ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 185, 16 April 1915, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TOWN- MALL,^MONDAY. -gpAatang *f Mr Peter Dawson, the "A&eftland Sporting and Dramatic News" tfaya.: "Mr Dawson is in tho P**i«©.B. erf t&e proverbial Spaniard, "who accepts a strong drink. First the »aa te.k«e an encore, then the encore, jafeas tfta Ma*. For every one song Mr DaVßoj* sang, the audience commandeer«d at least Ihree others. This certainty met the case at th e Town BalJ, when Mr Dawson made his first appearaace in Auckland. Popularised the world oyer pei* medium of his gramophone records, it was only to be expected that he would find an exacting audience. Set down for six nurav bers eo unbounded was the applausethat Mr Dawson's songs extended to sixteen the voraciousness of the audience being only equalled by the good nature.of, the vocalist. With a voice of resonant timbre and telling power, a distinctive charm of manner with i&e romantic instinct enabling him to picture all his themes Mr Dawson covered a wide range of sentiment firing hi s hearers with the brilliancy of his dramatic excerpts, inspiring ripples of laughter with his lighter ditties, pulling the heartstrings with pathetic little gems.*