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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1881

13 stories in South Coast's papers

Nowra School or Avis Concert

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1881 · page 2

As announced a concert, and miscellaneous entertainment was given in the Band Hall, Nowra, on Saturday night last, by members of the Victoria. Cricket Club, Wollabara, Sydney,…

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Concert

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1881 · page 2

As announced, the third of a series of concerts in aid of the funds of the Church of England Parsonage, Nowra, was given at the Town Hall. Terrara, last Friday night. The weather was…

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Opening of Oddfellow’s new Hall, Moruya. Procession and Ball

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 2

IN pursuance of an advertisement which appeared in several issues of this journal, the brethren of the Grand United Order of Odd fellows, Moruya, formally opened their new…

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Why the Men Won't Dance

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1881 · page 4

THERE is a weeping and a wailing, if not a gnashing of teeth, in society circles, says a Washington correspondent of the Hartford Times, over the absence of dancing men. The…

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The Masonic Ball. (To the Editor of the Moruya Examiner.)

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 2 July 1881 · page 2

SIR.— In last Saturday’s Examiner; there appeared an extracts “from the Bega Standard’s Moruya correspondence.” That extract of itself, is not worthy of…

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The Masonic Ball. (To the Editor of the Moruya Examiner.)

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1881 · page 2

SIR,— Your issue of the 2nd July gives publication to an article signed “Excubitor,” containing a reply to the Bega Standard’s Moruya correspondent. Had he contented…

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The Masonic Ball

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 2

“While th’[?] an’ thrang, an’ loud and lang, Wi’ logic, in wi’ Scripture, They raise a din, that, in the end, Is like to breed a ruptime,…

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The Masonic Ball. (To the Editor of the Moruya Examiner.)

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 2

SIR.—The last issue of the Examiner contains a letter, in which the writer charitably attributes my “ongenerousness” to “impetuosity.” “My letter was certainly very…

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The Masonic Ball. (To the Editor of the Moruya Examiner.)

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 2

SIR,—I am-happily able to agree with “Excubitor,” and not only, to agree, but also, to sympathize with him, in the matter of “holding over” his last week’s contribution…

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Household. Dressing for a Photograph. How Colours Change in the Camera—why Actresses Take the Best Pictures

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1881 · page 2

"THE question is often asked," said an experienced photographer, "why actors and actresses take the most pleasing pictures. it is because they study the principles of art…

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Rxddite Ouique Such Thursday, November 24, 1881. Concert at Numba

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 24 November 1881 · page 2

ON Wednesday night last one of the most successful concerts ever held, in this district took place in the Ball Room, Numbs, the proceeds of which were to be given in aid of the widows…

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Concert

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 December 1881 · page 2

THE concert in aid of the Orkney and Shetland Islands Widows' Relief Fund cane off, as notified, at Nowra on Friday night last. The weather was fine, and though there were an…

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Public School Concert

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 24 December 1881 · page 2

THE above concert under the immediate supervision of the popular and musical [?]…

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