TENUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3628, 2 October 1890, Page 2

TENUI.

(From Oar Own Correspondent.) The termination of the first, season . of the Whftrearaa Football was fittingly celebrated by a Plain anl Fancy-dress Ball. Some thirty couples assembled in the Town Hall and many exceedingly graceful and pretty costumes were noticeablo, particularly Night, a Flower Girl, and of Hearts; whilst among the gentlemen/, 'a ; representative of a Footballer -■ carried- - first honours. Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the evening; :Thd arrangements were admirably carried',but by ah enthusi- , astio Committee; hut special Jraisii is due to tliei energetic:' Secretary (Mr :l<ead) for Ills efforts iii bo materially • adding'to the' Success 'of. the ;iehteritainment.'. ~ • 1 ,y. > I Acting on the,recommendation of the local Committee, tho '/Education ■Boird have permanently . appointed Mr Pope to | the; mastership of the Tenni school. 'Wlien' soiijle few weeks, ago Mr Pop tpok (ihavge there weiui) only twenty-orie child ren on the books, but these" l - have ! ' considerably iucreas6d; and no less than thirty-four pupils ire how enrolled, j The all-absorbing, togior for soma lime past has. beanj-not strikes, .. but. the concert which was held on fa&sy last, The hall.was; crowded, nearly 200 being present, and 1 judging by appearances : the - whole l ' audience thoroughly enjoyed ,the. excelleut programme tliiit had' been iprovided; ; The stage was splendidly docorated, several dusters of that: beautiful flower, the bush clematis—adding not a little to the artistic effect. The ovorturo, taken from tho Bohemian girl, for piauo, violin, and oornetiWas capitally exeouted by Miss Owen and Messrs Lawson and Nicol, . and received a well moritted encore, Mr Hancock then sang with great effect that grand .sea-song ",The Powder Monkey." A glee followed and was well received, as also was Miss Allen's song " Such is Life," The duet, ''Convent Bells," was sung by Misses Smith and Tatton with,. _' great taste and expression. MriAi Cameron fairly brought down the house with his artistic rendering of "The Bugler", and Miss Owen was deservedly encored for her pretty song " Old and New," A. recitation by Mr Owen, and a cornio song " Tho Masher King,"by Mr Pope conoluded the first part of tho programme. ; The interval was occupied by tho Chairman, Mr B. ( Mounsell, describing the mechanism of tho patent piano player, so simple that a boy could manage it, Suoh an instrument would suit musicians of my calibre down to the ground, for they have but to turn a ; handle and then tho piano peals 'forth 1 music, no matter how intricate and classical. Suoh an exhibition was vory novel • and was duly appreciated by those ' pceaent,

The second part of the programme opened with a pianoforte recital by Miss Speedy, whose execution was yery good. Miss Tatton sang very nicely, ll A.E.1./'ondwasfollowed by w Groves with "The British Lion." Both of these selections were encored and responded to. Then followed tho , gem of the evening, a duet by Miss Owen and Mr . Cameron. It is needless to state that this item was boisterously encored. Miss -Allen sang with taste and feeling a veryjk pretty song " Such is Life," and Mrr Cameron, by special request, obliged the audience with the" Komney Lass." Miss Smith "gave a; treat with hor rendering of that ballad " Fiddle and ; I/' and had to respond to the inevitable encore. A stump speech in oharacter upon the, temperance question brought to a conclusion one o! the best conoerts ever held in Tenui. A ball followed the concert, and those who had patiently. listened to such a lengthy though excellent programme, were able to - have some pleasure on their own account, Dancing was spiritedly indulged in for some hours, and when the time to separate -finally arrived, the general impression seemed to be " Begret that suoh happy hours should ever have an end."

t We have not beon too gay to spare time for quieter pleasures, and it must have been gratifying to tbo Eo?, J. C, Andrew to moot such large congregations as Jiavo gathered on ' the past two Sundays,' It is, howevo'r, ft mate for regret that out church Sundays are so symbolical ..' with tho angel's visits, but perhaps as tho summer wakons wo too may waken, and have our services con- fa-. ducted with greater regularity,