People and Their Doings.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20480, 5 December 1934, Page 6

People and Their Doings .

When Mr H. E. Good land Assists at the Wellington Community Sing v He Will Recall Elocutionary Honours : Dr Moffatt is \ Still a Scot : “ Barney ” Campbell Retires.

AN INTERESTING CONNECTION between Christchurch and Wellington will be recalled! when Mr H. E. Goodland takes his place at the piano in the W ellington Town Ball on Monday night, to provide the metrical effects for Mr Alan Brown’s leaders&ip of the big Christmas appeal communiffy sing. Mr Goodland has been in the Wellington Town Hall before, for it was there '.that the late Mr Massey handed him the geld medal of the Wellington Competitions Society for the New Zealand elocutionary championship. The medium through -which he demonstrated his talents was Newbolt’s “ He Fell Among Thieves.” Mr Goodland also won the gold medal for the elocutionary championship that was decided alt the Dunedin Exhibition. lie has one other medal and that was won for a flute solo when he was one of the famous fife "band that Mr G. W . Bishop, headmaster of the New Brighton School, used to take <an trek to Picton and other parts 32? GOODLAND st.mrted to learn music about ten or twelve years ago. but it was classical music that attracted him in the days when he was a well-known competitor at the Chitfstchurch competitions, and there is a big difference between that and the programmes that he has participated in this year in the very popular community singing in Christchurch. A pianist on these occasions must be prepared to swing into any piece in any key to suit the voices of the audience—not too high a key and not too lc<w a key to make for successful community .singing. Ninety per cent of the tunes be played by ear and the pianist must I*e ready to snap into anything, whether it is on the programme or not. Wellington will have an opportunity of discovering the very rare talent for this class of accompaniment that Mr Goodland has shown in Christchurch. $ m M R GOODLAND, by the vaay, is a member of the literary staff ctf the “ Christchurch Star.” where he got ins first start in journalism, and every vetar his notes on the Christchurch competitions are very highly valued by the reading 1 public. lie has also judged at the competitions and is a teacher of elocution and music in what other people would call their lea s sure hours. He has also found time to tadke part in the Operatic Society’s productions, and with Charities Unlimited in past.

“ QNCE A SCOT, always a Scot,” is the motto of Dr James Moffatt. of New York, eminent Biblical scholar, who made a brief visit to Christchurch to-day. Dr Moffatt is blessed with a breezy sense of humour and he misquoted W. S. Gilbert to point out his racial allegiance. “In spite of all temptations to belong to other nations, I remain a Scot,” he said. “No American citizenship for me. I have been seven years in America and my birthday is on the fourth of July, but I remain a Scot.” @ $$ 39 r ]MIE LAST HOAX that one would expect nowadays would be a hoax against the unemployed, and yet one of these was perpetrated through the agency of the “ Star ” yesterday when a sixpenny advertisement was received calling for two good men to dig a half-acre section and to bring their own spades. A name and address were given of a well-known citizen in Hereford Street. Unfortunately, this citizen did not require any men, but up to 7.30 this morning he had received 64 applications for work, and some of the applicants had travelled from New Brighton in the hope of getting the job. It is almost impossible to find out who was the author of this hoax, which the “ Star ” very greatly regrets, but an effort is being made to trace the offender. SIXTY YEARS AGO (from the “Star" of December 5, 1574) : Blenheim. December 3. —Bishop Redwood arrived to-day. and was met at the ferry by a large number of persons, including his mother and other relatives. An address from the laity was presented, and he then came into Blenheim, and proceeded to S. Mary’s Church, where an address from the clergy was presented. The Bishop replied, referring in affectionate terms to his mother, who was present. English opera.—Mr Allen’s company will conclude their season at Timaru, and will commence a short farewell season at Christchurch on Mondav* next, at million prices. Flotow’s “ Martha ” will be played on Monday, and Auber’s “ Fra Diavolo ” on Tuesday. Christchurch Harmonic Society.— The programme for the next concert, which will be held on or about December IS, will include Haydn’s Imperial Mass and Mendelssohn’s “ Athalie.”

(\XE of the best known masters in New Zealand and particularly popular in Rugby football circles. Mr F. H. Campbell, otherwise “ Barney ” Campbell, retires this month from the teaching staff of Otago Boys’ High School after completing fiftytwo years’ association with the school, first as a pupil and then as a master. Mr C ampbell has also had charge of the boys’ rectory since'l9o9. He graduated as M.A. in 1892 and represented the Otago University Rugby fifteen from 1889 till 1893. Three vears later he was appointed a member of the Otago Rugby Union Committee, a position which he held till 1900. From 1900 till 1902 he was secretary of the Otago Rugby Union, and in 1905 he occupied the presidential chair and again from 1909 till 1911. GORDON P. OLLEY, one of the best-known British civil air pilots, has flown 1.000.000 miles since 1915. and has spent more than 10,000 hours in the 11 is vivid account of his experiences since the earliest davs of commercial flying, “ A Million Miles in the Air,” is crammed with stories of adventures and bizarre encounters. For a time he piloted aeroplanes for Alfred Lowenstein. the Belgian financier, who had a fleet of eight, dashing from capital to capital and country to country at short notice and with never a moment to lose. Captain Olley offers a possible explanation of Lowenstein’s mysterious fall from an aeroplane above mid-Channel. ** I think that perhaps he may have dropped off into one of those short but heavy sleeps that were characteristic of him. And then, perhaps, jumping up in rather a dazed fashion, owing to the heavy strain that he was imposing on his brain, he may have forgotten for the moment that he was in an aeroplane, and have gone impetuously to the door and flung it open, losing his balance and falling before there was any chance foi him to recover himself.” In the course of his career the author has carried 40.000 passengers without mishap. Among them has been the Prince of Wales, who is keenly interested in every aspect of aviation. ” Ilis Royal Highness has a clear grasp of the one essential fact,” writes Captain Olley, “ and this is that speed is the vital asset of the aeroplane ”