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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1906

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Concert at Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 2

A very successful concert, followed by a dance, took place at the School of Arts Hall, Lockhart, on Friday last in connection with the Lockhart…

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Free Theatre Tickets. Amusing Requests Received

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 3

The ways of people who try to obtain free theatre seats from managers are as varied as they are strange, but the following letters received at the Duke of…

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Citizens' Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the Citizens' Band gave their final performance in the Cricket Ground, prior to proceeding to Albury to take part in the…

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Successful Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

A ball, under the auspices of the Women's Political labor League, was held at the Oddfellows Hall on Eastern [?] Monday night, in aid of the funds of…

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The Easter Monday Dance

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

On Easter Monday the membere of the Wagga Women's branch of the Political Labour League held a most successful dance in aid of the funds of the…

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Easter Monday Picnics. Methodist Sunday School. Pic-nic and Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

The Wagga Methodist Sunday School hold their annual pic-nic on Easter Monday. The day proved everything that could be desired. At an early…

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The Ball

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

When we left the Concert and reached the Royal Mail Hall we found that spacious building crowded with people. Indeed it was hard to gain…

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When the Band Began to Play

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

The last hound show held at the Crystal Palace was said to be be the best ever seen. "It's the first time," declared a gentleman wearing a semi-military costume and…

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Ball at Coolac. in Aid of the Cootamundra Hospital

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

DESPITE the heavy rain on Wednesday night, there was a very large attendance in Gavin's hall for the social held in aid of the Cootamundra…

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Moonlight Concert

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, 11th April, a pleasant little function took place at the residence of Mr. C. Purcell, sanr., of Wondalga, in and of the…

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Hospital Dance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

A meeting of ladies was held on Thursday afternoon, in the Town Hall, to make arrangements for the proposed dance in aid of the Wagga…

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Ball at Coolac

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

OPPRESSIVE weather, with heavy rain threatening all the afternoon are not contributing factors to the success of a dance, and it was owing to these…

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Wagga Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

The ladies interested in the proposed Hospital dance met at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon to arrange preliminaries in connection with the…

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Presbyterian Concert. in Aid of the Bazaar Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 2

A successful entertainment in aid of St. Andrews' Presbyterian Bazaar Fund was hold in the Oddfellows' Hall last evening. There was a very fair…

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Band Benefit

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 3

Next Monday night the company will return and play, a farewell performance in aid of the funds of the Cootamundra Town Band. No local institution…

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Ball at Coolac in Aid of the Cootamundra Hospital

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 3

Despite the heavy rain on Wednesday night, there was a very large attendance in Gavin's hall for the social held in aid of the Cootamundra Hospital, and the…

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The Citizens' Band. Annual Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

The annual meeting of the Citizens' Band was held on Monday night. Mr. L. Homann presided, and there was a good attendance of members…

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Women's P.l.l. Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 2

The social organised by the Wagga Women's branch of the Political Labor League in aid of the Wagga Hospital, and which eventuated on Easter Monday…

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Stookinbingal Hospital Ball

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

The benefit ball for the Cootamundra Hospital eventuated in West's Carrington Hall on Friday night, the 24th inst., and was a great success. The hall was…

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