Whareama Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3225, 8 June 1889, Page 2

Whareama Road Board.

An ordinary meeting of the Board was held on Friday, Present; Messrs H, Elder, J, Morrison, E. R. Meredith, B. Merudith, G, Moore and H. Toogood. The Returning Officer said he had had seen an opinion on the protest entered by Mr R, R, Meredith, and that he was satisfied that there was not a properly constituted meeting last time when Mr H. Elder was appointed Chairman, and the first duty of the Board was to elect a Chairman.

Mr R. Meredith proposed and Mr Toogood seconded, that Mr E, Meredith be Chairman for the ensuing twelve months, whioh was declared carried by the Returning Officer, and also by the Chairman for the previous year, Mr E, Meredith, , The minutes of the last, meeting were read, and-after being amended Were confirmed.

Inward and outward correspondence was read.

Mr G. Moore r moved and Mr J. Morrison seconded, that notice be given that it isthe Board's intention to strike a rate of 5-Btbiof a penny in theii, at next meeting, Carried,'

It was resolved that Mr Moore be authorised to expend the sum of £5 in clearing out water tables and on repairing a bridge, &c, upon the road near Eparahna, Aocountß amounting to LB9 8s were passed for payment. The next meeting of the Board was appointed to be held on Friday, 6th July, This concluded the business,

Concert at Carterton., The concert at Carterton last night undar the auspices' of St, Mark's Cliuroh, was rather poorly attended, but an enjoyable programme was successfully gone through, The lecturo in the Wesleyan Church by'tho EevV Mr Ward no doubt affected th 1 ) attendance somewhat, both gatherings having.by mishap been arranged for the same night, The following were the items of the concert: -Piano and Violin •• Isis Waltz," Mrs Seed and Mr Lundqvist; Song "The-Village Blacksmith;" Mr Black; song " My Dream," Mrs Counell; piano solo " Die Hochelandrien,",Mr A, Bunny; song "The Powder Monkey," Mr Flux; song " Jack and Gill," Miss 0. Buckeridge; reading " The Courtship of Larry, O'Dee,"'(encored), Mr Oonnell; sOng " The Newfoundland" (encored),"; Mr Cuffy'song.!'The Message," Mrs Middleton; piano duet" Dance Neopolitiane,"' Miss and Mr A. Bunny; song " The Awful Jjittjo Scrub." (encoredliMrGraoei; sqng; if Whenthe'-Tide Mjss, ; English -lira,!', lire Proctor, Potts;' and Levick; song Young Marie," I^^^^^H

sold, ; (encored)' ; ;Sir;;Conjiell'i .'fyng.' •'True:'till Mr ; S^' Blabk.: -/'- ;..—'.; ;:'s.V^:.<;^;

> Several:of the smgerrappeareJ-fctSi beistifferini? more: orUess from .the w? prevailing 'Vcold"; but' their; Vooali-^^ 1 efforts were very;/creditable,;ani^;■;<;•;' where re-demands were'..'hot ';< exao»(t; i,"-. the audieuoe expressed; '■' it s :; satisfacv^:^:^: 1 tidn by vigorous applause.. Mr wellj whose contributions are alwaysy<;;C; acceptable in a Carterton concert : room,' gave a;harmonic solo\aud .-.. oleverly elioited considerable y tune [■' ■ v and expression, from that. ratlier des-' ; ; ; pisedmouth :*; Swee't Home/' witli : ;variatioh?^':Mrs ;'; Middleton, wh^ang,'' ; TheiMesr •;..;: sage" ini inahner,i is v ; : comparatively ;new ).to ;; i; musicaloiroles;.f She rendered-the.> ballad very nicely, and possessing she does; a light;butsweeUy \ :; voice,; with ■ fluent, expressipn, : 'is;;a;'; j' .;■;; : decided acquisition}to;;those.; who''/- - entertain their less .talented ■';;; oV such: the present/ ■•.",; ;j Mrs Frank Seed' played the accbm-"> paninients with taste and ability, and ■".:. the piano part was efiectively:Wended>;; ' : o£ -without being too prominent, a result ■:. ~J:% whichvocalists.are not always able'' ■ <;'■ to depend upon with the sometimes '■) : \ indifferent instriinientalisation, -x: : ,

:, /Lecture at : The, Wesleyan Ohurcli at 'Carterton '. '/; • was quite filled 'by the .audience'■;.: which assembled last (Friday) night : ,' • to hear the Eev Mr Ward's loctufe -; •; on the Taranaki.War,there being ,v about two hundred persons present. \':V : : Mr T. A, Weston oooupied the chair.. ■,■';,. The.leotiirer, whose style is vigorous, ;/ at times earnest; and always pleasant' >'; and entertaining, gave an interesting" ■ acd hero and there exceedingly' humorous sketch of the cause, pro-•' gress, and effect ~of the series, engagements between-:the and Maoris, known as war." Mr Ward usesscantnotes, if r indeed any, aud if hardly what might -' be termed'eloquent, is-'at-all; times. ;.', fluent arid ready of speech, and his ./ descriptions are vivid and clear. The : audience" throughout were deeply vinterested in the- tragic, reoitation of'-, the reverend gentleman's. historic tale, were affected by .his sometime •■:'• pathetic 'anecdotal,;reference's, and were frequently intensely amused by . ■ the natural humor introduced where, .. the subjeot and its incidents "w : mitted. Mr Ward wifely intersperses': • his leoture with congregational.musio.'.. • ; Itlgives him a rest and makes'an '■-.-; appropriate break- in the; evening's enjoyment.

Hugo's Buffalo Mrnßtreis- •

• It will bo seotr by an announcement in our amusement columns that this popular and clever company open their season at Mastevtor. on Wednesday next. -The New Zealand Times, speaking, of them says:—The Buffalo llinstrels have every* reason to feel satisfied, with the. manner in which their performances are boing patronised by .the public of 'Wellington, Night after night the'Theaftr Bnyal is crowded; and the season bi * fair to prove one of the most successful the company has had in any of the colonics. The ninth' entertainment was given list evening, and was largely attended. All the seating accommodation was; occupied befpja eight o'olock, and hundreds of raw were obliged to stand in the passages. An entirely new programme was presented. In sproo respects it k better thau last week's bill of fare, several of the Vsone;B' being more " catch" than those previously given. ■The first portion of the performance consisted of a l ' drawing-room entertainment whiolnvas very successful. Miss Priscilla Verne contributed a local song, entitled " Just Like You," which met with an entbusinsMo reception. Miss Connie Dovoreux, who possesses a fine Boprano voice;, gave a. pretty ballad," Meet me at Twilight," which was much appreciated. "Come;, buy my flowers," by Miss Tessio Cleveland, was also nicely sung, MrDick Skeats gave "The Old Home" very charmingly, and received an encore. A song .by Mr Charles Hugo, "Who's going to wear thorn," was very funny,'and in.doterenoo to the wish of the. audience he was obliged to repeat it, Mr Will Hnqo was also successful with a comio Mr entitled "O'Grady the Tailor," Alter the interval, the; Australian Tom Thumb (W. A. Robinson) p?rfAed' some clever feats on theism wire. Amongst other things ha carried a child backward and forward with the greatest ease. Miss Verno followed with two piquant songs. "The Same Good' Fellows," and "That's How He Carries On," which were well worth listening to. Miss Oakes and and Mr Dovoro extracted musio out of several articles in domestic use, and fairly astonished tho audiouce. A feature of the entertainment, was a dramatio scone Miss Verne, "O'er the Bridge,", portraying the different conditions of -life on London Bridge. The scenery was by-Mr Neville Thorton, and the lime-light effects by Mr A. Aabton. Several other sketches were given by various members of tho company, .The entertainment is one which we can recommend to those who wish to enjoy an ovening'a amusement,