FAMOUS DANCER

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1935, Page 10

FAMOUS DANCER

HOLIDAY AT HAWERA.' 1 - MISS PAULINE PRIOR, LONDON. In the register of the Central Hotel, Hawera, appears the name Miss Pauline Prior, London. There is nothing else to indicate that one of the best known exhibition dancers of London is holidaying in Taranaki. Mips Prior arrived at Auckland from London via America on Friday and immediately set out for Hawera, where she arrived during the week-end. She is on a visit to her relatives, Mrs. R. Johns, 101 Union Street, and Mrs. H. J. Laurent, 22 George Street. A few days ago Mrs. Johns received a radiogram announcing that Miss Prior was on her way to New Zealand, and this was the first intimation received. The mystery was slightly deepened on Saturday morning at the Hawera railway station, when seven large steel cabin trunks were unloaded, addressed to Miss Prior. Those cabin trunks were plastered with labels of all the places everyone wants to. visit and seldom does. Miss Prior is' on her first visit to New Zealand. She came partly to recover from an illness and partly because she had heard so much of the beauties of New Zealand. She has five weeks before she has to return to London to fulfil new contracts, and she will probably stay four of those weeks at Hawera, going to Sydney before returning to London, again through America. Just before she came to New Zealand Miss Prior danced at the Savoy Hotel • and the Ambassadors’ Club, one of the most exclusive in London. For some years she has been a regular exhibitionist at the principal London restaurants and cabarets, . and on her return she will visit Monte Carlo for the season. She dances with a partner, giving interpretations of modern ballroom dancing, and she has not departed from that work for the stage or films. Miss Prior was formerly a teacher and she has the distinction of having taught two members (she refused to say which) of the English Royal Family to dance. Explaining her reason for not divulging their names she told the reporter that first it was in the worst possible taste and secondly the wish of the Royal Family for some sort of private life had to be respected. She had not taught the Prince of Wales, she added. The growth of places of entertainment for after-theatre patrons at London has been phenomenal in recent years, she said, and some of the haunts of society, besides being terribly exclusive, were luxurious. At the Savoy, for instance, a floor was raised and lowered to permit the cabaret turns to be watched by all the patrons, and the appointments were wonderful. “Of course it is all very expensive,”' she said, “but it would only be necessary to go to the Embassy every night for one week to see everyone that really matters in English society. The places of entertainment are always well filled.” The old idea that Paris was the centre of European, and for that matter world, gaiety was as dead as a doornail, continued Miss Prior. London was definitely the pleasure place these days, and things in that line had received a tremendous fillip through the Royal wedding and the King’s jubilee. A notable feature of the night club and restaurant life was the number of French and American citizens who. visited them. Another idea Miss Prior gave the lie was the general belief that American dance bands were so far in advance of English bands that it was not really worth while bothering about dancing to English bands. The London bands—and there were dozens of them—were all up to American standards, said Miss Prior, and they were first-class in all respects. ■ OEO DISTRICT NEWS. SPORT AND- SOCIAL EVENTS. The Oeo-Kaponga Thursday cricket match played at Oeo resulted in a draw. Kaponga, which batted first, just failed to dismiss Oeo before the call of time. Kaponga declared at 81 for six wickets and Oeo had lost eight wickets for 52 runs when time was called. A euchre party in aid of the funds of the Maori Girls’ Hockey Club was held in the hall on Wednesday evening. The attendance was rather disappointing. -The women’s prizes were won by Mrs. Kahn after a play-off with Miss L. Whare, and the men’s by Mr. T. Moses with ten games, with Mr. R. Ngatai (nine games) second. Mr. M. King won the lucky number and Kapu Manu the women’s lucky number. Supper was served by Mesdames Boyion, Ngatai, Makia and' Isaac. The club, which is known as the Katua club, will be comprised of Maori girls of the whole district and has a very enthusiastic committee with Miss Milly Ngahina as secretary. OKAIAWA DISTRICT NEWS. MAORI TEAM BEATS OKAIAWA. During the week-end in a Bennet and Sutton cricket competition game the Okaiawa Maori team easily defeated Okaiawa. Details are:— Okaiawa Maori; G. Ngaia, b D. Johnston, 7; D. Skipper, b P. Walters, 8; P. Toro, not out, 34; W. Skipper, c and b D. Johnston, 0; D. Kara, c R. Robertson, b W. Johnston, 28; P. Katene, played on, b P. Walters, 6; J. Toro, not out, 3; extras, 13; total (for five wickets declared) 100. Bowling: P. Walters two for 16, D. Johnston two for 26, E. Oldfield none for 7, R. Green none for 9, R. Robertson none for 18, W. Johnston one for 15, L. Cavanagh none for 3. Okaiawa: D. Johnston, c T. Toro, b D. Skipper, 0; R. Green, c P. Katene, b D. Skipper, 2; R. Murdoch, b Skipper, 0; J. Johnston, b P. Toro, 0; E. Oldfield, b D. Skipper, 2; L. Cavanagh, st. Kara, b Toro, 0; Hemsley, c 0. Matoe, b P. Toro, 0; W. Johnston, c P. Katene, b D. Skipper, 4; R. Robertson, c O. Matoe, b D. Skipper, 0; P. Walters, b Toro, 11; A. Walters, not out, 1; extras, 6; total 32. Bowling: D. Skipper six for 13, P. Toro four for 13. , - . General and Personal.

The final matches for the New Zealand Croquet Council silver buttons will be played to-morrow. Players representing Ckaiawa are: A grade, Mrs. Ward; B grade, Mrs. Thrush; C grade, Mrs. Washer. The A grade matches will be played at Kaponga, the B at Okaiawa and the C at Eltham. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Thomas, Fitzroy, are- the guests of Mrs. A. Ward. The Okaiawa A tennis team to play Park at Te Ngutu to-morrow will be chosen from the following: Women, Misses D. Good, E. Williams, J. Joyce, R. Williams, Mrs. Evetts and Misses B. Evetts and B. Green; men, W. Good, D. Johnston, H. Evetts, R. Robertson, F. Tilly, J. Collins and C. Blair. FRASER ROAD PERSONAL NEWS. Mr. C. Cullen, Waipu, who has been the guest of Mr. A. L. Campbell, Fraser Road, returned on Monday. Miss Cole, Waipu, is the guest of Miss Ina Campbell. Little Mollie Death, who has been in the Palmerston North hospital for six weeks through a motor accident, has recovered sufficiently to return to her home.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Scown have returned from a visit to Wellington. Miss W. Gilbert, Wellington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. L. A. Jennings, Fraser Road.

CRICKETERS ENTERTAINED. OLD COLLEGIANS GATHERING. Opportunity was taken by the Old Collegians’ Cricket Club on Saturday night to entertain at dinner two of their members, Messrs. P.-J. Coleman and S. Fry, who are shortly to be married. In the unavoidable absence of the president, Mr. B. Malone, the dub captain, Mr. D. C. Ryan, presided. In proposing the toast of “Our Guests,” Mr. Ryan reminded members that Mr. Coleman was one of the original members of the club, and that although he had not had the opportunity of playing very much this season he had still retained a keen interest in the club. Mr. Fyy as they all knew was a very enthusiastic and active player. In extending •to them good wishes for their future Mr. Ryan remarked that it was rather extraordinary that four members of the club should be becoming benedicts within such a short span of time. Messrs. Coleman and Fry suitably responded. Mr. P. J. Coleman in proposing the toast of the “Old Collegians,” said it was very gratifying to find that the spirit in which the club was founded still existed. Although not many successes had been achieved the spirit of the days spent on the various college playing fields had been revived and he was proud to say that on all sides the team members were noted for. the enjoyment they obtained from the game, their evident comradeship and their sportsmanship. Mr. H. Hughes in responding said that the season just concluded had been a pleasant one and he was sure that the experiment made of banding together the college old boys into a team had been a real success. He also referred to the splendid game'the club had had earlier in the season with a Wanganui Collegiate School eleven. The opportunity for such games was all too rare and he was sure all members were looking forward to visiting the Collegiate School at Wanganui early next season. Mr. G. Seiwood proposed the health of “Our Host,” to which V. Sanson replied. PATEA DEFEATS HURLEYVILLE. COUNTRY ASSOCIATION CRICKET. Patea defeated Hurleyville by 141 runs in a country association cricket match on the Patea domain oval at the week-end. The visitors were dismissed for 37 runs, Ellis taking four wickets for 1 run and Zimmerman six for 19. Details are:— Patea: Zimmerman, b Harris, 11; Balsillie, b Adlam, 7; McKenna, c Adlam, b Harris, 4; Ellis, run out, 45; Maule, b Jones, 32; Ansley, b Jones, 2; Nansett, b Harris, 2; Willis, b Jones, 9; Blyde, not out, 15; Anderson, not out, 10; Forster, b Adlam, 21; total 178. Hurleyville: Adlam, b Zimmerman, 12; Couchman, b Zimmerman, 0; Radley, c Ellis, b Zimmerman, 0; T. Hurley, b Ellis, 16; R. Jones, c Willis, b Ellis, 1; Young, c Maule, b Zimmerman, 1; Nansett, c Willis, b Zimmerman, 5; C. Hurley, c McKenna, b Ellis, 0; E. Jones, not out, 2; ‘M. Adlam, st. Maule, b Ellis, 0; total 37.