Hampden

New Zealand Tablet, 16 July 1914, Page 38

Hampden

(From an occasional correspondent.) A concert in aid of the church funds was held in the Athenaeum Hall on July 1. There was a record attendance, the hall being filled to its utmost capacity. A splendid programme was presented, most of the performers coming from Dunedin. Mr. W. Nicolson (Mayor) occupied the chair, and after a few well-chosen remarks, called upon Messrs. Yates and Death to open the concert, which was one of the best ever held in Hampden. The fact of Mrs. R. A. Power, Miss Daisy Hall, and Mr. W. W. Crawford (all of Dunedin) contributing items was a main factor in the success of the concert. Great credit is due to Miss Watt, who trained the little ones so successfully. She also acted as accompanist to the lady performers. The following took part, most of the items being encored : Part I: Duet (violin and piano), Messrs Yates and Bea-th song, Mrs Power; humorous duet, Misses Mead ; humorous song, Mr. Dattersby ; humorous song, Miss Brennan ; recitation, Mr. W. W. Crawford : song, Miss D. Hall : action song. Misses Marks (3), Taylor, and Woolford, assisted by Misses Mead. Part II : Duct, Messrs Yates and Death : song, Mr. Dattersby ; song, Mrs Power monologue, Miss Brennan ; monologue, Mr. W. W. Crawford; song, Miss I). Hall ; song, Mrs. Power. The singing of ‘God save the King ’ brought the concert to a close. Invercargill (From our own correspondent.) July 13. On Tuesday evening of last week about twenty members of the St. Mary’s Tennis Club paid a surprise visit to the residence of the secretary of the club (Mr. T. Pound), who lately joined the ranks of the Benedicts. Mr. J. G. Shepherd, on behalf of the club, in a neat

speech presented Mr. Pound with two valuable and useful presents. The recipient suitably responded. At the 8 o’clock Mass yesterday the members of the sodality of the Children of Mary in large numbers, wearing their new cloaks and veils, approached the Holy Table in a body. An echo of the Pan-Southland gathering which eventuated in February last was heard in the Victoria Hall on Monday evening, the 6th inst., at the annual Orange concert. The chairman (Rev. J. W. Shaw, M.A.), in a speech which was characteristic of such ‘ concerts,’ referred to the Pan-Southland gathering as follows; —‘When at Riverton a few months ago, he witnessed a most impressive sight five thousand members of the Catholic Federation marching through the streets of that little town, headed by 16 or 17 priests, to the recreation ground, where they very reverently joined in the Mass.’