SAVAGES AT CHRISTCHURCH.
J/y (Uy dptreeDondint.) ;; '■{■ ■?;; y L /■ - : Chrlstohurch, September s;:' > > ; : : Christchurch.was.invaded by a horde of Savage's ; oil v Saturday,:. between 25 .and : 30, raembers of the .Wellington Savage Club b.av;ing arrived, to • pay; a fraternal \ visit to the ■ lpcal-hapii. "On Saturday',afternoon the visitors divided themselves into tyro parties, and as guests of the Jocal club were either taken*, round,the district in: motor-cars, or'to the • representative football : match, where they saw ; '!Wellipgtpn;. romp home ~to "victory. The. local 'press had been making much.of the fact that ; Catiterbuxy .had beaten, on its own grpunfl,-for':twelve;; years., 'Wellington madq. ;the'play;througb.out,.;'the forwards hungered for the, ball: like a pack .of Starving wolves, and by..-their ceaseless activity, the result of; .perfect ■; smothered - Canterbury?s speedy-.backs in great.style.. ;.', . ■. ". .''.: In .the .evening the' Savages ..were enter-,. : tairied;at-a;bariguet given in the. United Ser- . ■vice .Hc;tel', : 'Chief -Savage. Alpers. presiding. •ITie Evening's entertainment supplied by-the 'Visitors .was' ,the ; : best the. Christohurch. Club h'ad'.ever. enjoyed..:: Chief/ Savage ;' Alpers stated his belief, no programmeTiad 'ever;been'.submitted;;by'any : Savage Club in 'New..; Zealand' to equal .it'.' Chief among'the Tnprrjr ,wits ' was Mr. _ Roland Robertson,: a' , 'vbcal/coniiquo: possessing a perfect , soprano, and teor ;vbico'arid 'immitablp comedy. .His performance, was 'positively electrical. . ■ . :..-Savage Reuben .Watts sketched ;cleverly, and Savage Brown made pictures in smoko. Savages :M. Marks,and. A. .W. Newton told ;.Gop. : 'Tobgood recited; and songs i were ■contributed by .Messrs."''A. ; Mee," *Fk- G. •■ ; Couper,: H., JPlimmer, 1 ; Blanford,':' J. ; . Ilykes/.andiJ.-P...Carr, .many ..of whom were supported,by'.some fine chorus singing.-- The jparty'.will return..-.by, to-mbrrow'j,steamer. ,'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 8
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246SAVAGES AT CHRISTCHURCH. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 8
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