LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19460, 6 November 1928, Page 16

LYTTELTON NEWS.

magistrate's Court. At 'the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Messrs P. E. Sutton and W*. 0. Oleary, J.P.'s, James William Olley, who appeared on his third charge of drunkenness, was convicted and fined £l, in default seven days' imprisonment. On his own application a prohibition order was issued against him. Lyttelton Bowling ' Club. The following teams have been selected'to' represent the Lyttelton Club.in the pennant matches.to be played on Saturday,, next:— .Versus Canterbury, on Canterbury. green— J.. Hudson,'W. S. Davies, vT. Mahar, ,S. Sinclair (skip); W. Hollis, W. Gower, B. Hew,stone, W. 0. Oleary (skip). . , ~. Versus • Kaiapoi W.M.0., at Kaiapoi—A. McDonald, W. McAuliffe, J. Collins, D. Page (skip). "... Versus Canterbury, at Lyttelton—J. T.-Nor-ton, T. Palmer, J. Soutar, J. ; Dunlop (skip); W. B. Stevenson, B. Muxlow, W. Taylor, H. Barnard (skip). ' ' ■ Versus Kaiapoi W.M. Club, at Lyttelton— E. Irwin, W. Wcatherhead,. R, Philips, W. T. Foster (skip). , . ' .' Friendly games will bo arranged for other members. v -School Concert.

Thore was a packed house at the Harbour Light Theatre last evening when the annual concert- of the Ly Melton, District High School was held. The programme was an excellent one, and the audience was most onthusiastic in their reception of th<! different itonis. Much hard work had evidently been put in by the different teachers, arid that their efforts were worth while was shown by the thorough- ' ness with which the children played their parts. . . . ' ' The programme opened with a piano duet by Misses Irene Wells and Freda Davies. Somo of the infant pupils played a nursery tea party, in which the different characters famed I in nursery rhymes were depicted. An action song and ballet, "Cock Robin," was admirably staged by the pupils of Stds. I. and 11. In an elaborate sotting no less than 53 _of the youngest infants staged a beautiful spring song and minuet.- This was one of the most popular items, and the actions and dancing of the tiny tots were most prettily done. "A Small Boy's Troubles" was ably recited by I one of them. "The. Gay Highway," which has a rollicking chorus, was well sung by a party : of Std. VI. boys in the guiso of tramps and swaggers. An "King Arthur," was produced by the pupils of Stds. I, and 11., the' singing being very pleasing. A slumber song in character, "Nod, Nod, Noddle," by a party of infant pupils brought the first part to a close. The second part was opened with selections by Mrs E. W. Brown's Orchestra, a most acceptable item. There followed' what was probably the outstanding number of the programme, the beautiful Toy Shop Ballet, by the pupils of Std. 111. The staging of this was most spectacular. The scene opened in a large toy shop where the proprietor and his wife are preparing to close down for the night. The shop is crowded with toys of every description. After the couple retire a fairy appears and calls the toys to life. Thon follows a succession of beautiful ballets and solo.dances, while the comedy element is supplied by a Charlie Chaplin doll,, played by Bonnie Edgar, and a number of golliwogs. The revels end abruptly with the sudden reappearance of the proprietor and his-wife, and the dolls once more assume their statuesque appearance. A part-song, "Pond Lilies," was given by a party of Std, VI. girls, and two younger children gave a recitation "Father William," from "Alice in Wonderland." The Singaphone was a comedy number which caused much merriment. It was a machine, so the announcersaid in most showmanlike tones, which -would replace the gramophone in the reproduction of the human voice. It certainly was most human, but in the end it got out of control and the curtain came down with the showman vainly trying to stop it. A pretty folk dance by High School girls followed. "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" was cleverly done by some Std. V. pupils. In it, of course, were the. Dornfouse, the Hatter, and the March Hare, with a bewildered Alice getting into endless arguments with them. The programme concluded with a Negro item, "Kingdom Coming," by a party of St. VI. boys in character.