PATRIOTIC SOCIETY'S SOCIAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10108, 16 October 1917, Page 6

PATRIOTIC SOCIETY'S SOCIAL.

Last evening a .plcasin.g : luncticin 'A' 0 / place, at- the. Empire Hall when; the 1 almdrston Nort-lv -Patriotic ■ Society tendered a soc.ia.l v, ; elconic eveiung to returnee soldiers. Thu'hall,V-' which -was. tastefully, - fur ihc* r oC€dhion- vvu<> well iillcu, nbciit f returned merLbetng, present." A most enjoy-, able dvehing was-speul/ the first portion,pt 1 ho’ ciiti-rtainineid'' talcing the' form of, .it [.■oiiccrl.- "after which .supper and dancing followed. 1 ' Hr J. A. Nash,, who presided, said that ho had.received thirty apologies, and with the exception.of' two, tliey were ail fvoni rolurued men who were busy on their farms or % away.-at Rotorua, but liioy aIJ wished tli<‘. function y.-very eucocss, and desired to exprev< tlic-ir thanks to The Patriotic Society. 'Cluv speaker stilted that he had seen hundreds of dh'charges of 'returned men, iind so ,f(i r ouiv'' two tiuil ’clid not bo;tv tlk* y.’onl “fe*o6d. J .? 'lTiu'lalxiur of the Patriotic-.Society had been a;'labour of pleasure. There was a, hind to assist men at the end ol the wax, and lu; hoped that, in common with other pocieUes, flic Piilihersldii Society would be able to,-.do. iw duty.-' HA 'regretted ' the a ljscncc of sonic xeturn-.-d inen, but hoped ail would /go whll in' future. He. then weleomed those present 'on behalf of the iSuciel-v, and vislied them a. jdeasuit evening'. -lie thanked -Messrs M: Cohen 'and A. .1. Graham for hrranging the programme, and Afrs CTfaytor and tluv .ladies of the National- Reserve, far providing supper. Ah enjoyable concert ..progKinmfo then followed.-, v'oea.l items iH-ing contributed by Alesdtimes Bailey, Broad (with Violin obligato by Air ,'Colu-n), -Hisses Holfdrd.' Ned-i-e;i. AViUiamson.l and Drew. The Ilakarta. family contributed, a rjuarleite. and duet, both of which' were encored, and' Messrs JTornblow. and (.‘onqiiest also a. recall fob their dueti ’the" vocal items being t-onoludcki with a spngi from-Lieut Packman. AloiidlogVid TteihS'■ Avhro •; giyeif- by ‘ ‘ Messrs Hornblow and ATan'slield;'while the intervals were filled In with overtures from Smith s orchestra'.’ The' aceonipaiiiiheiits were played by IVli-ih Gfah'j'm: and Air Nash. In' moving Al ..hearty - vote-'of-thanks to the. performers, .Mr.M. Cohen .said that he. considered the. programme had been aai cviirionatly-good- one, and lie desired to exniifs ilianks to Ihe’Foxibn visitors, Messrs Hornblow and Conquest- and- the Hakana hrdiliei-s,.' also to Hr E. Smith s oi'ehi'St-ra. tor its fijie.'cCiitributioii.s.' - -’ ■ Capt. Furby. who-moved a. vote of thanks cn heiia.ll 01-'-thh rotunied ;soliliers present, said that it was nnfominate that- a misunderstanding. had occurred lit'i'veen the. Assobuttiori and the Patribu'c'Bdcief.v. He referred' to "the kindness' of i’alrri'erston |/eo ; plc-'ihrongiiout-' -the' -war;'-anti -on- behalf of rhd-Triie/i,'-fc?uviicd thanks tor- the excellent c'lnevtiumnem-- provided; : -The motion---was; carried with ticohunatioin-’- A tuniiihu.nts sup■per was; provided by The ladies ml the Nat-kmid: Reserve,- after yvh.ich .dancing eoniimied till- the carry hours d-f the m’omiug.