PORT MOLYNEUX. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 14

PORT MOLYNEUX. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

June 8. Bbkevolbnt Entertainment.— ln response to c, communication received from the seoretary of the

Bonevolenfi Institution eolioitlnjj riubacriptlovs, thi Vri M ijyneux Srh 'Ol Ccm-tUtuo decide Iti held n en-cert, anireo, and dante in aid of tho funds of that as -1 m. 't'hia in, natmnont camo off with great eclat m F-idiy ovcniiijc last, and i-rovcd nne of thu im.f gdncfilly o- j iyah'o • ver he d at ths P rfc. Ths |•hai•ttt^o of the School Commit-i-n (!-ir John fjidd.vl Wv'io) ore Wed, and tbo pr<-o^eiiing=i comtnonc d at 8 o'clock sharp Mr <fob/> Ta'^ci 1 opsned the progrun no wi'h 'bo vi.)!?n solo " Hotig, swoot he,"o -■ c," which be playra \in a h'vc-b a«d tistoful mannor. II <• Tny • r was l^uily app'auJed, bit cacor-i wera tabined 'luring the f-v-onin/f o^i'i? to fine 'ongthv i rotrrsmno Ma tor Alexinisr Miller fallowed with a r-riSttion "Mm wai nistJo to mourn." ''Hard t ; tcii3 corns ai?a v no rrnrs" v?x» contributed by Misa IYL *. W\lio, and ulth if.gh the young !ady wa< eviden'ly rather mißtrusifiH of her- owa pjwers, her vo co vtoved to be exceo'Jingly sw ef, and of great promise. Miss Wyiie afteiwavda Bine, along with Miss Nellie Wilson, "The IVoubidour" wita g eat uncppiance, end w»9 warmly applau'.ed. *ne3penlal favouritin in tin \ district, Miss X erg, received a m ist enthuai'-v^ttc wolcome. Of thi9 lady'^ t.?o exqiKnitdv rendered selections tha Matter, '• >*>uld Rnhiu G^a'^'waia perfeofi gem. the path's and Eiwojtneaß i.f tone impirt d ioto tho grind old billad boictc lhtened t3 with rapt enjo'nient. A ohristy niinstrei sing wa" 'nicely rondorod by ftii»s R Williams and the good effect was considerably fnh^ >"e1 by a vio'io ncjorarauluent; ahly placed by Mr J. Taylor. Mis Tilsou nave a couple of n <nza, and met. with the eu'cobh which U9U%lly elnra r :torla' l 8 thit ht'y'.i e^orta. M' J. A Eix gave a plea-ing rendition of the popular Irinh sjn< '• Ailjcn Alain'ih," and wai a t^nvi-d*. heari to grei.t alvanta c in " Nancy Leo " r 'lr Ribort Wl'son, who ij past taking a nromino'itpißltioii in thn ranktiof nurvocUi'jt^, aang •Thy Fa;o" v.ny ceditably Mr N B. Wi'sui wh') was warmly rcaivei, a'ter an abssnee of several years from the concert p'atform, gavo " Within a mile o' Edinboro' toon " and also a s-'irited rendition of "The Hope" The anpnbation with which Mr Wiison'n eS irfc* were recived 'u)ly testified to hia having loa-. no wfrt of hii popu'aritv. The comic portion of h? programme wag encrusted to Mowa Shio's and Thorn 'on, and cer ainiy these gcatlemeu ••fillsd the bil ." M Siiols win, like tr VVll-ioa, vir ually retire! from tho Btage a fe>? years back, wai lnducei 1 to come for war I orce again. His selection "P^wkev Aud R>hin," given in tbo s»mo irrosistlblo style which t rra-rly dalifhrel his audioncsa on this occasi in fainv '■ brought, down th" huse." Thoso present witre barely c nmnt when Mr Shiel 1 " reappeared with " Mul land Tarn " Mr Thomson aldo received aa imppratiVH oncore for h(3 cont-ibution, a reoliation In Du6;h. which he delivered with much g-sticula-tl in md force. A h'ghly humorous roadiuu by Mr A. Jonkioson brought she programme to a clo--i Affcr a most detsrmme'l afcnick had been mado on a la'ge a> d xao'i'i recherche sfcook of cake 3 B*nd«ic lea. &o Mr A. Atelv 110 doiivorod a vc/y ni'a' ppjech. i i which he referred to tha laud »b!o obj---hof thn xa'bering, and said he hoped the Oommitfcaa wonld see tVieir way to make tho entartalnmont an annual one. He al o returned thanks on hrha'f of the OommiUee to the i c tonnes, and to tho laiien who so llbpri Jy provided tho refre°hinen(-s. A vo'e of'hank^wis aho ac:ordPd to the chairman, after which, ths flcor beings wept and garnlshe', daucini-r commeticod. Tail wai interjpTSed with a few cxniJally rendered songs, and a variety of games was also indulged in. <v.a a result of this entert.uoment the seivctary has boon enabled to forward to the B,nevo!ent Irsiituto a choq'io fnr £10, the taMiiKa at ih« door amounting to £3 Wi, tho tulanoo being generously hutaeribed by a wellknoTii ci'Jjten of Port Molyneux. A large ca3e, contat in? ah nit 20 1 worth of corfactionery has ul-ca-iy buen foiwardod. Much credit i 3 due So tho on raintic Sdcrctar/, Mr W. Wilson, to whose exertHi b much ol tho aucff's of (ho i-vonin< may be aßsnbatl.

Our Port — Ono is almost tennpSad to say " Ijo ! her cand O'it ck had b o'i reinovd ! Hit crown of life hai do ia r ted ! " No longor is the nob'e expinao o? river {n full milo ii widfh abreast ot the old whar!) flacked with tho suowv calls ot the graeoful Kchicn r, nr broken and rer.dsrcl turbulent by the nopy screw of tiho dinsrier btcamooat, for a slimy mudbank hai bu'lt It-iolfupin tfie 'iriiinal mouth of the swift-ruiu.ing Moly oux, and the l'nsperitv of the po*t that was in tbo oplai )-i of many dibtlued to become tho Liverpool o! i.ho South has bacome a thin^ of the p*st.