PATRIOTIC CONCERT.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16266, 17 July 1918, Page 9

PATRIOTIC CONCERT.

£170 RAISED AT HALKETT.

At a concert iieid/'in the Halkett ijcuuolroom m aiu Oi tue iNuvy aim jrrjsoueis ot War JJuaus meie was n inige aittuiuaaco, ancl tue toiul proceeus uiuouuuid to £l<o. Air K. ri. nop or, cnaumaii of tne local Bcliooi uoiiuuitxtw, prcsiuod. The eatertainment, proviued Dy members of ine oanterbury oaleaonian society, neaded by tne piesiaeut (Mr C. ihomas;, was tnoiouguly enjoyeU by ttioae piosent, every iiem being warinly appiauued, and encores.jveio the order of evening. Mr AlexanUer lloylo, president or the 2«avy league, delivered an address, dealing with tiie woii of tlio

"men who go down to tho sea in ships," and emphasising the splendid record of tho Navy " since tne out-, break of tho war, ah the magnificent rocords of past centuries having been not only maintained, but in many instances surpassed. Mr H. W. Jennings, of .Messrs Pyne and Co., auctioned a flag, which realised £113, being finally knocked down to Mrs A. E. Langdale-Hunt ? of West Melton, for twenty guineas, who presented it to tho Halkett School. Tickets, produce, etc., brought in £57. The following were the purchasers of the flag-Meredith Witeon, A. E. Lnngdale-Hunt, G. Caldei*, J. Calder, R. Hayes, R,. Handerson, R. S. Roper, F. Turner, J. Bell, F. Sowden, each £5; A. Calder, son., £4; W. Jones, £3; Mrs Yeo, Mrs Lany. Mrs Wilson, Mrs A. Calder, Mrs G. McKay, Mrs John Calder, Mrd W. Oakley, S. Yeo, P. Revell, J. Thompson, W. McKay, J. Duthie, J. D. Henderson, G. Hayes, A. MansoA, C. Page, G. Henderfeon, G. McKay, J. H. Hut ton, James McLennan, W. Harwood, R. J. Watson. H. W. Jennings. John McLennan, W. Hares, J. Diuvan./C. B.; Davis, E. C. Fowler, E ; . T. Conway. A. Thompson, iG. H. Bedford. G. H. Fowler, A. Cooper,'and \V. Oakley, each £1. 901