GOVERNMENT HOUSE FETE.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 82, 4 October 1904, Page 5

GOVERNMENT HOUSE FETE.

The Government House and iU| staff of assistants ire actively engaged in concluding arrangements md fixing up details ior the fele which is to be held on the 16th, 14 th, and 15th inst. in aid of the Veterans' Home fund. The hidden treasure contest, which will be one of the notel competitions of the fete, should prove a great attraction. Discs, representing prizes ranging up to a value of £5, will be hidden in the ground, and seekers after treasure trove will combine excitement' with entei'orise. An» other novelty which will be ±.ew to Wellington, and will provide for patrons, bears the title of '"±he Haunted House." A baby show is also to bo held, the prizes' for whick have beengiven by veil-known bachelors of Wellington. In addition, there will be fishi ponds, a shooting gallery, a living "Aunt Sallr." The competitions will include hat-triminmg contests 'or male amateult) and another for professionals, and in *.he latter section keen competition is expected irom local houses. An elaborate and interesting souvenir programme ot the fete is being prepared. *

A reminder is given of the concert which is to take place in the Sydney* street Schoolroom to-night, the programme for which wiil be supplied by Mrs. Glover Eaton and Miss Lloyd Hassell, assisted by a number of well-known local musicians. His Excellency th« GoTernor will be present. An enjoyable concert was given in the hall in Herbert-street last night in connection with the celebration of the anniversary of the Central Mission. The concert was organised by the choir and orchestra, which contributed vocal and instrumental selections under the baton of Mr. Wm M'Clellan. Recitations were given by Messrs. Mills and M'Clellan, a violin solo by- 1 Mr. Drake, an organ solo by Mr. Kenworthy, and vocal items were contributed by Mrs. M'Clellan, Misses M. Warne and Hodren, and Messrs. E. Baker and Willaston. Mrs. Houlder and Mr. Kenworthy played the accompaniments. The hall was decorated for the occasion. A tea-meeting to-morrow afternoon is to be followed by the annual gathering, over which the Mayor is to preside. , An entertainment in aid of the funds of the Ramblers Association Football Club is announced to be held in the NewCentury Hall to-morrow evening. "The Art Workmanship of the Maori People," the lecture which Mr. Augustus Hamilton, the Director of the Colonial Museum, is to deliver to-morrow evening under the auspices of the Philosophical Society, is to be illustrated by a set of lantern pictures. The lecture* the first of. a popular series, is to be held m the Museum Lecture-hall, and will be free, to the public. Mr. Hamilton has devoted many years to the study of Maori art, and is the author of an elaborate work on the subject. The lectuie should prove interesting and instructive. The biorama entertainments at the Vi-vian-street Citadel continue popular. To night an entirely new programme is pro mised.