SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
lJ?ai y a* rare -^ervals do New'Zealanders have an opportunity of .witinessmg. a world-famed conductor\prt sxdmu ovev a fulL symphony orchestra, isojhat special interest attaches to the concert to be. given in the Town Hall next Tuesday, when Dr. Malcolm Sargent will conduct the Wellington Symphony Orchestra"; in, one of the finest orchestral concerts ever presented in Wellington. To enable as many people as- possible to see this famous-conduct tor^a substantial, section of the Town Hal! has been set aside for one shilling seSts. These are reservable at Begg's where; the.seating plan is now o|ln" fapecial. concessions are available for music teachers, schools,' and colleges.
Engineer-Commander -R. p.. Chapman, who recently completed 'three years in the cruiser Diomede in New Zealand, is,to join the Admiralty today for .duty in: the department .of the Engineer-m-Chief. Commander Chapman went to sea from Dartmouth in August, 1914, as midshipman of H.M.S. Hannibal/and subsequently served in the Benbow.: 'In October,: 1916, he joined the sloop.; Mignonette as sublieutenant, and ■in .May;-1917, the destroyer Christopher ■■ as ' lieutenant. Early, in 1920 he went to the R.N; College, . Greenwich, to specialise in engineering, passing on to Keyham in May, 1920. ■;• He- was promoted to commander in December. 1929, and", .was afterwards in charge of gun mountings and sighting gear at Chatham Dock-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 4
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217SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 4
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