ADELAIDE VAN STAVEREN

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 307, 21 September 1920, Page 3

ADELAIDE VAN STAVEREN

RECEPTION TO A RETURNED SINGER. Although the weather without was wet and drear, the conditions were warm and bright in the Town Hall Concert Chamber yesterday afternoon, when the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) and Mayoress tendered a welcome reception to Miss Adelaide Van Staveren,"daughter of the' Rev. H. Van Staveren, who has returned to WelJing'dorf after /perfecting' herself as a Eland opera artist in Italy and England. There was an attendance which comfortably filled the Concert Chamber,, ■consisting for the most part of the fair . 6e.\, who disposed themselves round the 1 'afternoon tea tables. Mr. Luke escorted Mi&s Van Staveren to the platform; ■accompanied by the Mayoress, the Rev.. H. and Mrs. Van Staveren, and the Hon. T. W. Hislop. / v The Mayor, on behalf of the citizens, extended a very hearty welcome to the I'"""'.; IV,UI - h? faid, had distinguished herself on the other side of the world. Miss Van Staveren had been well known to Wellington for her vocal and social activitus ueibre she went to the Old Country, and they had all known that Bhe was well endowed with those faculties which engendered success. Not only had her talent been recognised in England. v but she had made an impression in Germany and Italy, and it would be their privilege to hear her sing here in the near future. Mr. Luke referred to the disposition and temperament of Miss Van Staveren as virtues which had helped to win her success abroad. • But for .the war she . would. have returned 'to Wellington,: long ago,, but during- that trying time she had not hesitated to - . TO V? lier lot tfl the brave women who had worked so well. He trusted that her visit to New Zealand would be a. very happy one, and that her concert J tour would be" at once a pleasure and an I education. "i 8 The Hon T. W. Hislop, 09 an old I member ofHhe family, also accorded a I welcome to Miss Van Staveren, referr- 8 Ing to the honour it reflected on Mr. and Mrs. Van Staveren to have brought up so worthy a family, involving, as it 1?'l 50 m! ,ct and assiduous effort; The citizens wero indebted to them for giving them a singer who could reflect the highest aspirations, clothed in words and music, of the greatest thinkers of the world. He congratulated her on the success she had already attained, and expressed the hope that her future career would be happy, useful, and successful. (Applause., Ihe Rev. H. Tan Rtavsren said he appreciated very much what tho Mayor Bnd his old friend Mr. Hislop had eaid, Rnd he. hoped they would appreciate his daughters talent when ther heard her on September 29. He wished to say that the prmmdwork of the fabric had be«n kid ir. New Zealand in The tuition Miss Van Staveren had .received from the Sisters of the Convent' (Hill Street), and from Mr. Alfred Hill, for out of it all had come the euccess achieved bv bis daughter's singing. I At the conclusion of the speeches, tea 1 •was served, and nmidrt the tinkling of S tea-cups Miss Van Staveren renewed | many old friendships and made many § new ones. |