COUNTRY NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23500, 14 May 1938, Page 20

COUNTRY NEWS

PALMERSTON Fall From Bicycle Fred Lowen, aged 14 years, son of Mr F. W. Lowen, Pleasant Valley, met with an accident late on Thursday afternoon. He had just reached the main highway after descending the Mount Royal Hill on his bicycle when the machine apparently skidded, throwing the boy on to the hard bitumen surface. Messrs W. Thompson and C. Hope found the boy in an unconscious condition, and bleeding badly, and conveyed him in their lorry to Dr Thomas’s surgery, where an examination disclosed that he had received severe facial and head injuries. Later in the evening the boy had recovered sufficiently to permit his removal to his parents’ home, where it is understood he is making satisfactory progress. Scottish Society The annual concert by the members of the Burns Club, Dunedin, on behalf of the local Scottish Society was given on Thursday night at the Town Hail. Mr Arthur Macdonald, the organiser, was welcomed by the chief of the society. The programme opened with selections by the local Highland Pipe Band. Mr A. Jones rendered the two numbers, “The Auld : Scotch Sangs” and “The Cartload o’ Hay,” and a further solo after the interval also received \ considerable applause. His duet in conjunction with Mrs Hastie. “ Humingtower," received a double encore. Mrs J, McMillan was heard in “ McGregor’s Gathering " and “ The Arrow and the Song,” and in “ Hundred Pipers” and “Kamati” in the second part of the programme. As usual, Mr Macdonald’s items received the sustained applause of the audience; which was reluctant to allow him to leave the stage. “The Star o’ Rub- / bie Burns,” “ Scotland My Ain,” Road to the .Isles," “ Misty Islands ” “ Legion of the Lost,” and “ Goodbye” by Mr Macdonald left the audience still desirous of hearing further numbers. Three solos by Mr Walter Mitchell, “ Scotland Yet,” “ Her Name is Mary,” and “ Bonnie Dundee,” were also given. Highland dancing was demonstrated by Miss Pat Atkinson in each part of the programme, and Mrs Hastie’s solos, “ Whistle and 111 Come to You, My Lad," and “ Castles in the Air” were followed by the t encore numbers, “Wee Willie Winkle" Sind “Laughing Irish Eyes.” She also sang in duet numbers with Mr A. Jones. Humorous items by Mr G. Patterson were “ Sailing Down the Ciyd e, “Wedding of Jock McKay,” “The Blacksmith,” and “At the Zoo. At the conclusion of the concert the visitors were entertained by the local society. '