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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1891

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Smoke Concert

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 2

ONE of those very enjoyable events known as a smoke concert was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening last, under the auspices of the Bowral…

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Concert at Robertson

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 2

THE Robertson Musical and Dramatic Club gave their first performance on Wednesday night in aid of the School of Arts, when the farce "A Thumping Legacy" and…

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Free Gardeners' Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 2

A ball was given in the School of Arts last evening by the Wattle Lodge of Free Gardeners. The hall was tastefully decorated with ferns and branches of that…

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Weslevan Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Society was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening last. The Rev. K. A. Corner occupied the chair. The meeting was opened by the company singing…

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Free Gardeners' Ball. (By the Gipsy.)

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

"A hundred hearts beat happily; and when Music rose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spoke again And all went merry as a marriage bell."…

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Military Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 2

THREE is no more grander or dazzling spectacle than a military ball, hence we feel sure the public will be pleased to learn that such an event is about to take place in, Bowral, in fact that it…

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The Military Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 2

VERY active preparations are being made for the approaching military ball in connection wiht the local volunteer company. Everything so far points to success. The ladies are vieing with…

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Volunteer Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 September 1891 · page 2

AT a meeting of the-committee of the above ball held on Monday evening last, the catering for the event was entrusted to Mr. H. Ashburn, and this factalone should be…

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Y. W. C. A. Concert

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 September 1891 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A., BowrAl, which is advertised in our columns to take placed next Friday evening, is likely to be a successful affair. We understand that the…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Wesleyan Band of Hope was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening last. The Rev. K. A. Corner occupied the chair. The…

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The Volunteer Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 2

"ARE you going to the ball," is now the question which is asked you in almost every direction, and judging by the number of replies we have heard given in…

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Volunteer Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

NO ball has ever been held in Bowral that has been more eagerly looked forward to than the approaching Volunteer Ball which is to take place in the School of…

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Smoke Concert at Mittagong

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

A SMOKE concert will be held in the Canterbury Hall, Mittagong, this evening, under the auspices of the Mittagong Labor League. In addition to the…

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Volunteer Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

The first annual ball, held under the favouring auspices of the H. Company and Regiment, took place in the School of Arts last evening, and was a very…

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Smoke Concert at Mittagrong

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

THE Mittagong branch of the Labor Electoral League held a very successful concert at the Caterbury Hall, Mittagong, on Saturday evening last. There Was a…

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Wesleyan Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 1

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above society was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening last. The Rev. K. A. Corner being absent, Mr. Smith took the…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, Sept. 26, 1891 the Volunteer Ball. by the Gipsy

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

On, on with the dance!—let joy be unconfined. No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. LORD BYRON in speaking, or rather in…

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The Misses Albu Concert

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 1

ON Thursday evening the above talented young ladies made their first appearance in Bowral at the School of Arts, and despite the very poor attendance, treated the…

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The Guards' Band at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 2

The Salvation Army Guards' Band No. 2, on their return journey from Queensland to Victoria, paid Bowral a visit on Wednesday afternoon and evening last…

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Concert at Bundanoon

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 2

IF unpropitious weather caused the abandonment of the sports at Bundanoon on Wednesday last, it certainly did not cause the abandonment, nor, detract from the enjoyment of the concert which was…

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