EIGHTH KORERO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1939, Page 7

EIGHTH KORERO

MASTERTON SAVAGE CLUB. AN ENJOYABLE EVENING. Following the installation of the Chief of the evening, Savage J. Connell, at the fortnightly /X korero of the x. • Masterton Savage Club on Saturday night, a pro- Dk I gramme of excel- / /J lent entertainment was presented to a I MASTERTON | good attendance of members. The programme opened with two selections by the Club's orchestra, under the musical director, Mr C. W. Kerry, followed by the Glee Club with two numbers. An interesting lecturette by Paleface S. Ihaka on Maori string games with demonstrations was thoroughly appreciated. Savages Kerry and Wilson next gave a pianoforte duet, and they were applauded for an encore. Paleface Les Wales sang two songs, and the Dramatic Club staged a sketch, “Colleagues.” The players were Savages Cottle, Kennedy and Russell. Savage Kent Johnston was next on the programme, with Rudyard Kipling’s! poem, “The Palace,” and gave an amusing recitation as an encore.

Deputy Chief Vin Wilton introduced the visitors, and the adjournment was then taken. In the Buttery Hatch, Savage W. G. Perry proposed the toast of the visitors, and this was replied to by Orphan Shepherd, of the Hastings Orphans Club. The second half of the programme opened with two excellent items by the orchestra. The Dramatic Club provided the next with a sketch, “The Inventor’s Dream,” dealing with modern transport and of the future in the air. i Savages Kent Johnston, Flemming and Coleman were the players. The pro- [ gramme concluded with two well-j known songs by Paleface Les Wales.! who was in excellent voice. After thei members singing the Closing Odo and' the National Anthem, the evening was! brought to a close.