LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 20 November 1924, Page 13

LYTTELTON NEWS.

| Eainfall. Tho rainfall for 24 houra ending noon yesterday waa .455 in. The total for year to date ia 18.54 inches, compared with 13.12 inches for tho corresponding nericd of ;1923. Quail Island. J On Monday evening a party of instru- ' mentalisto under Mrs Gentille, of Chrutehurch. visited Quail Island and entertained the patients with a delightful concert. Items were also contributed by several of tho patients. Later in the evening at the request of tho patients Mr B. Demicholli led' a. spirited community sins. Cabaret Revue. Tho wintry weather conditions last night did B©t prevent tho Oddfellows 1 Hall being welt filled, when the Lei Cabaret Revue was given in aid of the funds of tho liyttelton Rowing Club. The revuo is a Bpa-rkling little entertainment produced by Mrs Yero Livingstone and a band of willing helpors. Tho "story" of tho revue seems to be written around the Chinese cabaret of a realistic looking Celestial, Hi Lei. Into the cabaret stray a party of tourists, and it i 3 in providing entertainment for the visitors that the different turns ore staged. The scenery and lighting effects are, of course, Oriental. Tho costuming ia very pretty, although it might be hard to explain how maidens in Maori dreas might bo found so far afield as in a. Chinese cabaret. However, everything went with » ewing; tbere was good einri&g, ctevor dancing and bright dialoguo, while the work of the orchestra, under Mrs Yele Livingstone, added very materially to the success of the production. Tie performance will be repeated, to-night.

School Jubilee. A general meeting of tho LytteUon District High School Jubilee Committee was held last evening in itho schoolroom, Mr «. T. Poster presiding. The chairman stated he was pleased to see B» many present in "new of the of the weather. . , Mr W. T. Lester then gave an historical outline of the school. On the motion of Mr W. Carson, Seconded by Mr J. W. A. Walker, it wae decided that a combined service should ho held on Sunday, January 25th, in tho school playground. It was further decided that tho celebrations shou'd be continued on February 4th, at the school, by a reunion of old scholars, followed by a. banquet in the evening. A suggestion was msdo that tho echoo) children might bo sent to the pictures during the afternoon celebrations, if arrangements could b« made to have a suitable progriwame presented. Mr Carson was instructed rto make tho necessary enquiries. The col-rtbratioas -w<hiM be continued on February sth by a picnic at the Riccarton Racecourse, where a similar pienje was held fifty years ago to celebrate the opening.