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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Charity Ball

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

THE ball held in the School of Arts hall on Thursday night, as one of the means to raise funds for Mr. Wilson Smythe’s benefit, was a success. Between fifty and sixty couples were…

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Ball at Bolong

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

A ball on aid of the Shoalhaven Football Club was held on Wednesday last at Bolong with successful results. Mr. Britton’s barn was requisitioned…

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Selected Poetry. Abig-foot, the Concert Bear. (Four hundred yards after Kipling.)

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

Whenever I go to the concert I sit in the en lmost chair, So little I reck of the rubber neck or the girl with the Eiffel hair,…

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Ball at Bolong

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 4

A ball in aid of tho Shoalhaven football Club was held on Wednesday last at Bolong, with successful results. Mr. Button’s barn was requisitioned…

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Bemboka Cricketers’ Ball

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

THE annual ball of the Bemboka C.C. was held in the School of Arts on Friday night last, and, though the attendance was small (only about 20 couples), the pleasure…

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Social. Notes and Gleanings by "Madge." Annual R.C.C. BALL

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

The dancing season in Nowra opened on Wednesday last, when the annual ball in aid of the Roman Catholic Church was successfully held at the Nowra School of…

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Concert and Dance at Jasper's Brush

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

The Jasper's Brush School of Arts is not an imposing building, being remarkable neither for architectural beauty or a luxurious interior. It is, in fact, the old school building, removed…

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Concerts

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

THE Bega Musical Society, formerly conducted by Mr. McMillan, and, since his departure, by Mr. W. J. Cunningham, gave its first concerts on…

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Concert at Jasper’s Brush

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

A MOST successful concert was held at Jasper’s Brush on Thursday evening in aid of the School of Arts. The proceeds are intended to be devoted to the purchasing of books for a library…

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Roman Catholic Ball

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 2

A GRAND ball in aid of the Roman Catholic budding fund took place in the ball of [?] Bega School of Arts on Tuesday evening last. The decoration consisted of…

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Quaama Tennis Club Ball

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 3

For some time past it has been the intention of the residents of Quaama to form a Tennis Club, and on the 5th inst., a meeting was held with the…

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Benefit Concert

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

A CONCERT in aid of the benefit fund for Mr. Wilson Smythe, was held in the School of Arts. Berry, on Tuesday night. Mr. W. English, secretary to the committee in charge of the…

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Concert at Candelo

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

A CONCERT in aid of the Candelo School of Arts eventuated in the hall of the institution on the evening of May 24th. The attendance was not so large as was…

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Bachelors Ball at Bateman’s Bay

Moruya Examiner · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 3

A social was given at Bateman’s Bay a short time back by Bachelors of the police and a young lady favours us with the following verses concerning it:—…

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Benefit Concert

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

The Glanville benefit concert, in the School of Arts on Friday evening, 26th May, was a most pronounced success. There was a very large attendance, and the…

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Cricketers' Ball at Dignam's Creek

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 3

THE ball in aid of the Dignam's Greek Cricket Club came off on Friday last, and, financially, was hardly the success that was expected. Perhaps the…

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Convent Ball

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 2

THE annual plain and fancy dress ball in aid of St. Josephs’ Convent, Berry, was held in the School of Arts hall on Thursday night. The wet, cold weather and the unpleasant condition…

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Departure of Mr.a. Saxelby Complimentary Smoke Concert

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 2

THE Smoke Concert, complimentary to Mr. Allan Saxelby, advertised for Monday evening last, was held in Graham's Assembly Rooms, and was an…

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Ball

Eden Free Press and Eden District Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

As briefly announced in our last issue n plain and fancy dress ball under the auspices of the Elen Progress Associatin and in aid of tho Town…

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The Band Ball

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3

As anticipated, the Band Ball was one of the greatest successes ever experienced in Cobargo. The weather was beautifully fine, the full moon giving…

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