RECORD BIDDING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 144, 19 June 1915, Page 9

RECORD BIDDING

The total receipts for the flag sold at Ma-sterton dn Thursday wpre approximately £7250. The chief confributors wpre :— J M 'Master £4000, Sir Walter Buchanan £1000. South Wairarar>a Working Men's Club and members £320 17s 7A, South Wairarapa Trotting Oliib £105, Grey town- Waiiarapa Co>perative Dniry Comnnnv £100, Mrs. P. M'Laren £100', C. J Jury £100, John M'Ma3ter (Tuhitarata) £55, H. and C. Morison £50, F. J. White £50, E. H. Jackson £50, Gi'eytown Trust Lands £50, Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association £60, Permanent Investment and Loan Association £50. SUNDAY NIGHT" CONCERTS. The Wellington Corporation Tramways Band will give a concert in the Grand Opera House to-morrow night, and the indications are that it will prove a great ouccess. Several talented artists have generously given their services to assist the band in its endeavour to collect a substantial sum to help the Wounddod Soldiers Fund, and the programme is a most attractive one. '

Another attraction to-morrow night will be the Commercial Travellers' Concert in His Majesty's Theatre. The programme will be a varied and entertaining one, and a musical treat is promised for those who attend. In Everybody's Theatre to-morrow evening the Combined Drapers will provide an entertainment in support of their candidate, Miss Low. The orchestra will be under the conductorship of Mr. H. Bloy, and the following will contribute items: — Miss Denhard, Mr. Frank Johnstone, Mrs. Woodward, Mr. Hamilton Hodges, Miss Petrie, Mr. R. S. Allwright, Mr. S. L. Exton, and Mr. Alf. Truda.