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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1898

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Presbyterian Concert

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

A CONCERT in aid of the Presbyterian S[?]pend Fund was held in Finch's Hall on Wednesday evening. The attendance was excellent, every one of the front chairs being…

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Farewell Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

A CONCERT to bid farowell to Mr. G. J. Andrews, who has taken his departure from Wagga to Melbourne, took place at the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening…

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Professor Andrews. Farewell Concert. First Class Programme. Hearty Public Appreciation

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 4

The farewell concert given to Professor Andrews on the eve of his departure from Wagga took place on Thursday evening at the Oddfellows' Hall. The audience, we…

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Wagga Town Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the Wagga Town Band was held at the bandroom on Monday evening last. There was a good attendance of mombers. The minutes of…

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Wagga Town Band. Monthly Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Wagga Town Band was held at the bandroom od Monday evening last, Bandmaster E. A. Patmore in the chair. There was a good…

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The European Concert. Speech by Mr. Chamberlain. Great Britain and Isolated Action. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the course of an address at Liverpool, said that the impotence of the European…

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A Prisoner's Little Frolic. Takes a Holiday—goes for a Dance

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

In the most natural way possible a prisoner at Biloela, named John Scott, walked out of the bounds of his restraint on Wednesday (as reported in a telegram in the Express on…

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Concert at Uranquinty

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 2

A concert was given in aid of the Uranquinty Cricket Club, in the Union Hall last evening. There was a very large attendance, and the hall was prettily decorated. Mr W…

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Uranquinty. (From a Correspondent.) Cricket Club Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 6

THE concert held here on Wednesday evening in nid of the Uraquinty Cricket Club was a very successful and enjoyable affair. Several visitors from Wagga were present…

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Sensation in a Theatre. a Revolver Fired. an Australian Visitor. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

A sensational scene occurred at the Gaiety Theatre last night, when a man to the gallery fired off a revolver. The police arrested him, and he was…

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Wagga Town Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Wagga Town Band the other evening Bandmaster E. A. Patmore presided, and the business transacted was of the ordinary routine character…

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A Singer and His Audience. Scene in a Sydney Theatre

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 3

Mr Phillip Newbury, the well-known tenor Ginger, said to the unruly gods in the gallery at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, on Monday night:—"I don't know whether your insults…

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Organised Highwaymen. a Big Band of Outlaws. Murder, Bane Robbery and Cattle Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

What ia balieved to be the greatest criminal league that last over existed in America is operating in the mountains along the frontier of Colorado, WYoming, Utah, and Idaho…

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Sydney Concert Co

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 6

THE attached clippings have reference to two of the members of the Sydney Concert Co., which is to open here on Monday night next…

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The Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2
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There was a bill in [?] evening and [?] the sports, it was a great [?] It was held in Laskie's Royal Hall, the floor of which had been specially prepared Dancing…

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Grong. Athletic Sports. the Annual Ball. Very Successful Gathering

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

The sports gathering held on the Recreation Ground, Grong Grong, on Wednesday, was the belt for some years past. Everything had been done by the Committee…

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Does the Theatre Make for Good?

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

Mr. Clement Scott has been interviewed by Mr. Raymond Blathwayt, upon the stage in general, and the result is about to be published in…

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The Factories Act. Obstructing an Inspector at a Theatre

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

For obstructing an inspector under the Factories Act, who wished to enter the electic light department at the Lyceum Theatre, George Williams…

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Wagga Town Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 6

The manthly1 meeting of the Wagga Town Band was held on Monday evening. Present: Bandmaster E. A. Patmore (in the chair), Treasurer Harding, Bandmen Skeats…

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