MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1934, Page 6

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

STRATFORD CONVENT RESULTS. All the pupils of the Stratford Convent who entered for the recent music examinations conducted by Mr. Anderson Tyrer, F.RM.C.M., examiner for Trinity College of Music, London, were successful. The results are:— Higher local: Miss Ethel Newlove (elocution) . Senior: Miss Molly McMillan (singing, solo, honours) and Miss Dorothea Thompson (singing). Intermediate: Miss Kathleen Sisarich (piano, honours) and Miss Norma Josephson (singing, honours). Junior: Master Patrick Ford (piano, honours), Master Brian Beattie (elocution, honours), Miss Monica Sullivan (piano), Miss Hazel Castelli (piano), Master William Foley (elocution), Master Desmond Power (elocution) and Master Trevor Powell (elocution). The examiner of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music, London (Mr. Gordon Bryan) granted certificates in piano playing to Miss Norma Josephson (final grade) and Miss Lorna Waite (advanced grade). MR. T. B. CRUMP BURIED. LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL. The funeral of Mr. T. B. Crump, which took place at the Eltham cemetery on Saturday, was one of the largest held in the district and was attended by a gathering fully representative of the various interests with which Mr. Crump had been associated. The local bodies of Taranaki were well represented and the cortege consisted of nearly 100 cars. Many wreaths were received. The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. G. Bayley, G. H. P. Fitzgerald, A. McWilliam, F. Belcher, D. Syme and G. A. Carter. The funeral service both at the church and at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. W. Langston, while the Masonic last rites were performed by Bros. E. E. Carter and R. H. Free. The members of Lodge St. John paid symbolic tribute at the grave. A motion of condolence with the relatives of Mr. Crump was carried by the .Eltham County Council on Saturday. The Eltham Chamber of Commerce on Friday night carried a similar motion. Mr. Geo. Peebles said Mr. Crump had rendered excellent service to the community and Mr. G. H. Mann added that Mr. Crump had been a true citizen and a willing helper to all. He was ever of a most kindly and courteous disposition. The business premises of Eltham were closed for an hour during the afternoon as a mark of respect. KING’S THEATRE, STRATFORD. “ROME EXPRESS” TO-NIGHT. The most distinguished cast ever assembled for a British picture is seen in “Rome Express,” which will be finally screened at the King’s Theatre to-night. It is the first talkie made at the new Gaumont-British £250,000 studios, situated at Shepherd’s Bush, just outside of London. All the actions in this film takes part on the famous trans-Continental train and it is a film without a hero. Actually the subject was thought of long before the present fashion began for films in one setting like “Grand Hotel” and “Shanghai Express.” Joan Barry appears in “Rome Express” as a married woman who is having an affair with a married man, Harold Huth. Others are Muriel Aked, Gordon Harker, Donald Calthrop, Conrad Veidt, the famous German actor, Cedric Hardwicke and Esther Ralston.