The Mayor's Ball
WHEN Fanny and dear Laura meet Each other's hand they press, And in a breath they both exclaim-- "What is your fancy dress?"…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879
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Ladies' Column. Forthcoming Fancy Dress Ball
THE Taney Ball to be given by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sydney, on the 19th instant, to which over 2000 guests have been invited, has turned a gre deal of attention to the subject of fancy costume…
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WE have seldom attended a concert more satisfactory in every respect than that given by Miss Mand Fitz-Stubbs on Wednesday night in aid of the Children's Hospital. The Victoria Theatre…
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At the Victoria Theatre a large audience witnessed the drama " Green Bushes," so inseparably connected in the minds of all acquainted with theatrical matters, with the Adelphi Theatre and Madame Celeste. These memories were…
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Mr. Emery completed his engagement at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening, and it was pleasing to notice that though the weather was the reverse of propitious, the attendance was unusually good, especially in the pit and…
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Sir,—I trust you will allow me to point out to the railway authorities that it would be a great convenience to the residents in the western suburbs, of whom there will doubtless be large numbers at the ball, if one or two trains later…
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After the public had been entertained by a rather lengthened series of dramas based upon the writings of the late Mr. Charles Dickens, it was somewhat surprising to see them assemble in force at the Theatre Royal…
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At the Queen's Theatre last night there was presented for the second time, the highly sensational drama, by Mr. Moncrieff, the well-known London dramatist, entitled "After Dark; or the Scamps of London." It is asserted…
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"Aladdin's New Light," another opera bouffe from the prolific pen of M. Herve, was produced for the first time in Sydney, and indeed in Australia, at the Victoria Theatre last night. The performance cannot be called a triumphant…
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For the convenience of the Suburban Residents attending the MAYOR'S BALL, on the 19th instant, a Special Train will leave Redfern Station at 1 p.m. on the morning of the 20th instant, for PARRAMATTA, calling at all intermediate stations…
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A visit made this morning to the Exhibition Building, in which the mayor is, to-night, going to entertain Sir Hercules and Lady Robinson and the citizens of Sydney, enables us to say that there are promises…
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For the convenience of the Suburban Residents attending the MAYOR'S BALL, on the 19th instant, a Special Train will leave Redfern Station at 2.30 a.m. on the morning of the 20th instant, for PARRAMATTA, calling at all intermediate stations…
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Vanitas vanstatun[?]. No doubt; but then there are vanities and vanities, and a Fancy Drees Ball such as that which was given by his Worship the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. C. J. Roberts) last night, was such a magnificent and…
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With the usual promptitude, the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL comes out this week with full details of the great event of the season—the Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball. A description of the dresses and…
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PUNCH has been most consumedly imposed on by his costumier, who, prior to the ball, assured him that the following entries would take place. Mr. Greenwood, arrayed in standing orders, as the Queen of the…
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Such a crowding of vehicles never was seen, The Transit Commissioners, filled with chagrin, Rush about with their subs, in the midst of the chaos, Reviling the drivers of many a shay 'oss…
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This, the event of not merely the week, but the year, time off on Wednesday night, and was an unparralleled success. The Herald reports that nothing like it in magnificence has ever been got…
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Yesterday evening about thirty or forty of the gentlemen who had attended the Mayor's fancy dre[?]s ball, met at the Royal Hotel for the purpose of initiating a movement to give his Worship a return…
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The event of the week among the lovers of pleasure has been the Fancy Dress Ball given by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sydney at the Exhibition building on Wednesday evening last. Preparations for the event…
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