TAUPO.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5522, 27 October 1879, Page 2

TAUPO.

Ootober 22nd, 1879.

j . Our T dramatic corps ;ila^.ii#ghti gave; . their opening entertainment, and I may : venture to. assert with justice that I .have seen many professionals;} with-gfaf llessj talent amongst ithem:;"tha^^^pExhibited by our amateurs. Thelstage^was tastefully decorated,; and .the., scenery/ '; though not painted by arti6t, • wasdh . keeping with .the >pieoeft.^;acfced..'.....The programme consisted J of : ;two farces, entitled respectively" The Chops of the Channel " and ". An. Ample. Apology." "In the interval there .were . . several songa, sentimental and comic, and here I may remark, that Mr^Jjj&ew^ negro song was exceedingly weTlreWereot- : fjor which he >■ received i^rfaf SppHusiSfajid . a well merited enc'orel '"AKqj^P'mu^ii'otrT, omit to mention the acting 'oiVMr, Hoi- ; ; land, as being ..something superior ijo the general run of amateurs thoughUhepphy te. All Taupo and the surrounding ,dj^ti;ict turned out eh masse in spite 0, of- .tHe^/djs- ■;' agreeable rainy night. ,The, nl'a^W^&. literally crowded with natives iffld^arp. peans, and from the -amount -pf t apjplanse the entertainment receive^-jifc.japp^^^ be thoroughly enjoyed, by c thejauqi.once.jh ; After all was over. .the 7company.-.adf.. journed to the sohool-houso, where the I members of the Taupo<AEmedeoonstabu- ;. lary, long proverbial- for their courtesy and hospitality, pr6vided^a;subiitential<repast for all who chose tocpartakej'iahd to judge by the havoc- -made among the ; edibles it was fuliy'appreciaWd/* ? *v?^ . "A sound of revelry was.heardbyJ|lght,! , .

Asl entered the room amidst the fairy forms fair, and dusky, that " tripped the light . fantastic " I seemed to be trans- * ported back to the scelies and days of; my tiarly youth; Dancing was kept tip With great Spirit until purple-faced Aurora dis* polled the misty vapours of the night, and shone upon the retreating forms of our highly delighted, lovers of Terpsichore as they retifep to- their respective homes. I cannot close tnls" without bestowing a welldeserved meed of praise upon Mr Brady for his excellent violin playing.We are shortly to have another Land Court here, when no doubt we shall be inundated- with those Noble Officials from the native office who always seem to; be funning in opposite grooves r-r in, fact, appear to be having a game of •" euchre " with;each other, each passing it to the next player, but " ye wily savage," in or out of Court, always appears to have the best of the game. I must now fall back upon that neverfailing item of ink slingers, the weather — i a warm spring, bright sun, and occasional showers.