PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 2

PETONE NEWS.

A concert arranged" by the Petone Ex- • Navals was held at the 1 . Oddfellows' Hall on Friday evening last, and was well-patronised. The first and second parts of the programme were.opened with an overture by ■ Mr.'R. ~ i Wood's : orchestra. • The songs; rendered by ' Mrs. Ridge, Mrs. Ash, Messrs. T. Coulston, , Morley) Evans, A.. Edward's,'R. Sims,', Ta . Puni, and Babington .were loudly applauded and all had to respond to well-meriteden-. cores. Ml'. Gibbons's card tricks and the whistling solov'giveri by Mr. Guthrie' were - Well received. ' The Highland flihg. and! the , ■ sword dance by Miss Violet Walsh were both . beautifully executed to pipe/music by' Piper; Sutherland. The physical manual exercise by the Petone School Cadets;was an interest" ing display. Mr! P. 1).-Taylor, Mrs.-To Puni, . and Miss' Smith were the pianoforte/accompanists. The concert was.a.complete iucces3, : and every praise, is duo ;to the .committca, The Petone Brass Band played selections outside the hall in the earlier part, of'tho'evening.' ; V: ;!■; A meeting in, connection with the no-lio-erise movement was held in the sohoolroom,. Wamui-o-mata,' on Saturday evening, Mr. J. J. Woods presiding over a good attendance • of local residents. • A: good: pr'ogrammo of ' ' ' pianoforte solos, songs, and, recitations was given by Misses Sherwin-and-Wjiite, and . < Messrs. Delahunty, Mason, arid Hou?e. : Mr. T. Townsend (secretary of the: League) gave an • address dealing with the various argumbnta brought against no-license, and finished with ■ an appeal fori individual help in the'cause. • A strong committee,, with Mr.'J.' J.'Woods at tho head, was formed to take immediate; action, andthe meeting closed-with votes of thanks to Mr. Townsend for his address and to Mr. 'Woods for presiding! This meet- : - ing closed by lall singing' " Strike, out the ; Top Line." .No man an boast of. a thorough edu- ; : <f cation until he has been abroad and learned. • j the ways and ideas of other nations. 1 /In . J suporior schools, travelling during the. holi- \ days should be made compulsory, or/at loast ■ I strongly encouraged.' — " Familienblaetter,'* . "• i Vienna.' . J* " Travel forms the young "is a French, pro- / verb. So it does, and it also holps a teacher | to becomo formative; travel is good .'for J , ieaohors professionally, because travel is a £ teacher itself. But travel, is good for. every- | body who is halo and sane. "There's fools o' fowfc" what nover haves their toes off theii ■, \ doorsteps, little brother," a gipsy'said to mi ' . forty years ago; lam glad'l liavo never been \ one of those.—J. H. I'oxall,-M.P. l "To what do yon attribute your ' v V Pre-eminence?" asked the interviewer . . H Of Madamo Melba lately. "What keeps your voice so clear and pure,The tone so steady; firm, and.sure, ■ That charms the world/so greatly?" ■ "I kill a cold at once," said ihe, ■ . . . "With Woods's Great Peppermint' Cany yes ■