NIGHTCAPS NOTES.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 583, 25 July 1916, Page 5

NIGHTCAPS NOTES.

1 Mr G, Cook has shifted into his up-to-. date bakehouse, the building of which reflects great credit on Messrs Sinclair (wood? work) and T. Hannah (brickwbrlc). , ; Dt-spite tJio inoJemeijQy of . tho 'weather on Friday night, a Ifirge crowd was 'm attendanco at the . Coronation Hall when, tho annual School Concert was held. Mr| NY. R. Jaggers was m the chair, "the items rendered by children showed clearly that they had been »yell. tutored' by., their teachers. During the evening, a .reciting competition was helcl between .tlie' children of the junior division. . Miss'Mcllyl Gallanan was declared the winuer, with' Miss Annie McGregor a very cldse' second: The. following performers assisted .with the program mo : -^Sbrig, Mis v s vl. Dixdti' (eh - * cored) ; song, Miss Bar£lo ■ (encored) ; -re- f citations; Messrs f. Boyle (encored), Grkve, and Masters Clark3ou and Wakeling .; 1 songSj'^Messrs J.' .Ferguson, J. vjamio (en-' .cored) auh A. W.Ciapp (encored) '; Mr D. vis. was encored for his concertina selections. Tho acconipanihients were ably played by Mrs Capituueas. After the concert a dance was hefdj at which' all and sundry seem to haye enjoyed- themselves;^ The music for the dance was supplied byi Moss, Tinker and Beattie, whilo t-lfo duties' ofM.C. were carried but by Mr J. .W. Tinker. - ■ .. , Notwithstanding tho. short notice- of a y farewell social to Mr R. Dunn, a. large ; number of friends gathered m tho Coronatibu Hall on Saturday evening. Before .the function commenced, the Brass-Sand, of which Mr Dunn' has. been President, for some yeai-s, rendered appropriate selections. Mr A. Love was m the chair, and m the course of his remarks, dwelt upon the sterling qualities of their guest, and he called upon Mr J. R. Jaggers to iiiako the presentation. The present to Mr Dunn was.* Maltese Crosa, Medal, .Wi6jb!y .Inscribed, and to Mrs Duriu a troltirjarppch, a hand bag and a purse of aovjureighs. My J aggers detailed how'Mrr Dunn had beon connected with Various public (bodies 'during his eighteen yeara*-residerice m Night« caps: At-tue time q£ -his leaving, -ha -was an active member ot the Miners' Union, 1 President of the JBand, and* a Diember of the Hall and School Committees. Mr ,Dunn suitably replied on Whalf of his wife • and himself. Several eloeu^pbary andother items were rendered during. the 6V6% ing ? "Mrs Capitaneas playing the accompaniments. Proceedings finished- with the singing of "AuldLangSyne."' :