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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1898

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Mrs. Callaghan’s Concert

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

THE concert promoted [?] by Mrs. Callaghan took place in the hall of the School of Arts on Saturday evening last, and was a great success. Mrs. Callaghan’s popularity is so…

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Berry Brass Band

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

THE first half yearly meeting of the Berry Brass Band, postponed from Wednesday evening owing to the small attendance of members, was held at the Commercial Hotel on Friday evening…

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The Band Contest

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

IN connection with the band contest a most unfortunate cont[?]mps took place. There were only two entries, the Shollharbour Brass Band, and Nowra Brass Band. The contest was…

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Likened to Leaden Ball. Peculiar Case of a Contractor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

Mr. Larry Foran, contractor and ganger, of Keroseno Bay, North Sydney, to a reporter from the Sydney Worker, who questioned him as to his recovery from a…

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Late Ball in aid of Church of England Building Fund Noorooma. (From a Correspondent.)

Moruya Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 2

I LOOKED in vain for a true account of the late Noorooma Ball in your last issue. A brief statement appeared, entirely ignoring the good ladies who worked so energetically and…

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Open Air Concert

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2

THE Open Air Concert, held in the Presbyterian Manse ground on Wednesday evening, was, from every point of view, a pronounced success, although, owing to the…

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Denmark and the Dance. LECTURE By MR. L. BOSGARD. All Rights Reserved

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

I MUST begin this paper with an apology, Although feeling pleased with the request of some of my friends to read a paper on my native land and its people, it was not without…

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Jasper's Brush School of Arts. Successful Concert

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 2

A concert was held in aid of the School of Arts, Jasper's Brush, on Friday evening. There was a large gathering, some being unable to get in The hall was tastefully decorated with ferns…

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Concert at Jasper’s Brush

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 3

THE recently erected School of Arts at Jasper’s Brush was opened with a very successful concert on Friday, March 4th, the proceeds of which were in aid of the institution. As will be seen,…

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The Ball

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2
Also in The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer

In the evening a ball was held in the School of Arts Hall. This event has come to be looked upon as one of the loading social reunions of the year at Berry, and this your its reputation in…

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Denmark and the Dance. Lecture by Mr. L. BOSGARD. [All Rights Reserved.] CONTINUED

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

In the early days there were many kings in Denmark, at a king’s death, a new king was elected by the peasants, the sons of the deceased usually having preference, but in…

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Benefit Concert

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 4

The conceit promoted by the Town Band in aid of the widow and orphans of the late Mr. Dan Millard was a great success, gratifying alike to the bandsmen and to the…

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St. John's Sunday School. Concert at the School of Arts

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

On Wednesday evening an interesting enter-tainment was given in aid of the St. Jon's Sunday School Prize fund, when there was a large [?] the "gate-money" amounting…

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C. E. Tea and Concert

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

The Church of England people were unfortunate in regard to the weather on the occasion of their tea meeting and concert, on Wednesday last. A raw, uninviting…

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Three Pictures in Shroud

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 1

Probably few persons would be sufficiently string minded to pass a solitary night in a room said to be a hundred one without experiencing some disagreeable…

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Wesleyan Concert at Bemboka

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 3

OUR correspondent writes:—Once it became known that the popular and talented Mrs Callaghan was to sing at the above-mentioned concert,…

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Bachelors Ball at Truketabella

Moruya Examiner · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 2

A very pleasant and successful Ball was given, by the Batchelors of Trunketabella on Tuesday night, whereat a really good attendance was capitally entertained. The room secured for the…

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“The Wearing of the Green” sung at a Wesleyan Concert

Moruya Examiner · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 3

More than 12 months ago the Freeman referred to the unique distinction achieved by the residents of the township of Bemboka, on the South Coast, through the persis[?]ent…

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The Constitution Bill. Supporters of the Cause. a Strong Band

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

As showing the strength of the Federal cause in Nowra, where four fifths of the electors will vote solidly for the bill, a subscription-list taken round on Saturday by Mr D. White on behalf…

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