THE HOSPITAL CONCERT AT NO TOWN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1753, 18 March 1874, Page 2

THE HOSPITAL CONCERT AT NO TOWN.

LTROM A CORRESPONDENT. . ;• A grand entertainment, for which all our best local musical and other talent mustered in force, followed by a ball, attended by the elite of town and district, took place hera on the. evening of Friday last, in aid of the funds of the Grey River Hospital. The use of the Court House was on this occasion kindly granted by Mr Warden Whitefoord,' and the interior was tastefully :decorated under supervision- of • the - Hospital Sub-committee, Messrs M'Beath, Hajsjty, and Clifford. Rounds of beef, ham, .fowl, &c., liquors of ev.eryidescriptionjito quench the thirst of toper and Rechabite alike, cakes, buns, i and: tarts, 1 the 'beat that (bakers -and confectioners could produce, together with all ; ' manner of ; > fruits, > -we're supplied ! by; * every business person in the township with profuse liberality } iii 'fafcii, eson one 111

vied with another who to give most, with the sorry exception of two, one havißg contributed nothing, and the other the very next thing conceivable to the round O. Close on 200 persons, embracing nearly all the townspeople, together with the rough and ready diggers from the furthest" back^gulliesiiTthe district^ Boon filled the .building /to everythirig'being in a state of" effervescence thejproceedings at .oncejbegan.. _TJbe male musical'talent' largely prep'OiSeTfated^and*' jthe songs which.wer'ejMgtuJg were without (exception admirably rendered. The singers, (were Messrs Joseph Parfitt, Jas. Pelling,~ jHarry Heirish, Ben Gain,^ Joseph Edj wards, and James O'Niell^ and nearly levery song met, as it deserved, an encore. iMrs M'Glliyray then gave two readings, jthe first being " The Oid Arm-chairjl' by JEliza Cook," and the second lV Ttie Pubjlicans' .Net." We cannot speak too highly jof this lady's magnificent reading talent, iindeed she 'so much. resembless Miss. jAitken, without" be'ingari' imitator;, Jh' at' .one would almost imagine' 'ffi&\ widely- 1 japprec'iated actress arid elocutionist.hapifor tthe nonce stepped into MrsM-Gillivray'i' jshoes. Mr Skoglund, storekeeper, recited jwith much feeling and. power; J" The execution of the.Marquis, of and iit may be said of this, gentleman, that, while the gold-fields got a good man of [business, the stage lost a fine comedian. jThen: came the. champion step; dancer, (Denis Carroll, the owner of I don't know jhow, many belts, and in character favored jthe company with his well-known clog jdance arid hornpipe, both of which Were .rapturously received. ; The concert wound' ■up with' 1 " Shadows on '"the M.06n," a w,eU ' got up representation ' by '' Mr C. : Rb!bdes,' ; brewer, which was highly amusing. After !a short interval occupied in. the c.onsum,p,-( jtion of the viands, and. the. imbibatibn : 0 'f sundry mild and strong ' liquids, served ,over the ' bar by Messrs flaisty and Clifford, the volunteer musicians, Messrs G> Cunningham (violin)", and Vuoy and Franklin r (concertinas), struck up their inspiring strains, and speedily ;pur youthful Venus's were being whirled' about" i>y a their. Adonis's injwalte, schottische, &c.y ' ,to their own great delight and the entir^ satisfaction of the assembled throng. We may mention that the, Highland fling; was admirably danced by Mr Thomas Stewart, who only wanted to be in the'kUts to make' it ; perfect. Altogether the 1 concert ;arid ball was by far the' bestthing of 'the kiud ever held in this district/ ■■■■;['. i The financial result of , the whoje will be ia sum little short of LBO sterling to the funds of the Greymouth H'6Splia[,7a' Sum which plainly indicates, tnat.Jhe No Tpw'nT district is , the premier gojd-field p'f the .Grey Valley. ' It is enly proper to adcl that the great success of the entertainment is entirely due to the unceasing- ex- ' ertions of Messrs M'Beath; Haisty, arid Clifford, who went into the matter with that proper business spirit, ; without the fexercise of which, nothing like the sum obtained would have'beenTeturned.