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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1892

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Ballad Concert at the Town Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 7

The first of the new series of ballad concerts took placent the Town Hall last night, and the attractiveness of the programme was sufficiently evidenced by the comparatively large attendance which welcomed the…

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Popular Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 6

The first of a series of popular ballad concerts at the Centennial-hall under the management of Messrs. Morrison and Hallewell was given last evening in the presence of a numerous…

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Band of Hope

The Australian Star · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the New South Wales Band of Hope Union was held in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday last, Mr. S. Brown presiding. On the motion of Mr…

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Music in Sydney. the Popular Ballad Concerts

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 2

The heavy rainstorm on Saturday having caused the postponement of the popular ballad concert advertised for that evening:, the entertainment was given last night instead. The audience was…

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Amusements. the Ballad Concerts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 6

Although the weather may have been held fairly responsible for the moderate attendance at the first concert of this series, and the abandonment of the second; there was no…

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Grand Irish Concert and Social

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 3

The committee appointed to carry out the above at the Masonic Hall on Thursday evening next held their final meeting at the Boomerang Hotel last evening. The…

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Music in Sydney. Sydney Liedertapel Concert

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 3

The Cist concert of the Sydney Liedertafel Society took place last evening at the Centennial Hall, the audience being even larger than usual, probably because of the special attraction of…

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City Council. the Lyceum Theatre

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 7

With reference to the nuisance caused by the hoarding opposite the half-completed new theatre in Pitt-street, Alderman Lees thought it was time that the building should…

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Tea Meeting and Concert

The Weekly Advance · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 3

In commemoration of the event, a tea meeting and concert took place during the evening in the schoolroom. Seven tables were provided for the occasion, and they were presided…

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Ball Toilettes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 707

The illustrations this week represent two of the most charming French designs for the coming season. That on the left is of gold-coloured (bouton d'or) satin and dark purple velvet of the rich…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 696

The "Sailor's Knot" proves that Mr. Bland Holt knows the sort of food his admirers relish, and the support accorded to the play is abundant. The piece has undoubted merit, is excellently acted, and…

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Trades and Labor News Engineers' Concert and Ball

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 3

For the express purpose of realising funds to be applied to the purchase of a banner the Australasian Engineers' Society last night gave a concert and ball. The concert…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 696

Consequent upon his departure for Adelaide for an Easter season, "In the Ranks" has had but a very short run ; as, in order to fulfil the contract time for the production of a new play in Sydney, Mr. George…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 696

The return of those old favourites, Mr. G. W. Anson, Mr. E. Sass, Miss Annie Taylor, and Mr. Corlesse was most demonstratively welcomed on Saturday last by an audience which sorely taxed the…

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Concert at Marrickville

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 16

ON St. Patrick's night the annual concert was given by the choir o£ the Passionist Church (St. Brigid's). Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a very large audience. Mr…

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Popular Ballad Concerts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 696

Two of these entertainments have been given in the Centennial Hall on Friday, 18th, and on Monday evening last respectively, under the business management of Mr. F. L. Morrison. In addition to…

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The Hew "Calculating Boy." a Sketch at the Concert Parisien

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 9

JACQUES INAUDI--the new Babbage, whose extraordinary calculating powers have justly astonished the erudite members of the Academy of Sciences--has a curious history…

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At the Central. a Violent Prisoner. Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud. A Chickory Tinted Hoodlum--" Why Did She Linger?"--Der Concert Meister--He Wanted Shelter--And Got It

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 4

WHILST under arrest for drunkenness and disorderly conduct a vanman named Francis Graig became very violent, and brutally assaulted Constable Fallon. A…

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The Sealing Dispute. Feeling in Canada. War Talk in Washington. Russia and the States in Concert-- The Patrol Fleet--Russian Ironclads in Readiness--Opinions of the Press--A Call of the Senate. LONDON, March 26

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 5

Sir Wilfred Laurier, leader of the Liberal party in Canada, speaking on the Be[?]g Sea difficulty in the Dominion House of Commons, asserted that every party in…

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Grafton Hospital Ball. Grafton

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 5

At a meeting of the wives and daughters of the members of the committee of the Grafton Hospital it was decided to hold the annual ball on May 4. His Excellency and…

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