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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1902

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Pictures for the Blind

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 5

One of the latest and most ingenious inventions for the instruction and delight of the blind is a moving picture apparatus which has just been constructed…

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A Tennis Ball. at Adelong Crossing

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 3

ONE of the most successful socials ev[?] held at Adelong Crossing took place on Wednesday night in aid of the Adelong Crossing Tennis Club,…

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Presbyterian Concert

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 3

THE front scats were well filled at the concert held in Walker's hall on Friday night in aid of the building fund of the Presbyterian Church which it…

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Sevastopol Ball

The Temora Star · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 2

The annual Ball under the auspices of the Sebastapol Cricket Club was held in Mr. --Comans woolshed on Friday right last, and as usual it was very…

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A Concert

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 3

There was a good front-seat house at the Assembly Hall on Friday evening for the annual concert in connection with the local Presbyterian Church. Most of the…

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The Romance of Our First Century. Vivid & Realistic Pictures of the Past. Part Xvii. Punishment

The Junee Democrat · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 1

As flogging was the chief and most practised form of punishment, and as punishment, on Norfolk Island, was the raison [?] of the settlement, the flagelator was…

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Concert and Social

Coolamon Echo · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 4

The concert and social, which is held in connection with the ploughing matches, proved highly successful, not only from a financial standpoint, but…

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Mr. Lemmone' Concert Co. Miss Mabel Batchelor to Visit Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 2

Mr. John Lemmone, the eminent flautist whose name is invariably associated with the most chaste and highest class of musical productions, announces…

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Show Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 3
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal

THIS ball took place on Wednesday, first night of the show. There were about sixty present, and dancing was kept going till the small hours of the morning…

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An Ingenious Dodge. Working the Concert Towns. a Stamp Collector Makes a Hit

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 4

One day last week a well- dressed man nimbly mounted the steps of a Sydney bus and threw himself on the boxseat beside the driver…

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Adelong v. Gundagai Foot­ball Match. (To the Editor.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 3

SIR,—Once again I must trouble you, and I hope for the last time. Both sides have stated their case, and it remains for the public to judge…

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Restoring Pictures

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 6

Amateur artiste may think it a dangerous thing to tamper with good oil painting, and naturally hesitate before attempting to restore it when it is soiled…

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The Romance Our First Century. Vivid & Realistic Pictures of the Past. I Part Xviii

The Junee Democrat · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 1

It will be seen, then, that the mother colony moved, and that the lethargy that had marked her earliest settlement, had given way to vigorous enterprise, and a…

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The Mt. Kembla Concert

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

A concert and dramatic performance was given at O'Brien's Hall, on Tuesday night last, in aid of the sufferers in the Mount Kembla mining disaster, and, in…

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A.H.C. Guild Ball

The Temora Star · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday night last the members of the local branch of the A.H.C. Guild held their third annual ball in the Temora grain shed. The function…

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Adelong v. Gundagai Foot­ball Match. (To the Editor.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 3

SIR,—Why the dickens (excuse slang) didn't your reporter say at the first that the Gundagai footballers were not included in the condemation…

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The Melba Concerts

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 2

The box plan for the Melba concerts opened at Melbourne ou Friday morning, when booking was restricted to those who desire to secure seats for the whole series of…

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The Lemmone Concerts

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 2

A VERY good audience greeted the popular Lemmone Company in the first of their two concerts in the Assembly hall on Saturday night. The combined…

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Lemmone Concert Company

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 2

THE John Lemmone Concert Company were greeted by a crowded house on Saturday evening last, and the various members received an…

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