BAND GIVES CONCERTS

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 8

BAND GIVES CONCERTS

WANGANUI ENTERTAINS HAWERA. MUSICAL TREAT ENJOYED. Wanganui entertained Hawera yesterday at two concerts, when the Queen Alexandra Mounted Rifles Band, under Lieut. Ernest Webb, played at King Edward Park, Hawera, in the afternoon and at the Opera House at night. There were large attendances at both concerts. Half the net proceeds will be devoted to the Hawera Municipal Band fund. . A special treat at the afternoon recital was the playing by Lieut. Webb, for the last seven years national soprano cornet champion, of “Silver Threads Among the Gold,” for which at the last band contest at Wellington he received 99 per cent, marks. The recital demonstrated the effectiveness of the combination. The programme at the evening concert included “Deep Harmony” (Broadhead), “Gems of Tscaikowsky” (Seift), “Zampa” (Herold), “Musical Memories” (Trenchard) and “Abyssinian Expedition” (Pridham), played by the band. In addition, Bandsman W. Shardlow gave xylophone items, Mr. Gus Large pianoforte solos and Bandsman Norman D’Ath played the cornet solo “Zelda. Mr. George Bosher sang “The Milk Boy at the War,” for which he was enthusiastically encored. » RECORD SHOW ENTRIES. EGMONT FIXTURE NEXT WEEK. Record entries, eclipsing by 471 those of last year’s jubilee show, have been received for the Egmont A. and P. Association’s 51st spring show at Hawera on Wednesday and Thursday next. A

The total of entries nas increased irom 1221 in 1919 to 2854 this year. The richly endowed dairy section at, the show has drawn outstanding entries with no fewer than 35 in the champion dairy cow class for the 45-guinea canteen of cutlery donated by Messrs. Henry A. Lane and Co. Ltd. (London). Last year there were 19 in this parti- ' cular class, so that the judging will be followed with more than usual interest. Entries in the sheep section have surprised the officials of the association, while the pigs are also exceptionally large in number. Horses are very strongly represented, and the home industries are unique for the generous manner in which the womenfolk of both the town and the country have responded. There was a steady flow of entries following the extension of the closing date from November 3 until Thursday night, and the president (Mr. J. Forbes) and secretary (Mr. R. McCay) on Friday expressed the committee’s pleasure at the response, which, gives promise of a most successful show. While it is essentially a show for stock and farm machinery, there has been a gradual widening of the scope of the show to include other activities, notably the motor trade, of which there will be an unusually fine display, and home industries, arts and crafts. In the field of outdoor entertainments the inquiry for side-show space is very keen. Having now, as a result of the cooperation of town and country residents, an unencumbered property, the association has effected many improvements. Attractive shrubberies have been laid out, buildings repaired and painted and the oval enclosed in a substantial rail and picket fence. Fine weather next week should see rewarded the energy and enterprise of the committee, and all associated with it in one of the most successful shows in the association’s history. PATEA SURF CLUB. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. The delegates to the Taranaki centre were recommended to support the holding of meetings alternately at New Plymouth and Hawera at a meeting of the Patea Surf and Life-Saving Club last week. Mr. A. Maxwell presided. Messrs. R. G. Howell and J. Harkness were appointed delegates to the centre. Mr. E. Oakley was elected vice-captain. The proposal that a look-out shelter be erected at the beach at a point where all the bathing areas could be watched, which was lengthily discussed at the annual meeting, was again brought up. The matter is to be dealt with by a sub-committee, including Messrs. J. Harkness, R. Adams and A. B. Currie. A beach patrol will be maintained during holiday and week-ends, when large numbers are bathing. BAND INSTRUMENTS FUND. POSITION AT PATEA MEETING. A second public meeting in connection with the proposed campaign for new instruments for the Patea Municipal Band was held on Friday to receive canvassers' reports, correspondence and organise a campaign committee if the situation arose. The Mayor, Mr. F. Ramsbottom, presided. The Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. J. A. Young, wrote stating that participatvn by the band in an art union disbursement could not be entertained. It was reported that in a canvass a small sum was secured. Mr. Cunnison said the offer of instruments at the price mentioned was made on a fluctuating market and it was practically certain that similar offers would occur. He recommended that the sums collected be hedl for the purchase of instruments and that the canvass be completed. PERSONAL ITEMS. Prior to the commencement of the Kaponga-Hawera bowling match at Kaponga on Saturday the players stood in silence as a tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Robert Law, who was a member of the Kaponga Bowling Club. Mr. A. Muggeridge, Hawera county engineer, who recently underwent an operation in the Hawera hospital, returned to his home on Thursday. ADVERTISERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. The weekly half-holiday will be observed at Hawera on Wednesday, and retailers are invited to close their premises from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, people's day at the Egmont A. and P. show. Arrangements are in hand for ■- a big flannel dance in the Manaia town hall on Wednesday night. Particulars are advertised.

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