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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Oddfellow's Ball

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

THE above ball was held on Wednesday night last in the Oddfellows' Hall, but speaking financially was not a success, only eighteen couples being…

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The Ball

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

at night was very spe[?]oly patronised, only some 15 couples attending. The poor attendance can only be attributed to the lack of interest shown by the…

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The Race Ball

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 5

Was not by any means so well attended as was hoped and expected. Had it been either wise the Club would now be practically out of debt. However, about twenty couples…

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Concert at Germanton

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

The concert held in the Germanton School of Arts on 24th May, in aid of the Convent Debt Fund was deservedly an immense success, both financially…

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(To the Editor of the [?] Express.) WAGGA [?] Orchestral Society's Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 3

Sir.—In your [?] Tuesday night's (May 9th) [?] correct a slight error, but to [?] important one…

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The Concert

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 2

IN the evening a concert was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, and the house was packed from the footlights to the verandah posts. The audience…

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St. John's Sunday School. a Successful Concert. Picnic to the Rev. G. A. and Mrs. Carver

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 2

Of all the concerts given in St. John's [?]all in aid of the Sunday School funds that on Tuesday night is said to have been the most successful; certainly, it was from an…

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The Masonic Ball. Something Like a Dance. the Best Ever Held in Gundagai

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 2

IT is no hyperbole to describe the Masonic Ball (Lodge Gundagai United No.25) as the most successful event of the kind ever held in Gundagai…

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Town Band Concert

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

It was pleasing to see so large ft house at tho band boys concert on wednesday evening. The curtain went up on a senile which would shame many…

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Masonic Ball. Proves a Huge Success. and Mab. Enjoys Herself

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 3

DEAR MOLLY,—Once again we are in the bubbling, hoiling vortex of the dancing season—that periodically active social volcano which, when working, possesses an…

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The Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

Owing to the courtesy of the Committee of the M.P. and A. Association the ladies, who met the other day and decided to held a ball in aid of the funds of the hospital, will be…

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Show Week. the Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held yesterday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs. T. S…

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M. P. & A. Association. a Graceful Act. Making Way for the Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee of the M.P. and A. Association was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. S. Gardiner presiding. The others present…

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Lockhart. (From Our Corresponent.) Concert and Social

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

BEING favored by splendid weather, the concert and social held at Lockhart on Friday night in aid of the Catholic Church was a grand success. The hall was crowded,…

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The Straus Benefit Concert. a Musicial Treat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

HAPPILY the audience at the complimentary onc[?]rt tendered to Herr Edgar Straus by he members of the Gundagai Musical and Dramatic Society on Friday last was…

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The Straus Concert

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 3

THAT success should have attended the Straus concert, in such a large measure as it did on Friday evening last, can be attributed to various causes. From when the…

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The Southern Cross Lodge Annual Ball

The Junee Democrat · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

THE members of the Southern Cro' Lodge I.O.O.F. held their annual bal[?] in the Albambara Hall, on Wednesday night. The attendance was surprise…

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Hospital Dance. South Gundagai's Contribution

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 2

DEAR MOLLY,—Once again I have been chasing fleeting hours in the worship of the divine art, this time it being the first dance in connection…

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A Smoke Concert

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 6

AT the conclusion of Mr. J. G. Carroll's meeting on Saturday night, an adjournment was made to Tattersall's Hotel, where the Member for the Lachlan was entertained at a…

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Concert and Dramatic Entertainment

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 2

"Th[?] it ruine[?]h every day" is a quotation which would have been, very appropriat during the past week, and though the moisture was very beneficial…

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