MOUNT SOMERS GOSSIP.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1720, 20 December 1887, Page 3

MOUNT SOMERS GOSSIP.

(fhom oub own ooreespondent.) On the 16th our school broke np for the usual holidays. Id the evening tho children gave a concert m aid of their ■ports fund. la the absence of the Chairman of the Sobool Oommittae, Mr J. Hood took the obair, and opened pro* eeedioge with a short review of the school's history daring the year, presenting at tbe close of his address prfzas to the following pupils :— Standard I, Nellie Fatton ; Staodard 11, Sarah Morgan ; Standard 111, Elizabeth Jones ; Standard IV, Owen Buechler. A programme of yery pleasant items was thtn gone through, the greater number of which the children contributed, kind friends of the Bdhool assisting to fill oat the remainder. The andienoe was not quite as numerous as the efforts of tha chtldron deserved, come of their performances being uncommonly good. The following items were most appreciated : — Trial Scsne from the Merchant of Venice, by tbe upper classes, recitations by Jane Jones and Mary Fox, a duet by the sons of the Master, a sextette by children of the (school. Among the contributions by friends of the school, Miss Alice Price's " Remember and forget " bore off the palm ; hot Mr J. Price's violin performft&ce," Bonny HiHa of £c Aland," also elicited muoh applause. After the concert, the room was cleared for danolng, and a llrely ball was kept up till 2 am. to' the melliflaoao strains cf Mr J, Frige's violin. The proceeds of tbe concert amounted fco • little over £2. A p'cnlc for the children of the district has been arranged by the Committee of tbe Mount Homers Band of Hope on December 26;h, Conveyances will be provided to take theoa to the oavei, where a pleasant time of merry-making •waits them. Summer has at last fairly set m. The now almost tropical heat, coming so rapidly after the abundant rains of a fortnight ago, has cansed a surprising growth la fields and gardens.