SOIREE AND CONCERT AT PAPAKURA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 141, 15 June 1892, Page 5

SOIREE AND CONCERT AT PAPAKURA.

The annual soiree in connection with tha Anglican Church, Papakura, was held in the Papakura Public Hall on the evening of Monday last. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, there was a fair attendance, and a very enjoyable evening waa spent, commencing with tea at 6.30, which was followed by a concert. The tables were bountifully provided, and presided over by Mesdames Calvert, Findlay, McKnight, and the Misses Willis. Alter; tea, the Rev. N. D. Boyes took the chuir, and gave an introductory speech, and a brief summary of church work and pro- y gross throughout tho district .The follow--i^ia-i:,saffratiKr.e"..W'a3'«»o.< c::c_»,c<ngiy we? . r«__.efed :'■— nanororw* *oib, " Home, I Sweet,- Home," Miss Lynch ; song-," The . i Old Garden,'' Dr. Carolan (encore, "Kiss iMo " from " Princess Ida "),; pianoforte duet, Misses Nellie and Maude McKnight; recitation, " The Couttship of Miles Standish " (very well given), MissGerrard : ' congiabulatory address by the Rev. .T. y Norrier; song, " The Lost Chord,"' Miss Kissling (sweetly sung and encored); : reading, : .'•■ Our ' Pardner," Mr King; pianoforte solo, " The Song; of the Waves," Miss Lynch-; violin solo, .'•"Gounod's Serenade," Mr A...G. Fallwell; song, "Lord Nelson, 5.' Mr W. Smith (encored), ' Mrs Johnsfcbn ;". song, "Romany Lass," Dr. $ Carolan ; song, "Here's a Health to Them That's Awa," Miss Kissling. ' The accompaniments were all played by Miss Lynch in her usual admirable style. The Chairman then moved a vote of thanks to the ladies who had provided the tea, etc., and bo all who had contributed bo the evening's entertainment, and the meeting was closed by singing the National Anthem and. the Benediction. -~ Tho proceeds wero devoted to the fund for repairing the parsonage.— (Correspondent.)y fy . y'V-yy ,'