Calico Ball
A grand fancy dress calico ball was given in the Guild Hall last night in aid of the School of Industry, and was in every way successful—except perhaps, that there was scarcely enough room for dancing…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1878
143 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 8
Chapter Xiv.—" the Brass Band."
The destruction of the popular movement of 1850-1852, completing as it did the overthrow of popular confidence in constitutional politics, led to consequences utterly deplorable. Indissolubly…
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Last evening the Guild Hall was filled by a crowded and fashionable attendance attracted by an amateur concert, in aid of the funds of that excellent institution, the Goodenough Naval Home. The hall…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In the Council the Reform Bill has been read a first time.—In the Assembly last night, the House agreed to adjourn early to-day, for the mayor's fancy dress ball.—…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Mayor's ball, last night, was an [?]umonse success. No less than 1500 persons were present. The affair was an highly imposing spectacle. The dresses were…
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An extremely painful casualty, attended with a fatal result, happened to a man named Harvey, aged 24 years, at Pyrmont, on Saturday afternoon last. Harvey was, with a number of cricketers, assembled…
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Mr. Jesse Shepard, whose spiritualistic pretensions seem to have seduced the imaginations of a large number of well-meaning people in this city, gave his first public concert in the Temperance Hall last…
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Fashion will have ils way; and if fashion prefers to dress in calico, calico becomes worth more than velvet. So a calico ball, conducted under the influence and position of the great ones of the land, is unquestionably the correct…
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'Twas a senseless reunion, The drapers assert, To which they can't cotton at all. How can trade--now so dull--…
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So popular has the notion of a Calico Ball become, that a second one in aid of a local charity—this time for the Infants' Home, at Ashfield—took place on Tuesday night last, at the Exhibition Building. The committee that had…
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On Wednesday, September 18, an evening of select sacred song was given in the York-street Wesleyan Church, by the church choir, assisted by Mr. Andrew Fairfax and Mr. R. R. Arndell, and lady and…
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A short season of melo (exceeding melo) drama has been commenced at this house, and the piece selected for representation last evening was—to quote from the playbill—"The national and Sensational…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The receipts from the late ball, in aid of the Melbourne hospital, were about £800. The expenditure was nearly equal in amount, leaving-only a small balance to go to the…
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THE guests have arrived, In character dressed, And to act to their parts All striving their best…
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1. Sir H. Parkes "with modest faces came." 2. Mr. McElhone, "A Gentleman; a Gentleman ?" 3. Mr. J. Davies, "A plumpy Bacchus." 4. Hon. M. Fitzpatrick, "The bagpipe could not move you."…
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THERE are probably few persons who have not heard of Mr. Henry Varley. In London for some years he preached to a large congregation, in a building that I think was called the West End…
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It would be almost a matter of impossibility to find accommodation for more persons in the Victoria Theatre than those composing the audience which, on Saturday night, assembled there to witness the production of " Uncle Tom's…
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Mr. Henry Varley preached on Sunday evening to an overflowing audience at the Theatre Royal, large numbers being unable to obtain admission. The preacher dwelt upon the words in Gal. 2 xx, where the…
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On Saturday evening Mr. Theo. Hamilton, the American actor, who brings high credentials here from San Francisco, made his first appearance in Australia at this theatre, "Macbeth" being the play. The cast was as follows:…
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