BENEFIT CONCERT AT CARTERTON

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10627, 4 May 1912, Page 6

BENEFIT CONCERT AT CARTERTON

I A. most Cvi.oncsffoi] Benefit'' Concert-. ■was hold in .1ji:o \':cit<r;ria Hall, Ca'ritcrit'on, on Tl\i:ir r day i veiling, In aid 'of 7). A. F.uihcr, who has been >an. invalid Tor the oast three years. The ctom.ort was held immlc r the a-u.s-pieo? of the LVrjid-s' Lodge, of which iM/r Fisher :\y ;i member, and it is pleasing to report that- til? concert was an unqualified fiiiC'ccss.. and resulted in a sobstantVil sumbolng raised ihr the -fii'va-Vi:! brother. The hall was envded to tlie doors by an en~ 'tlhu.iiias.tic audiXMiee, uhiieh, judging by 'thei repeated eiK-'ores', highly apprce-iat-<cd the viairioiu?) litems on the protgrcur.ime. The leahce of i:hc cc;nc?rt (was tho:daiYi;:ig ,cf til:.:. Pa-uling childiron,, 'wlj,r.:&? cfbrts .fin. Scotch Reels, Sword Ifc:;co, and Hicjbhmd Fling iwere certainly worth -going a distance to wiftuHtr-s. 'J hu Mayterton. Caledonian. Society's Vipc Vi&vA was also in •attendance, and the selections- ccntriibnted by them, were re-warded by well 'merited applause, live Band is un- , d'oubto.dly .ecu'.'mi nto become, a feature 'in [the Wafiv.rapa, and already its tcrI'viors iare .nxiclh -in rcqucnt. The foltlowiirg is the prog.raujrrj?, every item of which reflected the greatest credit on. tdi arrnngemeiilb committee: Scotch fßieel, fouir Pauling children ; song, "J.t'-s Just Like being at Hamo," Mr W. -Oaten; gong, '"Soa Gipsy," Miss Vera Edwards; nccitation, "The Socsfcil Scale." Mi- E. R. Wilson; song, '"Ship Ahoy," Mips- M.' HupjhaiK Scotch dance; by Mtr W. Sutherland'.?, 'pupils; 6.oiw, "Th'e Yotoraa," Mr •\V. Tg-ga-'ckni; vmreical monologue, •"Our Kiddy," Mir Harry Hall; song', "Barney iD'Hea," Mr?. Edwards ; song, "Why don'it they iplay iwlbh me," Mas'ter Steve Bishop; Sword da-nee, little (Eissio and ribald .S.i:<fber!niid; -song, "Tbo Sfiatue in Ti"afa',tea-r Squ«wo," Mir ,Oatou; sc\vg, "lObcd-ibye," Miss "Vera Edw«rd.s; tong, "The Deathless Army," aMr<)p«ie; Song, "Lech Lomiond," Miffi-.te'i' Hfeci'cr E&iliop; song. "Willat. shall J. 'buy for my dearie?" Mi- Ifori-y Hall; Scot-dh dance by iMr W-. iS,ut:hctrland's pupils; son.g "My lAiT.ii Folk," Mirs Ed \\viKh ; recita-tx)!), ",Dev!l May Car?," Mr E. R. Wil■son. .