SAVAGE CLUB

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20474, 20 July 1936, Page 12

SAVAGE CLUB

RAID BY DUNEDIN ORPHANS SUCCESSFUL KORERO One of the largest and most successful raids ever made on the hapu of the South Canterbury Savage Club was carried out on Saturday night by a party of more than 40 members of the Dunedin Orphans Club. In addition to the Dunedin visitors there were present representatives of kindred organisations in Oamaru, Christchurch, Ashburton and Macandrew’s Bay. A full attendance of members of the Savage Club with their guests brought the total number present to more than 170, which is considered a record gathering in the Club’s history. As is customary on such visits the raiders brought a strong concert party with them and entertained the gathering at a most enjoyable korero. The visitors were played to the Great Chief’s table by Piper P. L. McKillop where Mr C. J. White (president of the Dunedin Orphans Club) was inducted as chairman for the evening. In performing the ceremony, Great Chief G. J. Walker welcomed the raiders and referred to the deep feeling of friendship which had existed between the two clubs throughout the years, expressing a hope that the visit would cement those bonds. Mr Walker then handed the insignia of office, the pipe of peace and a mere, over to Mr White and installed him as chairman for the evening. Welcome Acknowledged Mr White said he did not think the bonds of friendship between the two clubs required cementing, as they were already solid rock. The Orphans were pleased to meet their Savage friends, and also the representatives of kindred societies in different parts of the South Island, who had been attending a conference in Timaru. A roll call revealed the following visiting delegates: J. P. Burt, S. L. Cameron (Oamaru Savage Club), R. C. T. Evans, C. J. White (Dunedin Orphans Club), A. C. Loach, J. Lorrimer (Christchurch Savage Club), H. C. McDonald, A. H. Todd, A. C. Wilson (Ashburton Savage Club), D. Maider, D. Whitburn (Macandrew’s Bay). The programme provided by the Orphans’ Club party was as follows: Opening ode, the Club; orchestra, march and overture “Raymond”; comet solo, “Alpine Echoes,” E. Kerr; song, “Friend o’ Mine,” J. Pringle; sketch, E. McLean and R. Wilson Brown; song, “Maire My Girl,” D. Rutherford; recitation, “Poor Old Bachelor,” C. H. Russell; song, “Until,” H. A. Johnson; violin solo, “Thais,” R. Kerr; sketch, C. H. Russell, R. Wilson Brown, R. E. McLean, and D. G. Gray; orchestra, “Silver Trumpets” and “Master At Arms”; song, “My Song,” A. Macdonald; humorous interlude, R. Wilson Brown; song, “Silver Hair and Heart of Gold,” E. Paris; trombone solo, A. Chisholm; humorous item, “Before You Came,” J. Haggitt; song, “My Dreams,” F. Bolwell; sketch, R. Wilson Brown, C. H. Russell, D. G. Gray and R. E. McLean; song, “Goodbye” from “The White Horse Inn,” A. Macdonald. Mr J. Haggitt was accompanist. Yesterday morning the visitors were taken for a drive and were the guests of Mr and Mrs J. F. K. Jamieson, at “Kinnoul,” leaving for Dunedin in the afternoon.