WEST INFANT SCHOOL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 68, 4 April 1901, Page 2

WEST INFANT SCHOOL.

A BUQQE6SKUL ENTIBRTAIHMKNT.

The mead of a shelter shid at the West Infa, it School has bean feH for a long tima and it has lately b?en determined ts supply on« if possible. With a view to raisin" the uecessary funds a concert was decided upon and it waa hoped that sufficient money ha raised, with the usuil subsidy fromtbji Education Bjard 4 to enable a suittble shed ti be bu,il,t. Mrs EWing and her friends I prepared: an excellent programme and | Wis n ; gb.t, Wednesday, thi Hall on the I South read, opposite the school, was] dmsely packed with children and tUair friends, and a very pleasant evening was spant. The cha.ii;. waj takan by Mr W. A. CoJIi", Chairman of the local Sah/io} Qjeamittee and during the ewolcg ha toik occasion to. say thit the action of the Sohool Oommittae and the Eluoatiou Boird in appointing Mrs Djwling had been adversely criticised, it bfing thought by some thit a mile teach«r should hava been appointed. He thought the atfcondancd that evening showed tint tha parautsof the children ware well satisfied, and the manner iu which the childiea had, assisted in entertaining those pve&ent was beyond all praiw, and hl»Q«ei much paiustiking tuition ou the part of the teachrars, wip wer-.\ he considered, entitled to thft best thauks o? everyone pivs ml for 'n,i enjoyable entertainment, providedDurirjg the evening hd oxcellenr, pianoforta silo wvs played by Miss Douglas. Mr. gave a well-render* d ' racira'ioa and Mr. Johnson a bujoGroas reading. Songs were suug, with excellent effect, by Misses. George, 0)llis, Wbnburn, A,mbury, Dpuglas, Drev, Nixon, and Mr Black. The chief feitute of tha programmi was, the action soogi of the children. Taase opnfis'el of •• The Bwppy Children," '-' Harrying a next-," " Exercise,"' " Grumbling Tommy," and '•' J>'na Burlesque Band." , The. song JJxcaroise aad The Burlesque B.an,d wore excellent productions, the i latter especially must hava bean a jjood t< s', to the memory, and waa aim w* faultless. All the items, wore faea: tily applauded, several being encore I, none of which however were responded to. The '' Eveaing Song " and " God Hav.i the King " concluded a very successful j ontertainment