TAUERU.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2633, 27 June 1887, Page 2

TAUERU.

(From.au Occasional Correspondenti) ■ An 'entertainment;, was given oh ■Thursday evening lastbythe Children "of the Taueru sohpol, assisted by their tfdultV : the wool-'" - shed-'beionguig';4p. : ,|iessrs Beetham Bros,;; Mndlj leflt.nfor the occasion; •Th6'obieot.'b|.;tl?e gathering was to iraiaefundsfptaState'.school library, tut owing.. to molement weather,.-. the : attendauoo. was, : limited - more' than fifty, persons availing'' themselves., of the listening to the talent' that hSpjv long been lying dormant aMhe Taneru, Mr..;Eldridgo the locd, schoolmaster deserves great credit for--'the manner in which his little troop went 'through their part of the programme, the singing'being oxcellent, and far above what could be expected from them, The sohoolsong "Goodnight to you all,? wasja real treat,, tho. little ones ranging ftom six to ten years of age taking; their parts with" wonderful accuracy; ■• Several recitations were given by-the children among which might be-specially mentioned, " Tho loss of the Royal George," by master W. O'Connor;" Going for the cows," George Garrett;" flow we thrashed the Dons," Alick Donald; ''Jaith in . God," Harry Eldridge;. and "The Bridge," Rosa Davy. Master Harry Eldridge sang "My Grandfather's Qlopk" in capital, styjo, .earning for hhh|elf the title of '-the Tauera Sims;: Reeves.'' Amongtheladie3a# gentleman. who assisted, the; mpf successful were MissM. Donald, whose rendering of the song ".Bobin AdairV met with'hearfcy applause.-and Mr Dunn's'' vocal effort '"JohnJones" was not to bsjdespieed, the success of which was assured by the. flattering manner it was peived. . A recitation by Miss Jane Ddjiald f'.ModemLogio" went almost to prove that, black was white, and a reading by Mr. Donald "The Miller, and .the Sweep'.' was given in a style that won general approbation. .As this was thefirst of a.series of entertainments :to be given at the Taucru, it is to 'he-hoped that all will try and give. ance they can, as the p.ji[rpose.;is for the good'of the whole names have been giveuih|oiHhe next programme, which is to be | given on or about July 21sb? \ '