ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3029, 16 March 1917, Page 3

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

townPaA nn n^ th / h ° 6POrtS at towii .Tart on Saturday, a national tyvln em ms competition will be & This is open to children attending the nri mary Catholic schools.' Mr. Frank J Oakes condncte of St. Gemrd% will act as judge. Prizes will also bo airarded to the best squad of children in the procession. Lieut. T. J. Davis has consented to act as judge. The tu"-of-war promises to cieate much interest Ihe spectacular display of some 300 boys should also prove a good item. The dancing and other athletic events should provido a good afternoon's enjoyment. It is reported that there is a keen demand for tickets for the Irish national concert, and although the box plan was only opened on Wednesday at the Bristol, good booting is renorted A feature of the concert will bo"the "trio item, which will be sung by Misses Teresa M'Enroe, and Agnes and Rose Sogricf, and the duet by Misses Teresa M'Enroe and Agnes Segrief. These, with the items of the Auckland baritone Mr. Fred G. Bourke, and the Dunedin operatic contralto Mrs. R. Amers Power, and of other leading local performers should be well worth listening to. Mr. F. G. Bourke and Mrs. R. Amers Power arrived in town yesterday moraine.