CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL CONVERT.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1573, 3 August 1882, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL CONVERT.

The scholars attending the above school gave a very enjoyable entertainment in aid of the school iibiaiyin the Cambridge Public Hall on Monday evening last, Mr Hosking in the chair. Though the weather was all that could have been desiied, the audience was not so lai'ge as might have been expected, the object of the entertainment deserving more liberal patronage at the hands of the general public. However, thero was a fair number of tickets sold, notwithstanding the paucity of the attendance, and we have evci'y reason to believe a fair basis for a library fund has been secured. The children have for some time past* been training for the event under their music tutor, Mr T. A. Bell, and the singing of Monday evening showed to what a high degree of proficiency in the vocal art children could be brought when properly trained. The part songs and choruses were very pleasingly rendered, though in the former the basses seemed to get somewhat unruly occasionally. The recitations of Misses Johns and Nixon were received with particular favour by the audience, as were the piano overture of Miss M. Hicks, the piano duet by Misses Webber and Nixon, and the solo of Miss L. Davis. The following is the programme :—Overture, piano, " Miss A. Reynolds ; chairman's address ; glee, " The Skaters," choir ; recitation, " Edinburgh after Flodden," Miss A. Johns ; solo and chorus, " Little Sister's Gone to Sleep", Miss S. Davis and choir ; recitation, " Light for All," Master W. Clark ; duet, " II Babiere,"' Misses M. Nixon and A. Webber ; recitation, " The Atmada," Miss S. Nixon ; part song, "By the Moonlight," choir. Interval ot ten minutes. Overture, " March from Norma," Miss M. Hicks ; glee, "Lo the Glad May Morn," choir ; recitation, " The Death of Murat," Miss C. Nixon ; solo and chorus, " Hard Times," Master Wilson and choir ; Part song, " Morning advances," choir ; reading, " A Domestic Scene," Mr R. D. Stewart ; glee, " The Sleigh "Ride," choir ; recitation, " Electric Telegraph," Miss M. Nixon ; glee, with anvil accompaniment " Hammer Song," choir ; God Save the Queen. Mr R. D. Stewart, on behalf of the children, thanked all who had so kindly rendered their afsistance to the entertainment. Presentation to Mis^ L. Tristram. During the interval Mi; R. D. Stewart, on behalf of the children, came foiward and in a few complimentary remaiks presented Miss Tristram witli a handsome lady's watch as a mark of their esteem of her past exertions on their behalf, aud by way of indicating their regret at her departure from amongst them. Miss Tristram had for over two years occupied the position of assistant teacher, and was now forced through ill health to resign her position. On behalf of the other teachers of the school, he had to express their sincere regret atlosing'her scrvioos, and to say that when she felt inclined to resume her old position, he for one would always be happy to welcome her back. The presentation was suitably acknowledged by Mr Stewart on behalf of the recipient.