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Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 25

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Apkil 28.— At k meeting of the Bruuner Relief Fund Committee hold- last evening it was announced that the- sum of £138 11s 3d h*d been received. It' was arra need' to~ keep the fun a open till the 30th inst., and tnew lemit the amount to tße treasun-r. • , Agrtcultuhal'.— The weather is beautiful for { this season, with frosty nights and bright days; Even the very latest farmer has no excuse this , year. • IrTDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AND HOBBY SHOW.— f This affair certainly was the event of last week, and the attendance w»g very large* The committee were much handicapped for want of space, and the Town Hnll proved altogether too irnsll, for the occasion. Perhaps tbe principal defect in the undertaking was that there ware too many branches, but no doubt on a future occ-uion this will be reme'Ued. The exhibits- were numerous, and amongst the most interesting ra*y be noticad painting:) by Me.-srs A. Lnthsmj (3arrii gfcon, and others, phoUs by Mr C. Clayton, S uth Sea Tsland cuiiosbyMr J. MTCwan, shells by Mi^s Mitchell, and som« highly creditable mod Is by Mr T. Merrie. A special prize was offered for colonial, made violins, and five really fino instruments w»re sent in. Two were by Messrs Milliken and White. Fortrose, who were successful with a beautifully-finished specimen. Two were by Mr T. Cerrnody, of East Gore, and one was a "J* 'i head." There was a large number of vbi. exhibits ia needlework. Iv f»ot, this wiis the strong point of the exhibition. On 1 Friday much' interest was taken in the vocjl and instrumental rou teats held in the Oddfellows! Hall. Mr P: H. Mohr, of lavercurgill, was judge, and there could not have been a quieter or mare I attentive audienca. The first prize in the tenor 1 solo was awarded' to Mr Clarke, of Mataura, for a j really- g< od rendering of " Maid' of Ath-nH." He . really deserved to get his heart baok, and I felt for him. Two ■ juvenile performers on the piano next appeared, and Mis* Ida MacGibb'on wassuoc-Bsful. ' with tbe well-known " Rhrpherds 1 evening song." j Miss Lily Smaill had tfel'cted a more difficult I piece ("Dansrruß'ique"), which was played with a. very promising touch. The soprano and ■oaI tralto duet ."Friendship," by the Missen Morean, , was. the* successful item, in this'olaßSt The 0011- , tralbo in "The sea of glass" got .slightly off the rails, which was to be r»gret+.«d, as oth rwis& the rtuderine was Wjchly,creditable> Im th&bssritone solo. " The king's courier," Mr F. M. I'Vrrar, of. BsilclutVia, ncquited hiutpelf well, and wts awarded first place, the otlw'r competitor" britig Mr R. D*y, who saug- " The merinai>l " with spirit. Tiits song does not leave much room for sentiment or expression, and is more approbated in. Bngl&ud than here. In the class "under US," flinging, Miss Lakeman was awarded first place for "My bird in heaven." All the competitors in thia. class had sweet -and true voices, but were. I also nervous Miss A. Christie, ia "Woodman spare that tree," and Miss Henry in "There's nor 'one like mother to me," sang very nicely There, was only one aspirant for honours in the b*»» solo, »nd Mr W. Wright gave an excellent rendering of "The mighty deep." The contralto solos wore— "The fisherman and hi» child," by Miss Rose Morgan, placed first; "Queen Mary's Prayei,"' by Mra A*. H. Wallace; and "Jessie's dream," by Mrs Drummond The last-named lady possesses a quality of voice very rarely to be found, being a raal contralto, the lower tones j being full and round, and ia every way satisfactory The exhibition: should prove a. financial 1 success, and, if a little too ambitious, has oertainlyi been • carried out with great determination.