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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1882

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The American Ball

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1882 · page 3

Last night a ball wa[?]held at Needs's rooms, Liverpool—street, under the [?]pices of the American Consul and citizens. The rooms were very handsomely draped with dags and evergreens, and it need…

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Mercantile Rowing Club Ball

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1882 · page 2

The annual ball of the Mercantile Sowing Club has become so popular that it is now looked upon in acquatic circles as the ball of the season. The sixth annual ball, which will be held to-night at the…

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Theatre Regulation in Austria

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1882 · page 2

LONDON, July 4.—In view of the terrible disaster at the Ring Theatre, the Austrian Government have promulgated a eode of rules for the regulation of the theatres of that country. The…

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Mercantile Rowing Club Ball

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 3
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For many weeks the seventh annual ball of the Mercantile Bowing Club has been the topic of conversation among those who intended going to it, and it was expected that the affair would be a…

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The Mercantile Rowing Club Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 6

Last night, the old Exhibition building, Prince Alfred Park, was again the scene of one of the most brilliant social gatherings of the year—the Mercantile Rowing Club's annual ball. This ia the sixth assemblage of the kind that…

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Theatre Regulation in Austria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1882 · page 10

LONDON, July 4.—In view of the terrible disaster at the Ring Theatre, the Austrian Government have promulgated a code of rides for the regulation of the theatres of that country. The…

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Exhibition of Art Prize Competition Pictures

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 8 July 1882 · page 3

OUR illustration represents what must be regarded as forming an epoch in the history of colonial art, being the exhibition of the pictures, nearly 150 in number, sent in competition for the prizes offered by the…

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Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1882 · page 6

Verdi's masterpiece, "Un Ballo in Maschera," was performed by the Simoneen Company at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday night, and the performance being excellent, was frequently applauded by the audience. All the principal…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1882 · page 6

Messrs. Williamson, Garner, and Musgrove have entered upon their lessceship of the Theatre Royal under favourable auspices, for on Saturday night the production of "Youth" was a marked success, and for the first time for years the…

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The Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1882 · page 6

At the Queen's Theatre on Saturday night a new piece entitled "Unearthed, or the Dead Alive," was produced. It was dramatized by Mr. A. Murray from a novel by Miss Braddon. A number of sensational scenes and interesting…

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Amusements. "Youth" at the Theatre Royal

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 July 1882 · page 3

Messra. Williamson,Garner and Musgrove opened their season at their house on Saturday night with " Youth," a spectacular drama, the combined work of Paul Merritt and Augustus Harris, which had…

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Larrikinism at the Theatre. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1882 · page 6

Sir,—Although reluctant to occupy your valuable space, the grievance of which I have to complain is so serious and degrading in its character that I feel it to be a public duty to forcibly direct attention to the evil, in the hope that it…

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Band of Hope Entertainment

Evening News · Friday 14 July 1882 · page 4

On Tuesday evening a successful lantern entertainment was given under the auspices of the Band of Hope, in the Pitt-street Congregational Schoolhall. The chair was occupied by Mr. James…

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Larrikinism at the Theatre Royal. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 July 1882 · page 3

Sir,--I have been waiting to see if some one else would not take this matter up. I was surprised to find no comment from the daily Press on the subject. The scenes in the pit and upper circle at the…

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Ladies' Page. Gipsy's Notes. M. R. C. Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 July 1882 · page 28

ALAS! Not another Morcantile Ball till next year, and that of the 6th July, after all anticipation, looking forward to, and longing for ia already reckoned amongst things that have been; however, it was so…

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Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1882 · page 6

"Cofflu Ships, or Insured at Lloyd's" was produced at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday evening. The drama, which is of a sensational character, and has been played before in Sydney, exposes the villainy of "ship knackers,"…

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Amusements. Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1882 · page 6

The performance at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday night, when "Der Frieschutz" was produced, was anything but a success, for some of the principals were not equal to the parts allotted to them; the waits were tediously…

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Amusements. the Gaiety Theatre. "

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 July 1882 · page 3

Simonsen's Opera Company placed. Weber's operatic masterpiece " Der Freisebutz or the seven magic bullets," on the boards of the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday evening, to a fair house. This…

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"Coffin Ships" at the Queen's Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 July 1882 · page 3

On Saturday night at the above house, was produced a nautical drama, " Coffin Ships, or Insured at Lloyd's," under which title playgoers will probably recognise " A1 at Lloyd's " first introduced at…

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