The Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball
THE fancy dress ball given by his Worship the Mayor of Sydney, (Mr. Charles James Roberts) on Wednesday night, will be long remembered by those who took part therein. It was…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879
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List of some Characters asssumed at the Mayor's Ball
Sir John Robertson: A Good Templar. Dan O'Connor: Nero. The Mayor: Bacchus. The Mayoress: Ariadne…
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I am not at the ball, and I'm not anywhere, Because of the shameful neglect of the Mayor, But a rod is in pickle which he'll have to bear. Of course all the people who know me, expect…
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The production of "The Shaughraun " on Saturday night at the Queen's Theatre was witnessed by a very large audieuce, the pit and stalls being densely thronged. Most people know the plot of "The Shanghraun," and those…
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The complete dramatization of a production like Mr. Charles Dickens's "Bleak House" would probably result in a play of the Chinese kind, requiring a week or a fortnight for its proper presentation. In attempting to prepare…
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It would have been an actual impossibility to have given in the last issue of the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL other than a mere imaginary picture of the Fancy Dress, so this week that journal comes…
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A large and most influential meeting of the citizens of Sydney presided over by the Lieut.-Governor Sir Alfred Stephen, C.B., K.C.M.G., was held at the Royal Hotel, yesterday. The proceeding were opened…
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A meeting of gentlemen in favour of giving a return ball to his Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress was held yesterday afternoon at the Royal Hotel, George-street. About eighty gentlemen were present, Sir Alfred Stephen, by…
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FROM the moment after the reception of the card of invitation to the Mayor's fancy dress ball until the evening of the 19th of February, 1879, what famil excitements arose as to what "character" should…
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A meeting of gentlemen in favour of giving a return ball to his Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress was held on "Wednesday afternoon at the Royal Hotel, George-street. About eighty gentlemen were present, Sir Alfred Stephen…
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It may appear somewhat ungallant to admit that the account of the recent Fancy Dress Ball (which appeared in our issue of last week) encroached so much on our limited space that we had to hold over some of the descriptions of…
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THE news was whispered through the Hall, "The Governor has come!" And rumour was made certainty By sound of trump and drum;…
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THE brilliant success of the fancy ball given by Mr. and Mrs. Roberts is still the theme of conversation. "Wherever one goes one hears about the gorgeousness of the scone, the picturesque groupings of the guests,…
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At the Masonic Hall, on Thursday evening, Mrs. J, J. Ryan gave her first public concert ia Sydney, before large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen. Mrs. Ryan was assisted in the successful undertaking…
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Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bates made their re-appearance at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, under a farewell engagement, it being their intention to leave the colony shortly for America. The play selected for the occasion…
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After an absence of many months, Messrs. Baker and Farron, those versatile comedians, have returned to Sydney, and on Saturday night they opened for a season at the Queen's Theatre, with a now version of "Conrad and…
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Frequent repetitions of the impersonation of Cap'n Cuttle by Mr. Samuel Emery have not decreased that actor's popularity. Indeed they seem to have augmented it, for tho audience at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night,…
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A meeting of the committee appointed to make arrangements for the return ball to be given to his Worship the Mayor and the Lady Mayoress was held yesterday, afternoon at the Royal Hotel, George-street. There were…
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