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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1873

81 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 5

Orange Concert

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 2

The members of No. 25, Enniskillen Loyal Orange Lodge, gave a musical entertainment to their families and friends on Tuesday evening last, at the Public Hall of the Council…

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Madame Goddard's Last Concert

Evening News · Monday 23 June 1873 · page 3

The announcement that Madame Arabella Goddard will give her last concert in Sydney to-morrow evening will excite a general feeling of regret, and this feeling will be deepened by a perusal of the recherche…

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Pictures in the Stock Gallery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1873 · page 3

AT my entrance upon this discussion, (says the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, of Brooklyn, New York) I must deplore the indiscriminate terms of condemnation employed by many…

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Fancy Ball at the Mansion House, London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1873 · page 3

On April 23, the Lady Mayoress gave a grand fancy dress ball, in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, The company, about [?]00 in number, and including many persons of distinction, began to…

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The Lady Mayoress's Fancy Dress Ball

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 27

[?] has of late years somewhat fallen into disuse, and all the more credit therefore belongs to Sir Sydney and Lady Waterlow for having revived it so successfully. Children are perhaps fonder of nothing than of…

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St. Vincent's Hospital Ball

Empire · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 2
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THE annual ball in aid of t. Vincent's Hospital came off last night in the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor, and the Hon. Lady Robinson, several of the…

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Not So Stupid--for a Cousin. After the Dance

Sydney Punch · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 4

Nellie: NOW, COUSIN FRED, YOU KNOW I 'VE TO TAKE CARE OE YOU. ARE YOU sure YOU'RE WELL WRAPPED UP? Cousin Fred: YETH, 'M--IN YOU!…

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The Finances of Victoria. the Melbourne Divorce Case —Smith V.smith.—new Trial Refused. Masonic Ball at Melbourne. Reported New Disease in Lincoln Sheep. Mr. W. Forster at Armidale. Woman's Rights in Victoria. Extensive Sheep Robberies at Murrumbidgerie. Horrible Outrage at Beckwith. Murder at Indigo. &c., &c., &c. BATHURST

Evening News · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 2

The thermometer has been at little above freezing point for thirty-six hours. At night it freezes heavily. A man has been arrested, charged with…

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Telegrams This Day the Parramatta Mayoral Election. Alderman H. Taylor Reelected. the Ballarat Mining Board and the Minister. Dispute at the Melbourne Hospital. Sir G. F. Bowen's Ball. Melbourne Betting. Clearing the River Murray. Another Fatal Accident on the Yarra. Melbourne Auction Sales. Fever at Port Darwin. Latest From Mauritius. the Cane Disease, &c., &c., &c. PARRAMATTA

Evening News · Friday 11 July 1873 · page 2

At the extraordinary meeting of the Municipal Council of Parramatta, held this day, Mr. Alderman Hugh Taylor, M.P., was re-elected Mayor…

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St. Vincent's Hospital Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 5

THE annual ball in aid of St. Vincent's Hospital came off on the 9th, in the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor, and the Hon. Lady Robinson, several of the…

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Royal Victoria Theatre

Evening News · Friday 18 July 1873 · page 4

MRS. FANNY MORGAN PHELPS, THE AUSTRALIAN STAR, In C[?]rely, Tragedy, and English. Irish and Scottish Dram[?]. OPENING NIGHT. MONDAY. 21ST JULY…

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A Mammoth Band Saw

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 July 1873 · page 13

A HAND saw, fifty-five feet long, sawing planks from a pine log three feet thick, at the…

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Governor Bowen's Ball. the Eagle Hawk Infanticide. Verdict of Wilful Murder. Fatat Accident at Melbourne. Latest Betting. Government Steamer Ashore at Newcastle. Volunteer Parade at Orange. Swearing in of Sir George Bowen. Northern Territory Discoveries. Overlanding Expedition. Latest Commercial, &c., &c., &c., NEWCASTLE. Thursday, 12,23 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 31 July 1873 · page 2

The Government steamer Dooribang ran ashore this morning at Stoney Point, inside Nobby's, with a lighter. The steamer sank the lighter and succeeded in getting off. There…

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Madame Goddard's Concerts. To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Saturday 2 August 1873 · page 2

SIR,—Will you permit ma the use of your widely circulated paper in order express a feeling which I ascertain to be very general? We all acknowledge the liberality of the management of the Victoria Theatre in…

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Telegrams This Day the Orange Road Murder. Fatal Accident at Rydal. Apprehension of the Suspected Murderer of Sergeant Sutherland. Increased Wharfage Accommodation at Melbourne. Madame Goddard's Melbourne Concert. Action Against an Insurance Company. the "Francis Henty" Barque. Latest From Mauritius and Adelaide. Gulgong. Thursday, 2.47 p.m

Evening News · Friday 8 August 1873 · page 2

De Couroy Browne is remanded till next Tuesday on a charge of embezzlement. Heavy rain, strong winds, and thunder passed over the town at midnight…

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Telegrams This Day the Orange Road Murder. Double Murder at Forbes. Horses for India. Messes. Sutherland and Farnell at Yass. the Mayor's Ball. Latest Commercial &c., &c., &c. (From Our Correspondents.) Deniliquin, Saturday, 8.52 p.m

Evening News · Monday 11 August 1873 · page 2

The residents of Deniliquin are unanimously signing a memorial against Messrs. Landale Brothers buying up the lands set apart for…

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The Hon. H.b W. Band, Speaker of the House of Commons

Empire · Wednesday 20 August 1873 · page 4

THE career of Mr. Brand, the present Speaker of the House of Commons, has given ample proof of his special and remarkable fitness for the position to which he has been called by the…

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Telegrams This Day the Dismasted Ship Dallan Towers. Wardill the Defaulter. Murders at Brisbane. Man Killed at Forbes. the Suez Mail Service. the Rip Fund. Madame Goddard's Concert. the Craigforth's Teas. Opposition to the Saving Banks' Amalgamation. Latest Commercial. &c., &c., &c. CARCOAR

Evening News · Wednesday 20 August 1873 · page 2

Mr. Parkes will not arrive till Friday. A banquet iu his honour will be given at night, and he will leave early next morning. The people of Blayney wished to entertain him,…

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Punch Paean. to Be Sung by the Star-comedian of the Sydney Theatre Royal. (Translated into the Anglo-Australian vernacular per order of Miss Polly Ticks, by her maidenship's equerry.) TUNE

Sydney Punch · Friday 29 August 1873 · page 2

Tumpety, Tumpty, Tum, Tumpety, Tumpty, Tumty; Tumpety, Tumpty, Tum, Teeter, tauter, tumty!…

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