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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1884

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Mittagong, Burrawang and Kangaloon Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 2

ON Monday evening last a meeting of the above Society was held in the Wesleyan Schoolroom, to a crowded house. After the usual preliminary routine of business had…

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Wesleyan Concert

Bowral Free Press and Mittagong, Burrawang and Kangaloon Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 3

ON Friday evening, the 11th, a concert of choice sacred music was given in the temporary School of Arts, Bowral, by the Wesleyan Choir, to a fair attendance. The…

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Oddfellows' Concert

Bowral Free Press and Mittagong, Burrawang and Kangaloon Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 2

To celebrate Anniversary Night, a concert was given in the School of Arts, Bowral, in connection with the Loyal Bowral Light-house Lodge, to a large attendance. At 8…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Mittagong, Burrawang and Kangaloon Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last a meeting of the above society was held in the Wesleyan Schoolroom, Bowral, a good number of members and visitors being present. The…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Mittagong, Burrawang and Kangaloon Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last the usual meeting of the Wesleyan Band of Hope was held in the schoolroom, to a fair attendance. The President, the Rev. C. Olden, opened the…

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Wesleyaw Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Mittagong, Burrawang and Kangaloon Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1884 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last the fortnightly meeting of the above society was held in the school-room. The meeting opened by singing and prayer. In the absence of the…

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Local Intelligence. Primitive Methodist Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 2

It afforded us unqualified pleasure to be present at the concert given by the Primitive Methodist choir in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Monday evening last. The building was positively thronged…

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The Horse Reporter at a Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 4

So the city editor produced the pass, and the horse reporter, after punching a hole through it and tying it to his button-hole with a white string, stalked out…

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Ball at Mittagong

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

ON Friday evening, 23rd instant, a quadrille party was held in the old stone building near the Fitzroy Iron Mines, Mittagong, and was attended by about twenty-five…

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Bowral Wesleyan Band of Hope

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held last Tuesday evening, presided over by the Rev. C. Olden, president. There was a very fair audience, the old…

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Concert on June 28th

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

AT a committee meeting of the Bowral Club held on Tuesday, evening last it was unanimously decided to arrange for a grand concert to be held in Bowral on Saturday…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, May 31, 1884. Concert at Bowral

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

THE cold winter weather which prevailed in Bowral on Saturday last (Queen's Birthday) had the effect of preventing many persons from attending the concert in the evening…

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Mrs. Harvey's Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

IN another, column appears the programme of the concert to be given in the school of arts, Bowral, on Wednesday evening, next by Mrs. L. Harvey, assisted by her pupils,…

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Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last a concert was given in the school of arts, Bowral, by Mrs. L. Harvey, assisted by her pupils and several friende from Sydney. There was a fair attendance, and an excellent and…

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Bowral Wesleyan Band of Hope

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last the fortnightly meeting was, held, Mr. W. J. Osborne in the chair. Every seat was filled. There was a good deal of merriment, during the evening. Mr. Offord's two recitations—…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope at Mittagong

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

AFTER a lapse of several years the temperance cause is reviving amongst the Wesleyans in Mittagong. On Thursday evening, 5th instant, there was a large gathering in the Wesleyan Church, and a very…

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Bowral Club Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

WE announced in last issue that a concert had been arranged to take place in Bowral in aid of the recently-formed club on the 28th instant. We are given to understand that the date has been altered…

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Mrs. Harvey's Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening, 4th instant, a concert was given in the school of arts, Bowral, by Mrs. L. Harvey, assisted by her daughters, pupils, and several friends from Sydney. The building was about…

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Bowral Wesleyan Band of Hope

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 2

THE regular fortnightly meeting of this society was held last Tuesday evening in the Wesleyan Chapel. The Rev. C. Olden, president, occupied the chair. The attendance numbered nearly a…

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Concert

The Bowral Free Press · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 2

The cost of furnishing the room where the members of the Bowral Club meet each evening, together with the weekly rent, being in excess of subscriptions received from members, it has, as our readers are…

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