NEW ZEALAND CLUB LUNCHEON.
;-. ;; :i / ; ; :,/de. /;HAEiiiss/THE' ctest. /../-, -/-- : : i; - ■ Dr., Chas;' Harriss, /who' intends "to,'toiir.- Canada,* Australia,; and New Zealand in lDl'l, at the :head.- ; of/ ther;Shemeld:Choir "of 200/ voices, -lias entertained'at lunch', yesterday'by. tho New, Zealand Club.'.The chair was .occupied■ ■P;-':C;'/Freethi;'-.;:.-.v;; ':;',;'/'■':'.':;-. ■ /"'';-:/ '/:"'/ ■ / .Dr./Harriss'.gave,an- address' l principally:,ori: lines:-.which•■ have /already,.:been indicated in print.'.'The/movement which,he-had embarked on;wds;;he'.'siid.Jtt ;hdbby, : and'■ not' a money-' making'scheme."/ Already,the scheme .had cost him over .£20,000.'/: • He. was ,a kebri: patriot,'. but' •:a:British man first and all tho time,-' although his'27''ye"ars in'.Canada.had'made'him'a/thor-' .o'ugh-goirig.'Briti6li-C'anadian.';,He'/alsb, wished' to.be a/British-New;Zealander;.and a/British; Australian.. /Hd. had-already: spent eight 'years in-his/ musical project,/ having: commenced in' Canada Jn/.'lO.Ol.;, lie ./had been all. round the world with ;it,:-ahd,'hb-had;:to;bo ;cai'eful; ..'He did 'not ; want ;t6-;i'uin,himsolf;exactly, and he did■ not think he would.*. In 1908 he had tried an 'experiment by \ taking the' Sheffield Choir, to Canada for, a, 12-day/; tour. The"-.visitors ' exchanged; ideas with the Canadians; commercial pursuits/.were, discussed, 'and; the artistic/, side of,/life'was not neglected.- .'ln: 1911 ho /would' -bring /the/Sheffield. Choir :out here,..but; this .was only, the, beginning -of /the .work/ When' he 'had .brought a thousand/people .who wanted'to yisit/Neiy.Zcalarid, : ,he might,tako a and go fishing; '.'.New/'Zealand ; was.goingto get: -as;good:an-advertisement..as'it had: over;had,, and'.if the people'; lur-was bringing along.only had;half' as 1 good s a timo.;ns he Was' having, it wis'-not. difficult,, to seo,-. how- /their 1 'story 'would;go.. ,:■;;':;•/";■'/,■ '.y'.'';:':■■;. //; ■.:■•'" :. ■ : '-/>-/
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4
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224NEW ZEALAND CLUB LUNCHEON. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4
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