WOODVILLE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3059, 16 April 1881, Page 3

WOODVILLE.

(FHOM OTJB OWN CORRESPONDENT.; April 14, 1881. Isupposeyou will wonder why you have not had not had a line from me for such a long time. Well, the fact is there has been really no news worth sending you ; we have undergone a most awful spell of quietude, and not till Wednesday evening was the spell broken by anything to shake our spirits up. Our respected Church of England minister has been for some time endeavoring to raise funds wherewith to purchase a harmonium for use in the Sunday services, and a few pounds were got together by proceeds of lecture, collections, &c, but a little more was wanted, so a concert was the means struck upon to raise tbe needful, and a fall house was got together on Wednesday. The entertainment was divided y into two parts ; the first commenced by an overture on the harmonium. Miss Cross sang " Far Away" in a beautifully clear voice, and also " The Blue Alsatian Mountains " as a substitute for an absent lady. Songs were also given Mes9r,i " Scott, McElwain, Robertßhaw, and Huntley, and a reading by Mr Moore. In the second part Mr M'Elwain sang "The Tar's Farewell," which was loudly applauded. Another song- by Miss Cross, " Mother, bear me to the window," like the others sung by her, drew forth a well-merited encore. Mr Scott's song with chorus, " Jack's Yarn," was very good. A farce from Pickwick and a "nigger" performance, being something new, highly amused the audience. The meeting throughout was very interesting, and were it not for a few boys (P) some of them with hair on their faces, wbo indulged m kicking up a row, whistling, and hammering the floor with a stick, a very enjoyable entertainment would have passed. The collection—l '-have not heard the exact amount, but Predict at least a 'fiver" as the result, 'his, with the amount in hand, will purchase a very fair instrument. The Rev. Mr Robertsbaw has certainly been untiring in his zeal in this, and I wish him luccess. The " National Anthem," all ■tanding, brought the meeting to a close. I forgot to mention that Mr Carver ably presided at the harmonium during the - evening.