SMOKE CONCERT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 9, 6 October 1919, Page 6

SMOKE CONCERT

The annual 6moke concert of the shipping companies, which, like the annual ■'• football 'match, was allowed to lapse dnr- .-- ing the war period, was revived on Sat- . urday night at Dustin's cafe, Cuba Street. Mr. C. M..Turrell (local man. .: nger of M New Zealand Shipping-Com. : pany) presided, and there were some hundred and ■ fifty present, including .. Captains J. E. Dawson, A. V. Hale : Monro, Charles M'Arthur, G. T, Hull, ' E.; S.-Walton, E. B. Atwood, J?. A. Macindoe, J. W. Burgess, W. Whiteford, Hall, Messrs G. Allport, J". G. Harkness,' ' £; Mfers. H. E. H. Aplin, C. Harbottle, I;. W. (Mender, A. G. Scott, A. Bayfield, :..W. Fraser, E. L. Chatwia, A. J; A'uchev, > J. Manson, B, Keesing, N. Barnes, L. : Gilbert, N. 3. Anderson, M. 0. Stewart }■ and A. H. Kitching. Apologies for nb* , eence were received from the Hon. W. H. Hemes, Captains J. B. Rainey P A : Peterson, S. G. Stringer, Messrs. G B] j Bullock, W. A. Kennedy. J. B, Hooper, ;•• W. De Grouchy, James Fiudlay, H. L. '■ Nathan, J. Noale, AV. Pryor, H E I Nicholls, A. P. Roborts, W. Wallis,' E. R. Brabazon and G., i Craig. Tho following toasts were lion'i.oured: "The King" (proposed by tho ..chairman), "The Navy"' (proposed by Mr ', G. Allport, responded to by Captain i Monro), The Mercantile Marine" (pro- ; posed by Mr. J. G. Harkness, responded to by . Captain. P. A. Macindoe), "The i Shipping Companies" (proposed by I'ap-. tain J. E. Dawson, responded to by tho < chairman and Captain G. T. Hull), "The ; .Teams" (proposed by Mr. Harry Pa ton, ; responded to by the respective captains), '. "The Fallen Heroes" (proposed by tho : chairman, and honoured in silence), "Tho Chairman" (proposed by Mr. A. Bayfeild, i responded to by Mr. C. M. Turrell). and I VTno Press" (proposed by Captain M'Ar- ;. thur). The toast speeches were brief, ;' but were most enthusiastically Tecoived. ■ A thoroughly enjoyable programroo ot mnaical and other items was contributed i by the following: Mr. W. Qoudlo, Mr. Herbert Wood. Mr. It. H. Veates, Mr. i X>. V. MTCenzw. Mr Fred Twiss, Mr. ; A'lf. Spencer, Mr. Joe Zachariah. The pianoforte accompaniments wwe played |by Mr. C. Kemp. The evening was brought to a close at 10.90 o'clock with i the singing of "Auld Lang Syne/' ' The statute .<jf Miss Edith Cavell, to I he erected in St. Martin's Place, opposite I tlio Portrait Gallery, will .'.not be the first work of art of its kind : to occupy tho same site. On July 18,1902, . tho Duke of Cambridge unveiled a ■ statue of Genoral Gordon seated on a ,-carael's back, whicili was set up tem- ', porarily on the island in St. Martin's i Place previous to being shipyd to Khnrj toum. and it now stands on the spot i where the general was murdered. 3?nis !■ statue-of Gordon, 'by Onslow Ford; is a ! Teplica of tho original at Chatham, and I ,was subscribed for by tho readers of I the "Morning Post," who were thanked ! by Lord Kitchener at tho unveiling cere- ' mony for carrying out an idea which he : himself had started.