CADETS ENTERTAINED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 4

CADETS ENTERTAINED.

Tho cadets of Poverty Bay must sure y • feel that good conduct has its reward. ' Last evening the cadets of Patutahi and Waeienga-a-liika forming No. 6 Coy. 0.. our local battalion, were the guests <f Mr J as. Atkins m the Patutahi Hall. Mr ' Atkins takes -a spocial interest m the . < school, and he stated that he could not ■ allow the present opportunity to pass without showing his appreciation of tin good reports that had been given of tne 3 boys when on their visit to Christchurch. The cadets were present m uniform under Capts. Ellis and Woodward, and looted spick and span as usual. Mr William Miller of Gisborne presided, and theiwere present m addition to a large number of parents Major Kinder, Captain Cowan, the adjutant, and Captain Olsen. After the customary honor had been paid the King, the Chairman proposed t.he 'toast of the No. 3 Battalion. Although j the boys had done themselves and fhe district great credit, they must not he satisfied, but endeavour to make them j selves still more efficient. He had »>een j an old volunteer himself, and he was proud to have been associated with corps • second to. none m the colony. He felt ' sure that it had made him a better maiv | and the instruction the. cadets were re ' ceiving would make them better men j To their officers they owed obedience — ; that was the first duty of a cadet. They must learn td obey before they could hope to govern successfully. Master VV j Cameron, Waerenga-ahika, sang "Off to j. Rio Grande," and was loudly applaudivj. J Major Kinder replied on behalf of l-ne Battalion, expressing the pleasure the I officers felt m the interest taken m the j cadets. — Captain Woodward ■recited'"The ; Revenge" m his well-known style, saying that though he had recited it, so of tei . each time he became a little fonder of - it.— Mr Picken sang "Mary of. Argyle," • and gave as an encore "Flowers of -the ' Forest." — Then came the more important business of the evening, when Sergt. : Trado-d presented to Captain Ellis end Sergt. Picken to Captain Woodward each' 1 an oak liquer stand with. 3 pieces. The officers replied, thanking the boys lor-: their gifts. They were all propd of : the ■ boys, and were pleased to see/ their par- . ents and to be able to tell them so.^-j Mr Lougher sang "The Deathless Army."" j Mr Woodward proposed the toast of Mr j Jas Atkins, to whom the company v/ere j indebted for the 'evening's, entertainment. ' Mr Atkins had been associated" with Patutahi school for so long that he had become part and parcel 1 of it. They were indebted to him each year for their i-'c-nic,. and on the present occasion he had arranged this treat for the boys to show his appreciation of their good behavior. — Mr Ellis sang "Soldiers of the Queen.' —Mr Atkins, m responding, said ,tl at nothing pleased him better than that .the boys should be worthy of the district, and he was glad they had proved themselves so. — Mr Woodward contributed the well-known favorite. "Romany Lass.' I — Masters Kingi and Martin delighted; the company with a cake-walk, and Mr Angland followed with a jig danced in.* good style.— Mr Gillman sang "Where' is now the Merty Party."— -Major Kinder ( proposed the health of school committees .coupled with tliena'mes of Messrs Loug- ! her (Waerenga-a-hika), Knight and Ang- ! land (Patutahi). Some, committees, he . said, realised that their function was to ! help m thj. school, not to obstruct, and they haditheir reward m the better education of their children. He was pleased to say that the committees of Patutahi and Waerenga-a-hika were of those mat help. — M r ■ Cameron sang "The :Bu'gler, ' and Messrs Angland, Knight and Lougher responded to their toasts.— Mr Gallagher proposed the toast of the officers, and Major Kinder replied, thanking them for their, appreciation ; that was the reward the officers looked for, and without >t they could achieve no measure of success; : — Mr Woodward sang "Hearts of Oak, ' and Mr Mclndowie charmed the audience with "The Standard on the Braes of Mar," and gave as an encore "Scotland Yet." — Mr Woodward proposed tin 1 health of his old friend Mr Miller, cdn--1 gratulating him oh his -'return to the. Council at the head of the poll.— ...r! Miller, m, returning thanks, stated that ' any success he had met witk m life he 1 owed to the people of Gisborne; all his interests lay m Poverty Bay. If he cOuid serve, it was the people^of*_?overty .Bay 1 that he wished to serve. .. He; had' always taken a\ keen interest m the boys, they 1 were the men of the future j it was ourduty to help them, but a pleasurable one.— The company then joined hands m singing "Auld Lang Syne."