Nelson

New Zealand Tablet, 10 April 1919, Page 22

Nelson

(From our own correspondent.) - April 2. .. The national concert, postponed from St. Patrick’s Night, was held in the Theatre Royal on Thursday, March 27. Every seat in the building was occupied, and the audience was most appreciative. Miss Morrison (Blenheim) was in splendid voice, and her rich contralto was heard to great advantage in “The Last Rose of Summer,” which evoked a storm of applause. In her charming encore pieces this gifted singer appeared with the same success, completely capturing the audience. Signor Cesaroni, who, with Miss Morn shared the honors of the evening, received a most cordial welcome, his songs “Mavourneen” and “The Minstrel Boy,” eliciting hearty recalls. A third visitor, Miss V. Bell (Westport), greatly pleased the audience with her sweet rendering of “Mother Machree,” whim was encored. The local contributors to the programme also met with well-merited recognition. Miss Aydon sang “Come Back to Erin,” Miss Clarry “The Dcxr Little Shamrock,” and Miss Stapp “Love in the Twilight ; each in turn being heartily recalled. Miss Lomsson’s violin solo was most artistically rendered, and Mr. F. McCabe’s bright and popular monologues proved a delight to the audience. Great credit is due to Miss Eileen Joyce, who played all the accompaniments, accomplishing a. heavy evening’s work most successfully. The two Prohibition lecturers who visited Nelson last week met with a storm of opposition from the crowded meeting. The speakers confessed their complete surprise : they had never before been so much interfered with. The hop and barley industry returns Nelson each year £ 100,000 of outside money, and three to four hundred farmers are interested, besides laborers and hop-pickers.