NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10784, 11 October 1900, Page 5

NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

The programme of the Fuller Bijott Company at the Oddfellows' Hall drew a full house last night. Mr Caston, " Miss Lena Hervey, Mr Will Watkins and Mr» Herberte were all received with a good deal of enthusiasm, and the whole per- t formance weiat well. The company appear, again to-night. The Dix Gaiety Company had a full house at the Opera House las. night, when the programme which ia now running was repeated. The company will appear again this evening. On Saturday night, the uaual change of programme takes place. The annual gathering of the Old Boys will be held in the Schoolroom, Christ's College, at eight o'clock to-night. The. eports will bake place on the ground during the day, and lunch will be provided in uhe schoolroom, between 12 and 2 p.m. The farewell concert to Mrs Howie will be ; ' given in the Choral Hall, on tlie 18th in_t. : A very attractive programme has been arranged for the occasion.

The Decorative Committee of the Jubilee Exhibition will meet at tire building to-day, at 4 p.m. The preparations are now so far advanced that the Committee are enabled to commence work.

As already announced, Mr Donald Macdonald, the war correspondent, will open his lecture season at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday ..vening next. Mr MacdonaJd has the rare gift of describing mest vividly * the stirring scenes through which-lie- has passed in South Africa, and to hear a man t who has been in besieged Ladysmith is an '■ experience which one would not willingly $ forego. Mr, Macdonald's season in the South has been a most successful one, full houses, having greeted him every evening. ■ The plan of the reserved seats cmens this morning, at Messrs Milner and Thompson'-. The benefit kindly tendered by Mr Dix in aid of the widow and family of the late Engineer Abbott will take place to-morrow-evening at the Opera House. Tho programme is an attractive one, and this, together with the nature of the appeal now being made should ensure a full house on the. occasion. Tlie members of the Fire Brigade are working hard to make the benefit a success, and it is to be hoped the public will respond to the appeal which . is now being made. The operatic section of th«| Natives: Association will give a performance to-night at the Theatre, the first of two. The programme is a most attractive one, including as it does the pretty comedietta " Why Women Weep," Tom Taylor's comedy drama «' Sheep in Wolf's Clothing," and a mußical sketch by Mr Cane, " Positive and Negative." The principal parts in the first two pieces will be . taken by Mrs Marsh, Mrs F. W. Thompson, Messrs Winter HaH t F. W. Thompson, R. Thompson and Wood Jones. In the *ketch, Miss May Wells and Mr Dnndas Walker will appear. From the excellent way in which the rehearsals were eiven, the performance to-night should be a great success.

To-right, the Motett Society will give a special concert in the Choral Hall. In addition to several orchestral items and a violin solo by Mr Zeplin, vocal numbers will be given by Mrs Burns, Misg Alice Gray, Messrs A. Millar and P. Hockley.