NAPIER SAVAGE CLUB

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 141, 31 May 1911, Page 7

NAPIER SAVAGE CLUB

The second korero of the session was held last evening in St. Abbot’s Hall and was a brilliant success. Since the club was .inaugurated last year it has gone ahead very rapidly. In numbers and in talent the club is certainly the best. Nearly every amateur musician in Napier and many of the professionals are members and the koreros can always be looked forward to in providing excellent musical programmes. The orchestra was under the direction of Louis Hay. and has been very much improved. The Napier Savage Club is in all likelihood one of the strongest for the size of the town in the whole Dominion.

Amongst the guests last evening were Major-General Godley and his staff. On the Commandant’s entry all the savages rose and gave a haka. Major-General Godley thanked those present in an appropriate speech.

The hall was tastefully decorated with curios, etc., and Chief Savage Snodgrass sat in front of an Indian tent and controlled his savages. The programme, which' consisted of a choice selection of instrumental items, songs, recitations, talks, etc., was a most enjoyable one. The following contributed items :—Savages J. B. Fielder (song), L. S. McClurg (violin solo). Harvey (song), Louis Hay (flute solo), J. W. Cargill (talk), Horace Weber (pianoforte solo and accompaniments), F. Kelly (song), and T. M. Silver (talks). Savage G. Coates gave a descriptive talk on the Melanesian Islands, and exhibited a number of articles of native manufacture. The Korero closed with the singing of “God Save the King.”