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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1883

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Scotch Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1883 · page 6

An entertainment is to be given this evening, by Miss Clara Hamilton and others, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Scotch poet and song-writer, Robert Tannshill. The programme, almost as a matter of…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1883 · page 2

Lessee......... Mr. Saml. Lazar. Treasurer......... Geo. L. Goodman. Under the Management of Messrs. IWLLIAMSON, GARNER, and MUSGROVE,…

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Mercantile Rowing Club Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1883 · page 8

The members of the ball committee met at the Exchange Hotel last night. Mr. F. Bull occupied the chair. The sub-committee reported that arrangements had been made with the City Catering Company for supplying…

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Sacred Choral Association Concert

Evening News · Thursday 7 June 1883 · page 4

Handel's oratorio, "Judas Maccabeus," was performed on Wednesday in the Protestant Hall by the Sacred Choral Association. Some of the recitatives and airs were omitted, and these omissions, along…

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Time Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 June 1883 · page 4

The time ball fell 4 seconds late on Thursday, June 7…

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Victoria Theatre. East Lynne

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1883 · page 4

THE production of Mrs. Woods’ emotional drama,“ East Lynne,” by the D’Or[?]ay Ogden Dramatic Company, at the Victoria Theatre, on Wednesday night, witnessed a performance…

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What a London Lady Says. in the Isle of Wight.—charles Dickens the Novelist.—a Clerical Dramatist.— Birthplace of Keats the Poet.—a Lancashire Fancy Dress Ball— Ball Room Fashions.—aesthetic

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 9 June 1883 · page 7

HERE I am, in the Isle of Wight, enjoying my spring holiday. The Isle is a delightful place, but to enjoy it thoroughly one ought tobe a good walker, for it is in the byeways and paths, in the rugged and rough steep places…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1883 · page 8

The last nights of "Mankind," at the Theatre Royal, are announced, and the performance on Friday evening next will bring a very successful season to a close. On Saturday night Miss Jennie Lee will commence a dramatic season,…

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Sunday Concerts

Evening News · Monday 11 June 1883 · page 3

The concert at Botany, in the pavilion of the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, was very numerously attended, the audience being much larger than on the previous Sunday. The precceedings were conducted in a very…

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Sunday Concerts

Evening News · Tuesday 12 June 1883 · page 3

Pursuant to advertisement, a concert was held on Sunday afternoon last at Johnson's Tivoli Gardens, Waverley. The music was provided by a band of five competent performers, some of whom are members of…

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Victoria Theatre

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1883 · page 2

“Minerva” was produced by the D’Orsay Ogden Company at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night to a rather moderate house. Mr. Ogden, as the husband of to-day, was the…

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Amusements. the City Band

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1883 · page 8

The City Bend, under the direction of Mt. Sebastian, Hodge, favoured the citizens with some of their best music yesterday. They assembled on the size of the East Sydney hustings, Hyde Park. This is not the best position…

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Mercantile Bowing Club Ball

Evening News · Wednesday 13 June 1883 · page 5

The committee of the forthcoming eighth annual Mercantile Bowing Club ball held a meeting lost evening, at which all arrangements were completed for the comfort of visitors to the Prince Alfred fork Exhibition Building on…

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Amusements. BRITANNIA C. C. Annual Ball

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1883 · page 2

ON Friday night, in the Masonic Hall, the Britannia Cricket Club celebrated its second annual ball. It was gratifying to notice that this enterprising juvenile club received a…

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Pictures for the Art Gallery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 June 1883 · page 8

His Home News of 4th May alludes to the purchase, for our Art Gallery, of a well-known picture, "Widower," by Luke Fildes, R.A., exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1876, and described in Blackburn's notes as one of the…

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At the Ball

Sydney Punch · Saturday 16 June 1883 · page 2

YOUNG SWELL (loq.): -- "Hang that fellow! He is old, ugly, and ill dressed, and yet she gives him more attention than she does me. How is it?"…

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Sydney Owl Ball

Evening News · Saturday 16 June 1883 · page 5

A deliriously cool evening, excellent management, capital music (Austin's stripped band of 10, under direction of the "Humming Bird"), very nice catering by Callaghan and, finally, floor as near…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 June 1883 · page 10

The twenty-fourth and final representation of "Mankind." which has had a very successful run, was given at the Theatre Royal last evening. This evening Miss Jennie Lee, in conjunction with a company specially…

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Punch on Concerts

Sydney Punch · Saturday 16 June 1883 · page 9

WE have lately conned a good many programmes, and reports of concerts, and have sampled as many as we have…

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Masonic Ball

Evening News · Monday 18 June 1883 · page 3

The annual festival of the District Grand Lodge, tinder the English Constitution, of which H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is Grand Master, will be held at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Part, on Tuesday…

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