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Riverina · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1914

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Fancy Dress Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

The ladies interested in the above report excellent progress with the arrangements for Tuesday night's ball. A generous response to the appeal for…

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Monastery Building Fund Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 4

The ball arranged for Tuesday evening next gives promise of being very enjoyable and successful. Plain or fancy dress may be worn, and there…

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Monastery Ball. Gathering in Oddfellows' Hall

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

Last evening a very successful and well-organised ball was held in the Oddfellows' Hall in aid of the Monastery building fund. There were eighty…

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The Monastery Ball

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

The prizes donated for the best fancy dresses at last Tuesday evening ball were balloted for by the spectators in the gallery and by the…

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Rene Maxwell Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

The forthcoming visit to Wagga next week, of Miss Rene Maxwell is being looked forward to with interest. Miss Maxwell's numbers in Wagga will be…

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Moving Pictures Quite Old

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 7

Moving pictures are not quite such a new idea as most people think. In 1828 Sir John Herschel, the great inventor, asked Charles Babbage. an equally well-known man of that…

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India's Change. Mrs. Perrin's New Book. Ever-fascinating Pictures

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

"Since Mrs. Alico Perrin wrote 'East of Suez' her view of Anglo-Indian society has steadily broadened, until she has become the best novelist of her special school," says the…

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Concert

Irrigation Record · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 9

A very successful concert under the auspices of the Mirrool Irrigation Settlers' Association was recently held in the Grain Store, Mirrool, the following artists…

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The Tennis Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 5

The Tennis Ball is an important part of the tournament programme and was a brilliant success on Wednesday night, Over fifty couples were in attendance,…

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Amusements. Band Concert

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the Wagga Citizens' Band played the following excellent programme in the Town Hall Gardens:—March "Australasia"…

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Lorne Pictures

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

The Lorne pictures screened their first instalment of the beauty competition on Saturday night, when three photos were shown, and after the ballot was…

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The Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 4

The ball, held in the Town Hall on Thursday night, was a brilliant interlude in the two days' function; and, specious as the Town Hall is, it…

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Hospital Picnic Race Dance

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

The above function eventuated on Friday night, with greater success than ever before. The attendance was equally as large as the night…

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Amusements. Rene Maxwell's Concert

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

An important musical event is the concert to be given in the Oddfellows' Hall to-night by Miss Rene Maxwell and other competent and…

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Rene Maxwell Concert

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 2

The concert given in the Oddfellows' Hall last night was a musical event of unusual importance, on account of the programme including…

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Wagga Hospital Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 2

Arrangements for the annual Hospital Ball are to be shortly taken in hand. We understand a meeting is to be convinced for Tuesday afternoon next at the…

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Actor's Tragic Death Collapse on the Stage of Fremantle Theatre. About to Propose to the Heroine. Fremantle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 2

During the second act of the melodrama, "The Soldier's Wedding," presented at the King's Theatre last night, Walter Dalgleish, who took the…

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Rene Maxwell Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 3

A high-class concert was given in the Oddfellows' hall on Tuesday night, when a farewell was tendered to Miss Rene Maxwell prior to her departure…

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Cadet Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held at the drill ball last night. There was a good attendance, and preliminaries were discussed. The committee…

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Lorne Pictures

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

A good deal of interest centres in the beauty competition promoted by the Lorne Pictures, and on Thursday evening the second set of photos were…

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