UNITY TENT SOIREE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 93, 17 April 1903, Page 4

UNITY TENT SOIREE.

Thb 28th anniversary soiree of the Unity Teot, 1.0. R., which was held in tha Forester's Hall oa Thursday evenii g, provod an uoqualifisd success, the Hall being filled with Kechabites and their friends. The proceedings com moncei with tea at six o'clock, and not only was the supply of good things on a most liberal scale, but owing to the j younger members of the Order attend- [ ing to the guests in a sys'ema'ic and thorough manner, the meal was heartily enjoyed by all present. Afterward? an *xcelhnt and varied programme wes exeeu'ed, Mr. Whitaker pr< siding, and he principal gueis beiug the Hon. P, E. Fraser, M.L.C., District Grand Secretary of the After a well .-xscu'ed piaciofci' e solo by Miss Go.idere, the President gave a short and interesting address on matters coniected with the position and progress of tha Unity Tent. Later on in the evening the Hon. F. H. Fraser, in a humorous and p ; thy spjech dwelt on the work cf the Order, the progress of which he demons!rated by stating it now consisted of 352,000 members, while its fundsamounted to ,£1,275,000, the ant.ual income being The p:ogrammeincluded a capital song Hy Mr. T. Copper, a beiutifuliy rendered violin so!o by Mrs Buiterwortb, •ujd a very p'ent-irg banjo folo by the same lady, a cood recitation by Miss Jeßsie Cole, a pretty song by Miss Scan'yn, a recitation by Mr. Buttimore, a duet by Misses Scanlyr, a mcsamusing and clever veutriloqual exhibition by Mr. Collier, a recitation by Mr. Bertie Clark, a eocg by Mis 3 A. ScanlyD, and a v>'ry effective exhibition of club swinging by Mr. Duckworth. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Frasar, and to all who assisted at what was one of the mos j enjoyable enteitaicmeets held in New Plymouth,