DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 19, 7 May 1892, Page 477

DUNEDIN.

Dear Bee, April 27. The weather here always clears up after the holidays, and we have bad a most delightful week of suuuy days. A LEAP YEAR BALL at Pukerau was also a very pleasant all'air, Miss Mapp acting as M.C. She wore gobelin blue relieved with white lace ; Miss E. Mapp, black velvet trimmed with white lace ; Miss Sinclair (MUton), green ; Miss Robertson, white : Miss M’Sporran, pale pink ; Miss Carruthers, white and blue ; Miss Thomson, black velvet and gold braid ; Miss Smith, heliotrope satin ; Miss M’Kenzie, white ; Miss M. M'Kenzie, pale blue. Others present were Mesdames Young, Cunniugham, Norton, Hanning, Robertson, 1 lawson, and Misses Cowan (Gore), Sardgeson, Milne, J. Milne, Boyle, J. Smith, Carrington, and Voight. A concert given by the young ladies of Gore proved a great success, Mr John Mac Gibbon (the Mayor) presiding. Misses K. Henderson, Calder, Canning, Brass, and Pollock contributed to the evening's enjoyment. A number of pretty tableaux illustrated the songs—‘ Little Bo Peep,' • The Old Folks at Home,’ ‘ Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘ Won’t You Buy My Pretty Flowers.’ A number of oilier interesting items were upon the programme, and gone through with a great amount of credit, on the whole a most enjoyable evening being spent. THE DUNEDIN SHAKESPEARE CLUB have given another -if their most enjoyable evenings, a great number of visitors being present. The selections were from the * Tempest,’ the President of the Club, A. Wilson, Esq., M.A., giving a most inteiesting address. All those who took part were good in their readings. I noticed a number of those who usually read were not upon the programme this time, making room, I presume, for younger members of the club. Mr F. Calvert took the part of Prospero (exiled Duke of Milan); Mr J. Gordon, Alonso (King of Naples) ; Mr M. Pascoe, Ferdinand (son of Alonso) ; Mr A. Borrows, Gonz.alo (an honest old councillor); Mr J. C. Stephens, Stephano (a drunken butler) ; Mr A. H. Adams, Trinculo (a jester) ; Mr E. A. Joel, Caliban (a deformed savage); Miss B. M. Watt, Miranda (daughter of Prospero) ; Miss M. White, Ariel (an airy spirit) ; Miss L. Joel, Ceres (a spirit) ; Miss N. Whinam, Iris (a spirit). Some very good siuging enlivened the proceedings. Miss Blanche Joel sang, ‘Come unto these Yellow Sands,' • Full Fathoms Five thy Father Lies,’ in the second part introducing Ariel's songs. Later on she contributed, ‘ Where the Bee Sucks.’ Mr F. L. Jones gave a song that he is very fond of— * Across the Far Blue Hills.' The Choral Hall was crowded with visitors, although the night was not very line.

Maude.