BENEFIT CONCERT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 183, 24 July 1908, Page 3

BENEFIT CONCERT.

The lionofit concert promoted l,y (,'„. r ;;, l ; l "? kl ;; ««mi i« »i«i „y t ii, »»'<l/«i- -Vlr T. ItolH-rls, of Slr.il for.l ( l,tUL,Tl, < ,UroKovalla s t ( .vc, l '•«■ IlKTtMvas a hu-KC attendance, am ''» olltel'tMimil" prcn-nuuiHo ~,..„ ...i. ';;;'""!; I -" 11 ii -» »■«„ wcU ,;ad^li ; nil encores wore treip.cntly demanded /I |ii oj.r!.mim ; opened with a .selection Hiorah/Miythe hand. Mr. W. K. M .>.MWeat received an encore for a M" 0-payed violin solo. Miss Fenton !>■".!; A\ hen u„. n ( ,, rt is y „ i)j(Ht e ectivel.v and responded with "X,,. , , ',!„ *,' ''fr 'il"" 1 "' 1 ' bnin K artirticjiliv '™ ,WI, ''• ve.ulitiou of •v, " ! l '' WJth violitl ol'lignto liv Mr- 11. Salt, was -ond, as also was his encore nninhcr. The fancy A .ss he.- was an excellent item, a mal henig demanded. Air. Farmer is ul n 1, s coimc Hems. The. selections

.IK- u Intcley Orchestra, -Bohemian of In!" 1 *"" ?? gs '," s,mwi ' <l "vital-e of .1 lot of careful rehenraing, and met wit i appreciation. Mr. If. Uorosford made a hit ivitli Lis eomie item and wis ■ promptly recalled. "Happy Days- wis nicely „ s by .Miss Mabel Clarke, and the audience msisted on a second minilie. Ihe eoniet solo, "Mia," played l,y M. II bivn was „,„, of the best items submitted, excellent tonvuein- Winsliown. The recitation and tableau "The Kivouae Kii-t-*" by Air. V. O'Connor. , v i,„ eame f,„ m Hawera to i->ntriltutf> the | item, was oiven in a very slcrly manner. II was rather ,„„-.irl mule that J l "' "'lore.! I limits could not be us.,l for the tableau s( ,,, ni |„ lt wi(|l |]|( , amount of iiillainmable material in )]„. scenery, etc., it was not considered safe I to utilise the naked lights. The dramatic sketch -A Pair of Lunatics" went, oil' most wcccssfullv. The perl'ormcvs showed exceptional talent in their respective parts. Th,> v \ eee j s fu! | I>r

ludicrous situations. It would bo well if the lives of I he inmates of I he average asylum were half as fuuuv as porlraved in this iiiirtlifnl sketch. Mrs. C. 11 Weston nlavod Ihe unit of dam Manners I t. (he letter, Mr. Kasllicr l.pin-r rijrht al homo in the role „f C':ip(=iiii WiMiiitf. AHoe;etlier Hie eoiieert w«s most suecessfnl in every way, and as Hie funds will benelil |o the cxlont of from £■>() to €25. (he performers nnd the pr.-i----nioiers have every reason to feel gratified.