PROPOSED HOSTEL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3184, 7 September 1917, Page 6

PROPOSED HOSTEL

FOR CRIPPLED SOLDIERS CONCERT AND ART UNION There ffK a }P r S e audience at the Town Hall last owning., wll «» , a '"?" c , ert TuS •riven in-aid v ot tlle iunds ol tlse u ," ™™\ "riDDled .Soldiers' Hostel in A\ TclnSon^to•V&ch the drawing of the prite numben in K"» biff art union look place in the presence ot buWnspcctor l)eiv "and a committee, accommodated on the stage The conow* nr £t P"?' 1 tt,ia entirely enjoyable! The .contributing artists 4m out to make K- an enjm-ablo lwpular concert, and quite succeeded in achieving theh- object, tha»> to the arrangements made by Mr. Ac™" J-'-Wood, who organised the enterU.' ol,l, ! 111 - Mr. Wood himself, in the best uT voice, sang in an appealing mnimcr • jnen •> & Shin That's Bound for Blighty, and as an encore sang "Take a I'nir of Sparkrsnx Eyes" (from "The Gondoliers") with foeJ-, ing Ixirn of intelligeuce. Sli , . irasfi , Thompson is a prime reciter of poems na the Australian, vernacular, if one mignc--60 call the language used by Mr. l>. •■• Dennis in his poems. Mr. Thompson selected that excerpt from Hie soliloquies of "Ginger Mick" when on Gnllipoh wth. the Australian Forces, in which he rails at being transmnted to a rabbit, instead: of being allowed to slash at the enemy in the open. The reciter has the proper Hair for such verses, and made ever? point tell. When encored he was e<2 ua "- v as effective in the comic versss "When; Are You Going Awayf" Mr. Hamilton: Hodges sang "There's a Lot of Sunshine, etc.," once more and when recalled used his tenderer Imlf-vokc most artistically in Somerset's "Song of Sleep." "Coming: Home" was his third contribution. Mr. Rupert Meates, a remarkably good 'basso, sang in admirable style "Where the Great Ships Go By" and "Drinking. Mr. Meates should be in lively demand for more important concert engagementsMr. William Gondie sang. "Friend oE Mine" and "Annie Laurie." There is no finor exponent of the clarinet in JJew. Zealand than Mr. H. Mdschini, and his solos, which included Mendelssohn's "Spring Song," were both delightfully played. Mr. Wood was fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. Harold Godier for the pianoforte. His -solo work was distinctive, and he played each and every accompaniment ,most sympathetically* just giving the artist tho support required. • At tho conclusion of the concert tne> Mayor (Mr. .T. V P. Luke) announced that the intention of the promoters was to establish a hostel in the centres of the city preferably H or crippled soldiers. Inquiries had been mado from ilajor Ccrrigau as to how returned 60ldit're ivere being housed, and ho hbd reports! that tho position was not so satirfnetor/ as it should be, and in some cases the soldiers were living in undesirable quartersThere was a Soldiers' Hostel already at Newtow.it which had done splendid w.uk, and in that connectioa ue eulogised the work of Mrs. Bodin (the hostel secretary). What they wished to do, however, wa3 to acquire a suitablo property in the middle of the city, which would be handy for returned soldiers, and particularly for crippled soldiers, and it was to tlafc purpose that they wished to r.pply the money. The property would cost nbo«t -E15,0C0, and as the result of the effort that had been made they had netted about JC9OOO. Mr. B. Sutherland had issued somo 700,000 tickeis (at eisponce), and of those about 400,000 had been Bold (10 per cent, is allowed for advertising and other expenses). 'lhe Mayor referred to the enthusiasm of Mi. Sutherland; and all who had been connected with the very successful undertaking. One who had helped in nocommon way was Mrs. Kennedy, who had travelled through the country, concerts, house parties, etc., and had succeeded in. selling no fewer than 10,000 < tickets herself. ;. . At tho conclusion of the drawing (which was conduoted by four bank managers, two schoolmasters, a City Council representative, and four littlo girls from the audience, with the assistance of an out-size in ballot boxes), Mr. 1 , . M. AVilford, M.P., spoke-of the excellent and , , enthusiastic work which had been done purely in' the spirit of self-sacrifice for the proposed hostel, and referred especially to the self-denying work which had been done by Mr. Sutherland and his wife, for whom he called" for three cheers, which were most heartily given. Mr. Wilford also thanked every one who had been connected with the campaign, and all who had assisted in the drawing. ■; Among those who worn present were the Governor-General, the Countess of Liverjxiol, and a party from Government House.

The Winning Numbers.

The winning numbers of the first seven, prizes in the art union are as follows:— First (Z.L. motor-car valued i'soo) 398.M5 Second (200 sheep, value .8200) ... 266,173 Third (100 sheep, value JJ100) .... 1)02,519 Fourth (lady's sealskin coat or 60 sheep, value £60) ■ 120,705 Fifth (diamond ring, value -E2O) 342,162 Sixth (tea sheep, value .£10) 165,788 Seventh (ten sheep, value .£10) ... 519,570

Other prize-winning numbers arc:— 551679 293,983, 361,045, 430,149, 170,093, 64 838, 89,265, 342,474 215,542, 577,710. 257:566, 369,934, 479..455, 627,031, 333,300, 253378 300.358, 252,704, 504.705, 6 ,02,, 660819, 266,101, 625,199, 250,28 a, 509,206, 381,032, 306,602, 659.5G0, 650,183, 3b/,«8. 249407 203,761, 190,564, 114£97, 36,2b. 16,300, 279,268, 16,757, 30,30<, . <So.2W, 494,779,' 14,899, 406.250, 407,054, 59,1.<, 554 280 125174, 414,100, 117,737, 319.464, UVm 411147 140,793,-479,605, 151,303, W& »/ 463:474.' 35,714 .655,010 iQi?q W 739 216,076, 215.013, 4.515, n& K , A, wM. ?Wfc 403 400 3,425, 303,789 232,1v0 5.9,101. 570,730, 262,685, 335,171, i<,Wi, ±f'> 367 512 33,043, 233,607, 156,614, . 432,295, m? 73 -490,347, 554,622, 21,375 74,603, STfiVo 448197, 50,618, 74,501, 4<«>»°-> MWB&'wlew! 46,209. 695,799,- i 2,695.