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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1900

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Cottee Cricket Ball

Coolamon Echo · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 4

Perhaps a worse day could not have been picked upon than Friday last for the Cottee Cricketers’ Ball—it being cold, raining in torrents, and the roads in a…

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Advertising Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

The Advertising Ball at the Town Hall last night was attended by some thousands of people. The ball was in aid of the Childrens' Hospital…

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First Annual [?]uild Ball. a Gigantic Success

The Temora Star · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

THE first ball hold under the auspices of the Temora Guild Lodge was held in Dobbs' Hall on Wednesday evening last. The gathering was a brilliant…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Warri. Tennis Dance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 4

THE annual tennis club ball was again held At Mr D. Boyd's residence, Uley, on Friday last, and added another to the long list of highly appreciated dances held at "Uley."…

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Concert

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 11

The Wesleyan Church concert, held in lunch's Hall last Thursday evening, can fairly claim to be one of the most successful ever held in Hillston. The…

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A Novel Ball

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

Last week in Sydney a public fancy dress ball was held in the Town Hall, and was as successful as it was novel. The function was held in aid of the Children's Hospital, and…

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Cottee Cricketers' Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 4

The annual ball in connection with the Co[?]tee Cricket Club eventuated in the Oddfellows' Hall, Coolamon on Friday night. Aug. 31. and proved a success. In spite of the bad…

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Kenny Sports-Concert Gala

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

TOMORROW the sports and concert, the proceeds of which are to be handed to Mr. Patrick Kenny, will take place. As our readers are aware, for a considerable period…

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Minstrel Concert

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

FRIDAY incessant rain left the highways and by ways of Gundagai in such an impassable state that the attendance at the Famine Fund concert was…

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Grand Concert. TO-NIGHT

The Temora Star · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

WE beg to remind our readers that a grand concert will be held in the Victoria Theatre to-night under the auspices of the Church of England…

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The Uley Ball

Coolamon Echo · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 4

Our correspondent writes : The second annual ball of the Warri Tennis Club was held at the residence of Mr. Boyd, Uley, on Friday last. The affair, like its…

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A Ball-room Squabble

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

A fearful tragedy occurred at Numurkah (Victoria) shortly after midnight to-day. A dance was held in the local Mechanics' Institute…

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The Concert

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 3
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The day's festivities were appropriately concluded with an entertainment at night, which took the form of a concert,and a very diversified…

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Ball

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 12

An invitation ball was given by the bachelors on Friday evening last in Stowe's Hall. About 25 couples were present, and shortly after eight o'clock…

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Footballers' Ball

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

ADDED to the list of attractions which the inclement weather has spoiled of late is the Footballers Ball. The heavy rains on Tuesday and…

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The Children's Hospital Ball

The Temora Star · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

THE following extract is taken from the Sydney Morning Herald, of September 7th.:-- "Mr. George Adams Tattersall's sweeps were represented…

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Victoria. Tragedy at a Ball. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

A tragis occurrence took place at a ball held at the Namurkah Mechanics' Institute last night. John Kettle, aged 26, and Manrice M'Namara had an argument in a…

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The Palacc of the Dance. a Feature of the Paris Exposition

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 5

ONE of the unique features of the World's Fair at Paris is the Paacc of the Dance, which is described and pictured by Jean Schopfer and A. Castaigne in the August…

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Amateur Concert

The Temora Star · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

AN amateur concert in aid of St. Paul's Parish Funds took place in the Victoria Hall on Wednesday evening last, but owing to the inclemency of…

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