A Sensational Bolt.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11828, 27 November 1901, Page 2

A Sensational Bolt.

YOUNG LADIES NARR »W ESCAPE'

n *A. sausational belt, which at one time a looked like teroalnatiag in a fatality, occurred about 2 o'block tb-d*y. Misses P. and fl ; Clegg had driven into town in _ n a small sulky, and were about to pnt up j' the horse and sulky in the Egmont Mill l " yard when the horse, it is stated, backed 4 into the gate post, and something went i- wrong with" the gear. The horse became r7 restive and made a bolt. Miss N. Clegg >d got clear, ,but eye-witnesses state that a Miss P. Clegg appeared to be dragged across the road by the leg till the trap j. struck a telegraph post, and one of the j. wheels came off. The young lady then m appeared to get clear of the tern Ole danger she was placed in. The horse turned into Currie-street and dashed round the Bank corner into Devon-street. » In front of Mr Cottier's premises the 8 horse and sulky parted company: The '° horse eventually, pulled up near the *■ Liardet-street crossing, having, it wat ly stated, received a broken leg. Miss F. ° Clegg was at once removed to Mrs McCoy's dreßsmakmg establishment, whsrt:.d she was attended to by her sisters and <\ Mrs McCoy. The young lady was, be- [ e sides being bruished and her leg grazed, n much shaken and affected by the shock. a Philharmonic Society's Concert. T As the production of purely local " talent, Tuesday night's concert was ■f aft excellent otatej and, if hearty ap^% ?» bl&usb arid fre'd.uetit recalls may be t ibterpretea ih the usual way, it wan >t also an unqualified success. The is i\^ma of the programme were 'well y chosen. The performers, evident favourites of the audience, were all well up to " concert pitch," and thS n result, as we have' said, was a most y successful entertainment. The ata tendance at the theatre was mot as. i good as it should have been, but » this only follows the precedent of l " all other local talent concerts. The a explanation of this probably is the d fact that the performers are like the c poor— always with us—and we know m there will be other opportunities of h hearing them. The Items by the Society were " Lord Ullin's Daughter " (Jackson), part song " Sweet b and Low," a Hunting Chorus, "The % Old Brigade," Pinsuti's " A Spring Song," and Cowen's " Bridal Cho^ rus." We have never heard the Sqt " ciety to better advantage than in B these soveral items, especially the J •'Bridal Chorus," the "Hunting j Chorus," and "Sweet and Low." 9 We congratulate the conductor, •Mr . Fletcher, on the way in which these p pieces were rendered. The voices :' rose " to the baton splendidly, yet there was a free treatment which • was very pleasing. In the " Hunti ytg Chorus " we might point out an . easily corrected fault and a very I natural one, that is the tendency to , clip the broad vowels; as instance j ' Tally Ho " became " Tilly Ho." One other smaJl grumble and we are • done. , The sibilants in " Sweet and Low ' were rather too noticeable, { and were neither attacked nor . dropped in perfect time. A particularly successful item was the duet PI Miss G. Holdsworth and Mr TreI bilco, " When the Wind Bloweth in \ \voin the Sea," the voices blending" i nicoly and being well balanced. The ' , singers, being recalled, repeated the , |ast verse. Mr Cooko's violin solo, it need hardly be said, gave very groat pleasure; and he responded to ] 1 a determined encore with " Alice '• \ .Where Art Thou," the expressive old ' V ?^ ri^ e lo r ain S nothing at the hands > • P; Mr , Cooke, or his accompanist', ' . Mrs Cooke. Miss Holdsworth was < recalled for her singing of " Leaye -< •?f c , and &he r ot«rned to sing J ; the delightfully quaint " Sally H<*- < ner." Mr Findlayson's enthxisiastic < reception was well deserved. His ( treatment of " Doarer than Life *' l delighted the audience, who insisted ( on his return. In the Barcarolle l from Fresca's Trio No. 3, Mrs * Cooke (piano), Mr Cooke (violin) » and Mr Richmond ('cello), the per- £ formers were perhaps not quite ur> i to their usual high standard. Never- «> ,theless the item was an enjoyable - 1 ISS c ' °St d Was heartiJ y applauded, t Miss Murphy's choice of a song, c ' The Beating, of my own Heart " v was a particularly happy one, civinsr s good scope for flexible voice. Heart- D ily re-demandod, she aang " Scenes ° that are Brightest " with very good " feeling. ° 1 After the concert, members of the , a . Society adjourned to the Coffee lj Palace for supper, in the course of which Mr F. L. Webster congratu- a [ latea the Society on the success of w the concert, and expressed a wish that the public would encourage c ' members b^ a. \orger attendance at V concerts and b» DQCQming v Jioaorftry a members of thQ Society. p.