British Music Society

Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 112, 5 September 1942, Page 3

British Music Society

FEILDING BRANCH. On Tuesday evening last the Feilding Branch of the British Music Society held Its monthly gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs H. C. Morgan of South Street. The floral decorations had been artistically arranged and tho presence of large log fires added warmth and colour to the scene. Mrs Dowrick assisted as hostess and at the conclusion of a very enjoyable programme a buffet supper was served. A competition was arranged by Miss Whitehead which created intense interest. The following members contributed items:—Quartette: Miss Whitehead, Miss Jean Hastie, Melville Moorman and Clive Dowrick; violin solo, “Thais” (Mosauet) and “Rondo” (Kreisler) by Mrs A. B. Farmer; vocal, “One Fine Day” and “Lullaby” by Miss Pauline Hastie; vocal, “Pale Moon” and “Snowflakes ’ by Miss A. Raynor; piano, “Funeral March” (Chopin) and "Elide” (Liszt) by Miss Matheson; vocal, “1 Will Not Grieve” (Schuman) and “How Sleeps the Crimson Petal” (Quiller) by Mrs Dixon; piano, “Creole Dance” and “Minuet of Porcelain Dolls” by Miss Whitehead; vocal, “The First Spring Day" and “Summer Begins” by Miss F. Gray; piano, Ist movement Sonata (Schubert) and Prelude (Handel) by Mrs A. Taylor; trio, “Adagio” Beethoven) and “Illynoki'’ by Mrs Gordon Elliott and Mr and Mrs Farmer. The accompanist was Mrs Morgan. Food rationing in Canada is the subject of many announcements by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Canadian newspapers. The sugar ration is half a pound per person per week. In the case of tea and coffee householders are warned that they must not buy more than two weeks’ supply in any one week nor are further purchases of these items permitted when the householder has two weeks’ supply on hand at the reduced ration. Normal consumption of tea is to be reduced to half and the consumption of coffee is required to be reduced at least a fourth. For jam making householders are permitted to obtain threequarters of a pound of sugar for every pound of fruit made into jam.