RIVERLEA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 June 1923, Page 6

RIVERLEA.

(PrOm Our Own Corresiiondent) ,

SUNDAY SCHOOL OONCKitT

A very enjoyable evening was spent > in the local hail on Tuesday evening, when a concert and social in aid. of the funds for the purchase, t>i: au < organ was held under the auspices of 1 tlie Sunday SchooL credit is due to Mrs J. Webby and Miss Hey, who were mainly responsible ior the el- \ fort, and the, excellent gxir-forinanee of the-children in the feury scene, was really reraaj-kable, especially considering the shoit time they Jliave been training ior it. Herbert Tiwrpe, as the Prince, was especially go«d, and carried out his part with grace und eclat, and Maims Webby, as the witch, was also very effective. Hay. Mr K*>.idon acted as chairman, aii«. opened pi'oeefctiings with a hivuivJr:obh speech, '-and after the programme <t&anked tiiose who had assisted and.. *iie perforsners for their splendid, effort which, he said, reflected great credit , '■ on all concerned. Midway through the i programme an interval was heiti, dur- \ iug wlwch. various garu-es were played, and a round song, or sort of community ?*ing, with Miss Da vies and Messrs Sadler and W. Hey as leaders, and Mr Lontfiale at the piano, was also aung, this being the weil-Jsnowii oid part song .; relating to the trio of rodents whose ; tails met with disaster -at the hands ot ! a farmer's wife craned with cutlery of ; tfee carving variety-. ; . A very successful lollie sfer.ll was 1 presided over by Miss Johnson, v/hodid -a most thriving business, aud the funds ; ware considerably .augmeut-ud thereby. . ; At the conclusion -of the .programme a plentiful supper was .partaken of, to I which one and all, the kiddies -especi-. ally, did fuLl justice. - j The items on -the programme weru' as follow: —Overture, puuioiorte duct, i "Melancholy.," -Miss Hey and M.",ss Edie > Hey; song;, "-Moliie tho Marchioness," j Miss Davues .(humorous) ; recitation, "Little Miss .Mischief,'* Eisfe^Webby ;! song by the ; pnx»ils, "Don't You IJemember the Time"; duet, "Lite's Dream is £>Ner,/' and as an encore, "Sweet Datli Blnsh," Mr and Mrs Hook; recitation, ''The Careless Barber," Merlie Byrnes; song, "There's a Song Down Every Roadway ;r " Miss Farqxiha,T4 .recitation (humorous), "A Bush Christening," an<3 as encore, "How McSudnness Went Missing,'' Mr Sadler; song. "Barney Take me Home Again,-1' .Mr Bennett; fairy scene and dialogue in costume, "The Sleeping Beauty," •v.cry well staged and acted throughout. The parts taken were: "The King," Georgie J&hns; "The Queen," Tressie Sadler; th« baby princess, /Phyllis Rothe and later as the Sleeping Beau&.y Mina Frarfes; "Prince Charming," Herbert Thorp?; "Queen of the Fairies.'1 Edie Hey; "Witch," Mamie Webby; "Herald." John Hey; spages, Wilfie airf Edgar Hooper; fairies, Olive Webby, Cissie Staii'-es. Nimi Uothe., '3 5helma Xxargan, Meriie Symes, and Elsit Webby. "An intcrvru of al)out •» quanter of an hour spent :n games feere followed. Duet, "Mother Maehree," Misses Symes and H"c«v; song, "Sincerity," as an encore "Tom o' Devon," Mr Loiisia.le; recitation. "The Ceckie's Spell,' and as an encore- "England's Honour," 'Olive Webby; sons, 'Those Sqigs My Mother Used to Sing," and :.ns an emeore repeat of last verse-, Mrs -Gargaiv; trio. "Oh, Who will o'er tn^ Downs;'' and as encore "The Banks of Allan Water," Mr mnd Mrs Hook avftd Mr Lonsclnle; recitation, "'At Sey.en,'l Joli-n Hey; chi-t-t, "What are- th~ Wild AVsves 'Sayinur'1 Miss a'n-d Mr W. Hey; t-ong, "Bonni* Mary of Argyll,*1' and as tiicoro "Railit in ou,r Alley," 55> Hook ;*losing hymn by the • HOOT CROPS COMPETITION". ' The entries for the local root crops ; competition were judged last week, and ' as eyeryoK* expect-p/1, totals rrero > msich below those -at riast ye^vs, and there does not seem i<> be a reujlv outstanding root crop of any kind V hatever in this district. iVrham m- the- ] whole "the carrot crops have ~d->>it l],e best in comparison, hi;t c-v-on t-lie^o «:re nothing startling. The results fire ;-.s follows (amitting the cwts-. onrl o;i"5v r giving tonnage):—Carrots: H Hooped, , 45 tons per acre. Ist; B Hey, 42 ton? 2nd; B. L. Webby, 37 tons. 3r<2. Mangolds: H. Johns. 44 tons per acre, 1-a. J. W. H. Gardnt-r, 37 to:-s ■ P and J. Gibson, 32' tons. -3rd; ]>>'. I, Webby, 27 tons, 4. Swedes: K. iloth'^! 36 tons per acre. Ist; B. L. Webby 3;V tons, 2nd; H. Hoopei-. 30i tons, S,-.!. THE WEATHER. Sanie as Jast six weeks, only more so. ! Depth of mud, bottomless and o-^ttin-r ' deeper. &"