POET ALBERT.

Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 794, 17 March 1894, Page 19

POET ALBERT.

On account of the inclement weather, the Show was not such a success here this year as usual, especially as regards the number of exhibits and the patronage of the general public. The Paparoa Brass Band was engaged for the occasion and was one of the chief attractions of the Show. Great dissatisfaction seemed to prevail in regard to the way in which the management of the tea was carried out. Port Albert is noted for its tea meetings, but this one was a very poor sample. The concert in the evening was a great success, the hall being packed to the doors, and the programme wns long, varied, and entertaining. The chair was taken by Mr W.F. Maseey, the coming candidate for Waitemata. After the concert, the floor was cleared for dancing, which was kept up till the ' small hours ' to the music of Mr Nicholson and Miss Booth.. ..The Stanley has airived at Baekau sawmill to load timber and O.M. wonders if this crew will be as ' taking ' with the fair sex arc the last one that loaded at the mill. Some tall mashing was very noticeable at the Show, but 1 won't give initials, as ' a guilty conscience needeth no accuser.'... The Mutual Improvement Society still meets every Saturday evening in the hall, but the number of visitors generally outnumbers that of members. Why don't some of the 'regular' attending visitors enrol themselves as members ? Has the colonial 4 Robert ' anything to do with it ?