MR. ROBERT PARKER'S COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 140, 13 June 1912, Page 8

MR. ROBERT PARKER'S COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT

As thero ore. only ti fo\v beats loft that ca:i bo booked for ic-iuof row's cflni'ur!, pal'i'ons aro advised to Sivuiti'a these at iho Dresden unJ uvoirt duappointuiont . .Tho honorary secretary annpunccu that for tho general public thorfj will bb at least three hundred shilling seal* uurctorved, tuxd lii L.c llio' vioor, 3 \.-ill bo open at 7 o'clock. ilh> Excellency tho Governor and suito will arrivu at 8 o'clock, and all reserved scat holders arc roquostud to bo in thwr places ; bj 7.45. Air. Robert Packer will coaduci, and tlie performance will conclit'lo tit 10.15.' Tho final rehearsal lake 0 place at tho Town Hall to-nitfhl— for iho chorus at 7.50 und for (he .soloists and orchestra at 8 o'clock. All members of tho chorus ate requested to ;otnra tlieir tickets to-night. Several tradesmen in business in Man-iKH-a-streeb would Viku t<» see an cxt/--c-i>'um of Victoiia-stivol 'right through U> Mium«i3-;-trect through "St. Ilill-Atm't. Thu latter thoroughfare was ou<! of tlw original old city main stro'-ts and conio of the old buildings in the vicinity are yet standing, notably Bethun^ and Hunter's oiUccj. Across the end of St. Hillstreet- stands an old > brick 'buiklin?, which has befin burnt out. . That removed rfnil the land acquired by the council a great relief, it is held, would bo afforded to the already crowded- traffic of part ox Manners-street ami Vvil-iis-street. Steps were being tnkon to br'niK tho inutli>r before tlv« City Coiuv cil when Mr. Wilfcrd was Mayor, but his illner3 camu and tlu> ouestion wa^ diopped. It k understood thnt hi* mic-c-e««or (Mr. M'Larcii) is. to be approached on th« subject. Tho passengers for S\d«ey by tho Uliinuroa. to-irorro-w will include tlie Rev. Father Kimbcll, Mr. M. A. Plul lips (iato manager for Peabody ivrA (A), iji Wellington, who i.i cii route fi»v England), Mr." (.!. 13. Tolhuist, .All. J. J. Tjiiiw,. and, My. J. E. .Kutcell^ ,