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Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1919, Page 4

A very bright, little entertainment took plan, in St. Aubyn's Hall on Monday night, when a special effort was made by the West End Habitation of the loimg Helpers' League, in connection with the jubilee year of Dr. Barnardo's Homes.' Tile l'mll was crowded, and the appreciative audience must have been very gratifying to Captain Allen, who was the prime'mover in arranging the concert, and provided the major portion of the programme. His items included Kipling's well-known poem "If," and Bracken's "Not Understood," as well as several humorous items. Others who contributed to the musical programme were the pupils of the West End School, Misses Cannell, Aroha, Okey, J'enwick; Loveridge and {Thompson, and Mr. Holden. During the evening Captain Allen gave a brief resume of the growth and development of the Barnardo Homes, and made a special appeal to the audience for assistance towards raisin" the large sum needed for the upkeep'of the Homes. As a result of the concert, the sum of £l4 3s lid will be forwarded to New Zealand Headquarters in Christchurch, for transmission t,o,England. Mrs Cravrn-Whenler, who will address. meetings in New Plymouth next Sunday, is a very line elocutionist. At a reception given by the Mayoress of Dunedin she delighted the audiencg. by giving a. monologue and a recitation. At three other meetings she,-had crowded