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 4

ON Saturday the residents of Stockinbingal held their first tea meeting and concert in aid of the erection of the Wesleyan church, and it was undoubtedly a great success. We…

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Town Band Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 2

ON Thursday night a plain and fancy dress ball was held in the Oddfellows' Hall under tho auspices of the Wagga Town Band. The committee, which consisted of the…

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Town Band Fancy Ball. a Great Success

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 3

The members of the Wagga Town Band, and more particularly those directly concerned in the management, have no cause to be other than well satisfied with the result of…

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