COMPETITIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 7

COMPETITIONS.

5 • consider.theproposaVof inaugurating ■■ '■■ 1? ;:Welhiigtpn. ■. miisionl ■ and ■dramatics corapotf- - SOI :-,tp ;those;: ; held Cat v Bal.latat .Tancl- ;^^ l n«-Tte>meetinB i :*n3 i .held.in;the Office •: V#sf!™ ; referred, .to. ,tbe. coriipotitions ■ that ■. ...nad.beon holdiinrothercentres'in'New:Zealand. ■■:■;. and.the : : success:Mrhich-thWlhave v met: ; with. .■•; Letters;-were ireaU.: from mf. : Gladstone ; > : Hill, of ■.theMyrid/llaleiCHdir;': .Wellington,'l ':■. ■P , is!'Mr.;rJ,:;Yigor >Brwn,; ioi ,'■:■ Napier;;/- ;Tho ■-■■ e^« e ]Ff.B^?!n»n-.Btated.i''ftat.:'the>comp9titions ,l ..;..W«Jteen r quite,;successful, vaiid :; ,had-ion: said 'there ■ •v™ i unaiiestwn^blyjanyva'mouiit'.of; , talent in : :v^ellington,: aridshe;taougllt?that snch : competi,!w;fn<:pu.l;Pße and ■develop:, that talent;. : ;;lo ; ,put ; matters; ()iv, ; a ;propepXbaßis, :■ he'. would: : , i? P H^;i,i^M :: %^ e^l, !^ il :6i '■■ this feting; :': l V|\#saj> inuaical.:;competition. t: ; 6^^,to Cora- , '/petitidn.f Society,: be. formedi';-on" lines ■'similar- "•: * J ."P^iSpcieties:already texisting. - ;in'"-other- • ■' tentresivfor.-.whicli.ipurpose :a. ? provisional cbin- ■: ;mitteo.:,be s set :j up,Vpbnsistinß-;of^M«S3rs; ; /W.-, vi^aser;^ H.jkollis, H.VN;: : ; i '^m iWf^-^t;?aiul:W;:B.Slatts, with add 1 , to draw up rules ' ■'■• -!*-^■f, all « ( i I ;a«er-;theiChristmaa holidays.", ■ m-. :f first ■ .-Dunedin ;,:n»us!d,-3ocal jinpsic; jolocutipnf essays,' Scripture. , v:v,s s W'? r , l ? mal .a»ry.b'Tiginai,poems;impromptii •■ >»?P»e?» lAFepftred::S-speechee;;-.-'JBto)w->;vrithou-t- ---:::; words, ■$* and^KiUustrated':.-'; eohgs, :: r!HejiV-gaye^Tdnpngj^Vfa'ote:,i- = :and v "figures ,; yh?ch •9howed.;that;.m , :eyery ;,caso:\the-co'mpeti-' ■■■::V;«9R*;'-.;- m.'A. 6eoK»very:S:puccessfMl; r notably': ; V'S^WdmrfAvhere-:thfl ;receip&. amouiited :to''. i £ WOP. i and: the:;eipend(ture : 'The 'first ■ vMinpptitions^^pro'rather but : ; wheii r-vthe^orqwd^went^to'^th^^sMbna^competitibris .:- prisedj^ln; r .the ; case-, of .iDniiedin;•'■ :the'-,;City-;"-;r;-'ti?"^1 n ?- 'P?^'- snhsidyv rif vjJSO.v '■. He hobed ... tn«.Wellington:City:v:Gpuncil'.wbQW:do ; -like-' ;;- : :-.Wi8e,-;v- v '.-V'-: ~".:<;v;,;;.: '-;■■. :<■' ;- ; : -rcsdlutidn.-;?'.■; ' speaking";generally---'ih" favour ■;r':JJ l^.feßwn<Jf i rd';p{:effici«noy.:.all't6uii(i/In- .-•;.: the ■ In-'-a :. '■ !? a "-,< l 'V 1 v W-'-sMhCwdavtheir popularity: ; that . ■;;they.,had;:had;.tQ: : bu!ld'a-large hall;: and had. j;6inCfl; turned .pcopteVaway i -iroin:that^:hall; ; ,- ¥ Mγ.rEp!i3:;iLpught;stliat: ; the'proposed 'name: •:.ef, n th«-sopiety' l -was , ;ratli«ri:vague. .-^i-V ; '; ;; ...;: . The ■•ctjairmaiivthongUtv tholt. the namo 'might ■■■■ lemam^in ■.•abeyißre-'-for/.tHe.: present/:•■•■. - -■-.•'- - : i^ ? Ki s ss.,prppi ? se(l;thiit-:ithe ,>.of.the ladies-might ; !beradded to tU commit:' ;.-;■'-tea.'-"-; , •.'•■••■■■■:?.i:?>W t"'/^-^/-^!^:. i, : : ,■■•.-;:•■-.-.--.' ■;•-: :'':;:• ■ iMrs/Monta^ei.'di^bt'-'think' 'so.':-Tbey would ■:,.;- not^dream-of,havinß;ledies -oh- the' committco ..A; :-.;'>ri ;; ; \v.-:, .;■.•.,.-..' '■/ tyQg? wlis-adooWd V. without ■ , .•■-■•.;.'■ ■ .?■ -■■■■ .. ;V ; -Hr^Platts;.r«f«rred ; jtb;;the:,finan6iaiArrange-- : ; mon,te.^:H4swotiJ.4v;6U(tgest::that. ; they, should ■•: : ''£ e^;\np^o : rtry/ihemb(BwUK'3as'-Hhe'- : oftee:--'}h ■■-; punedini : ;wh«ra:faph:l honorary rihomber'at'il ■,ls.-,vra^«ntltledHtiHliteeVti6feet S :v. He:hoped V>}Wi ; 'a) w on d : ; w6rk-hard. ; to".-obtain subscrip■^l^t^as'mehtidnedttha'tlth'oughyhis'Worship «.toe,Maypriwas.f , not«;pVfsont'he ; had: : intimat«d :. ;-Shat : he Avoiild.be , ;6nlv too 'Rlad to nllow, him-V-|3 f : - : tp 'tie nonresident; %- :.- :''■■ -.-,:':-' .':Mf.- HattjV;:nienaoned ; :tliat -Mrs':■ Mrntaeuo, ■' :S, •■ 3 '■■■'. nc< *™!>anise ■ :'■: to ; th« Duiiedin, ;, : Clinstohnroh.-.sfaml; papier competitions.; had :V.ett«rfl(i .her::SerYJoo'3;fr>He':'thbught'they: ivero .:..- very,;.fortunateviin,iobtaining 'an offer of her :' ; >Talnablo as^«ance.i:;;;-; ; v;,,.";:;: k-/, } .■■,.-,'].., r^,