VIOLIN and piano recital

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 281, 28 November 1932, Page 2

VIOLIN and piano recital

A musical recital, organised by the city committee of the Plunket Carnival to assist the city baby, will be given by Miss Dorothy Edwards, L.R.A.M., and Miss Eileen Walmsley, of Nga Tawa School. Marton. Works by Chopin, Liszt. McDowell, Bowen, York, Franck, and others will be given. 'Lhe recital takes place in the Collegiate Hall, which has been generously lent for the occasion by the headmaster, Mr. J. Allen. ST. DAVID’S SALE OF WORK A very successful garden party and annual sale of work was held in the grounds of St. David’s Presbyterian Church, A.-iunoho on Saturday afternoon, by the Ladies’ Guild. During the afternoon excellent dance items were given by Miss Vivienne Healy’s pupils, which were much enjoyed by the many present. In the evening a successful entertainment was hold in the grounds which were lighted in a novel manner for the occasion. The programme was provided by Miss Evelyn Wright’s papite, the Pipe Band, Sea Scouts, and Mr Webb (cornet solo). The stalls and stallholders were: Christmas cake and cake stall, Mesdames Scott, Murdock, Good, Maitland and Kirk; sweets, Mrs Richards; handkerchief and fancy stalls, Mrs Tizard and Miss Stoddard; produce, Mesdames McCosh, Pemberton, Eden, Soundy; work stall, Mesdames W. Walker and Corps; ice cream and fruit salad, Misses McDowell, M. Thompson and Dixon; afternoon tea, Mesdames Webb, Hallam. McChesney, Hewitson, Mclntosh, Misses J. Smith, B. Good and Kirk. NEW ZEALAND APPRECIATED Miss Nellie M. Scanlan, who returned to New Zealand last week after an absence of live years, is convinced that there were more blessings, more opportunities .for happiness and more freedom in New Zealand than anywhere else in the world. She had visited 34 countries in the live years of her absence, and she assured aa present that small and far-off as New Zealand was it was regarded as a vitai part of the Empire. She emphasise'! tne necessity of being loyal to it and. to the Old Country. The power auu prestige of the latter were undoubted and most impressive everywhere, and she had many a time amidst, foreign people and unfamiliar surrounding* caught sight of the Union Jack in some form or other and felt its cheer and its power. It brought a freedom from loneliness and a sense of protection, a sense of security and pride. New Zealand’s prestige was high also, and she urged the people to see that the standard was maintained. “We are small but exclusive,” Miss Scanlan remarked. “See that. we maintain our mana, which is extraordinarily high. ”

In reference to the hardness ol times, Miss Scanlan said that out here people did not realise the blessings of space, fresh air, climate, soil, and the capacity for production of the common necessities of life. She had seen places and people who were so overcrowded that, they could not grow a flower or a vegetable; they had neither sufficient air nor sunshine, ami never hud had a new garment in their lives, while the “cold and cruel winters” were beyond description under such circumstances. Practically her words were a strong urge to the people to “count up their blessings” before giving way to too much discontent.