SCOTS SOCIETIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 22

SCOTS SOCIETIES

WELLINGTON BODY

SUCCESS OF CONCERT

The secretary, Mr. J. D. McDonald, presented a report on the national concert held on St. Andrew's Night at a meeting of the Wellington Association of Scots Societies on Tuesday night. The receipts showed a considerable increase on past years and the function was the best ever held by the association, the orphanages benefiting to the extent of £60. A special vote of thanks was accorded the choirs of Queen Margaret College, Scots College, and the children of the orphanages for their assistance at the concert.

The formation of the Scottish Regiment in New Zealand and the progress made since the association arranged a deputation to the Minister of Defence was reported on by the chairman, and gratification was expressed at the success of the negotiations. A donation of £5 5s was made to the regiment funds and a further donation of a like amount was approved when the negotiations for the formation of the regimental band were further advanced.

The affiliated societies were invited to assist the regimental funds by donating the proceeds of a special evening for that purpose.

The newly-formed Lower Hutt Scottish Society wrote inviting the association to provide a full concert party for its official opening on May 3. It was decided to supply all the artists required, also to send the of-, ficial pipe band of the association. The new society, it was stated, was assured of good support and would supply a long-felt want in the Valley. NATIONAL EVENTS. The sub-committee appointed to wait on the Director of Broadcasting, Professor Shelley, regarding the broadcasting of national events, reported that it had been given a very favourable reception and that it was assured of the hearty co-operatipn of the director in its endeavours to put on highclass entertainments. The proposal to have a week set aside for Scottish celebrations during the Centennial was approved and support was assured from associations all over the Dominion.

It wo* decided to extend an invitation to the unaffiliated societies to link up with the association. The part played by the Scottish emigrants who arrived in the Bengal Castle and earlier was no small one, and it was stated that a united effort should be made to give that part due prominence during the Centennial celebrations.

Appreciation was expressed at the formation of a pipe band at Wellington ' College.