NORTHCOTE AND BIRKENHEAD

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 142, 15 June 1917, Page 7

NORTHCOTE AND BIRKENHEAD

The concert promoted by Miss h. Town-'i-"'i"I *V r ' heo 'c i" aid of the funds of the o. ai Kcd trass Society branch for soldiers' ,°i, h rt "' " v ' ls lar Kcly attended last night, anil the programme was greatly appreciated. Songs were contributed by Miss Jessie Hart ett ami Mr. Fred. Bourke.; Uute solos hy .Master George Jnpp; monologues by Mr. Horace tirlbblc; juggling by Mr. N. Tate; clarionet solos by Mr. Frank Amodeo; piano solo by Miss Lulu Townson and Miss Linda I'erklus; aud piiino duo. Misses Muriel Webb and Linda I'ejklus. Miss L. Townson played tbe accompaniments. The movement to establish a Municipal Brass Band at Birkenhead is meeting with good support, and a substantial amount was raised ln»t night towards the purchase of Instruments at a concert In tbe Birkenhead Foresters' Hall, which was packed with an appreciative audience, the items being well received and encores were frequent. The programme consisted of selections by the Third Aucklnnd infantry Regimental Band, under Bandmaster Lieutenant J. T. Lighton; sougs by Madam Chambers, Mrs. H. Ilayw-ard, Messrs. Ernest Drake and Thos. McDowell; duets by Madam Chambers and Mrs. H. Hay ward; Swiss zither solos by Mr. Werner Uugeinuth; humorous songs and monologues by Mr. Rud. Peterson; recitations by Miss Tbelnia MePhall; fancy dances by Miss Doreen O'Sullivau; comet solos by Mr. W. Cranston. Miss Clarice Wood officiated as accompanist.