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Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1899

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Bowral Lawn Tennis Club. Annual Dance

The Mittagong Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

One of the post pleasant dances ever held in Bowral took place at the School of Arts on the 2nd instant; the decorations of flags and art muslin,…

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A. Concert by Sydney Cricketers

The Mittagong Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

A concert was given in the Association Hall, Bowral, on Monday night last by members of the Callan Park cricket team, that were engaged in a…

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Plain and [?] Dress Ball

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

The plain and fancy dress ball, which eventuated in the Bowral School of Arts on Friday night last, was exceptionally successful. It was held in…

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Local and District. Church of England Concert

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

We would specially draw our readers attention to the programme of the concert…

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Benefit, Concert

The Mittagong Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

It there is one thing more then another for [?] [?] [?]…

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The Ball

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

The annual ball of the Picnic Race Cub was held in the [?] Hall on Friday night, and proved most enjoyable. The [?] was prettily decorated with ferns and…

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Concert at Moss Vale

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

What is known as the “hew hall” at Moss Vale was filled to overflowing by a fashionable audience on Saturday night last, the occasion being a concert in aid of the debt…

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Bong Picnic Race Club Ball

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 5

The committee of the Bong Bong Picnic Race Club, concluded their annual race meeting with the customary ball, hold on Friday evening…

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Church of England Concert

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 5

The grand concert organised in aid of the debt on St. John's Church of England, Moss Vale, which for sdme time previously was "boomed" as a coming…

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Bundanoon. Public School Concert

The Mittagong Express · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 1

A very successful concert was given here on Friday evening, the 20th last by the pupils of the public school. The night was fine and the attendance…

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Ball at Moss Vale

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

The hall, which was held under the [?]pices of the Roman Catholic Church, passed off very successfully on Thursday night last. It was held in the…

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Grand Concert

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

By advertisement it will be seen that the distinguished patronage of the Governor and Viscountess. Hampden has been extended to the concert now being arranged by Mrs. C. W…

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Joadja Creek. PLAIN & Fancy Dress Ball

The Mittagong Express · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 1

On Friday evening last the gentlemen members of the Joadja Quadrille Club gave a return dance to the ladies of Joadja and neighbourhood, which…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 4

Charles Fraser, law clerk (25), while practising at the Eastern Oval, Melbourne last week, was struck on the temple by a hall front Mr. Wm,…

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Concert at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 4

READERS will doubtless remember the great success which attended the concert organised by Mrs. C. W. Marsden, of "Craigieburn," Bowral, on 26th of February in last year, in aid of the Bowral School…

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Band of Hope

The Mittagong Express · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Wesleyan Band of Hope was held in the church on Monday evening, 20th instant. The Rev. W. G. Wiliard presided, and there was a…

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Mittagong. Band Entertainment

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

THE combined bands of the Bowral Association and Mittagong Brass Bands rendered a; selection of music at Mittagong on Thursday evening last in the…

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Band Entertainment

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 3

ON Thursday evening last the Bowral Association and Mittagong Brass Bands combined and rendered a very creditable selection of music under the batton of Mr. G. E. Vincent, in Denmead's paddock,…

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Local and District. R.c. Ball

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 2

The ball in aid of the Bondanoon R. C. Church was held in the Vale Hall on Easter Monday night, and…

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Bowral Free Press Wednesday, April 5, 1899. Cinderella Dance

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 4

A very pleasant evening was spent on Monday night last at the Association Hall, the occasion being a dance given by the President (Mr. H. E. Jones), at…

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