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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1898

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Plain and Fancy Dress Ball. Preliminary Meeting

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 3

AT a public meeting held in the Town-Hall, Bowral, on Wednesday afternoon last, over which Mr, Gavin George presided, it was decided to hold a plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the Berrima District…

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Hospital Ball

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 2

At a public meeting held in the Town Hall, Bowral, on Wednesday afternoon last, it was decided to hold a plain and fancy dress ball in aid of…

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Hospital Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee in connection with the arranging of the plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the B.D.C. Hospital was held in the Town Hall,…

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The Hospital Ball

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1898 · page 2

The hospital ball, which is fixed for the night of the 3rd August, promises to be one of the most successful function of its kind ever held in Bowarl…

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The Hospital Ball. Crowned with Success

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 2

A plain and fancy dress [?] held in the Bowral School of Arts on Wednesday night, in aid of the fonds of the Berrima District Cottage…

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Hospstal Ball at Bowral a Brilliant Success

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

OUR readers will not have forgotten the unprecedented success that attended the plain and fancy dress ball arranged by Mrs. A. W. Tooth at Mittagong on the…

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The Recent Hospital Ball. (CONTRIBUTED.)

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1898 · page 1

The hospital ball at, Bowral on Wednesday night was, as regards patronage, so great a success that probably the ladies who organised it will…

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Concert at Mittagong

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1898 · page 2

A concert was held in the Canterbury Hall, Mittagong, on Saturday night, the proceeds being in aid of St. Joseph's convent. The attendance…

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Concert at Mittagong

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 4

A COLD damp evening militated against the full attendance that was to have been expected at Miss Mason's concert on Saturday evening, in aid of St. Joseph's Convent. The programme as arranged…

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Hospital Ball

Robertson Advocate · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

We learn from the hon. treasurer that the net amount realised by the hospital Ball recently held at Bowral was £26 13s 6d…

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Late Concert at Mittagong. (To the Editor.)

Robertson Advocate · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

Sir,—On Saturday evening last, in company with others, I visited Mittagong for the purpose of attending a concert given in aid of a local church,…

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P. M. Band of Hope

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

The usual Band of Hope meeting was held in the schoolroom on Friday night last, and a good number rolled up, but not as good as usual to these deservedly popular entertainments. The meeting was…

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The Recent Hospital Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

AT a committee meeting in connection with the late hospital ball, held at the Town Hall, Bowral.on Wednesday afternoon last, Mr. Gavin George presiding,…

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The "Glosson" Benefit Concert

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

The attendance at the entertainment held in the Centennial Hall on Wednesday evening last, in aid of the family of the late Mrs. Gleeson, ought…

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Miss Mason's Concert

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

ON Monday evening last a concert, arranged by Miss Mason, was given in the School of Arts, Bowral, but, no doubt owing to the extreme cold and inclement state of the…

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Bad Behaviour at Concerts. (To the Editor.) Good Manners

Robertson Advocate · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 2

Sir,—The letter in your issue of Friday last, complaining of the scant courtesy given by a Mittagottg audicuce to distinguished art[?] from Sydney, opens up a very great…

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Local and District. Grand Ball

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

The New Hall, Moss Vale, presented a gay and attractive on Thursday night last, the occasion…

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Ball at Moss Vale

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1898 · page 2

On Thursday evening last the Moss Vale Association Football Club held a ball in the New Hall. In every way it proved a great success. The…

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Moss Vale Ball

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 August 1898 · page 4

ON Thursday evening last the Moss Vale Football Club held a ball in the new hall, which was beautifully illuminated with Chinese lanterns. There were visitors from all parts of the district—viz.,…

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P. M. Church, Bowral. Tea Meeting and Concert

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 3

On Wednesday evening last the Primitive Methodist Church was the scene of a very happy gathering, it being the occasion of their annual tea meeting in aid of the stipend fund. The lady members…

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