VISITOR'S HIGH PRAISE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19044, 18 June 1936, Page 3

VISITOR'S HIGH PRAISE

GISBORNE SAVAGE CLUB

WANGXNT.I TRtllfi'S RATH

LAST NIGHT'S KORRItO

There was a largo number of visitors at lasi night's (torero of the Gisborne Savage Club. The orchestra, under the direction of the musical director, Savage .Mainland L Foster, and the local performers acquitted themselves ivell. In fact, the chairman. SaVtlge G. J. Adams, remarked Upon the reputation in outside centres that Gisborne Savages had for their high standard in entertainment. Before the evening concluded the visitors agreed that this reputation was not Unwarranted.

At the commencement of the evening the Gisbortte rangatira, Savage W. ,1. Sinclair, announced that 60 ticw savages had been enrolled so far this season, and that there were still several applicants awaiting their opportunity to join. The. tatlgatira offered a hearty welcome lb the visitors, and particularly t" the Savages of the Wanganui hapn. A large banner on the stage bore the words "Welcome Wanganiii." Savage •!. .1. Adams, rangatira of the Wanganui Savage Club and president of the New Zealand Association of Kindred Chilis. Wan installed as chairman for ilie evening by the tribal orator. Savage W. M. Jenkins. Willi n fund of stories, the chairman kept up the interest of the audience between items. ■

To the intense amusement of the Savages, Savage C. S. Corson, ill tele grapll-bov kit. approached Savage Adam;. with a telegram, anil as the .message in-.'-Maori.' Iho services of the club's Maori'interpreter. Savage li. McLean, had to be called upon. The message gave advice to the visitors about their conduct in Gisborne.

HONOUR FOR VISITOR The 'Gisborne rangatira then said it was his pleasure to decorate Savage Adams with the badge of the Gisborhc Savage (Tub. and in doing so, added that'll was only on very Special occasionthat a man outside the club received this honour. Among the few who had been so privileged was the late Savage Fail .lelhcoe. The presentation was made in this case to honour the visit of Ihe Wangaiuti tribe, and also to be a personal gift to the recipient to remind lnm of the time of his visit to the nisborne liapu. In reply, the chairman thanked the Gisborne Savages for the honour thai they had bestowed upon him. and fothe* wonderful welcome that he and his fellow Savages had received. In passing he said that the Gisborne cluti was considered to be one of the premier clubs of Savagery in the Dominion. The club had a record of which to be proud, and the reputation of tho (orchestra had travelled .the length and breadth ol New Zealand. The highlight of the orchestral programme was the playing of "In Town To-night," which had been presented by Savage H. IT. DeCosta. Ilefdre commencing this piece. Savage Foster asked the audience not to be too critical ns the piece was bristling with difficulties, and it had been played on only a lew .occasions by orchestras in New Zealand. So well was it played that the orchestra was called upon to repeat the number. Other items on the orchestral programme included the overture -'Carnival. " •'Felicitations." ''Ernatn, "Coriolan," "Myriad Dancer,''. "Belje March," and "Sword and Lance." Two soti"s "He Heard the Great Sea Calling'' 1 and "Your Land and Mine, wen 1 contributed by Savage W. f!. I'\ Bigncll. and the choir was also heard in popular 'choruses A noveltv musical saw item was rendered hv Savage A. Low, and Savage 11. I!, D. Moore mystified the audience with magic Savage Will li. Keanv. as a humourist, picked on I.l**topical theme of a participant in the "II Yon Could Onlv Cook Competition. The two sketches played by Ihe Wnnnflrtui Savages were well received. The firftt was entitled '-Railway Setvices"' and tho players were Savages l.o\ VDobhs and Arthur Prilchard. In the second all the visitors, lavages DoUis, Pritchard. Charles Blames, and lay Hev ; wood, proddced "Expelled from School.