MR. H. BLAKELEY. Mr. H. Blakeley is soon to be heard at 3YA. He has been engaged for the concert on September 1. Mr. Blakeley has a long record as a soloist, and recently appeared with great success at the Choir Hall, Christchurch, in the concerts of the Male Voice Choir. Beginning as a chorister in England. Mr. Blakeley has lived most of his life in Auckland, where he was closely associated with all musical movements, as choirmaster, bandmaster, and orchestral conductor, He was an original member of the Auckland Lyrie Quartet, a combination famous in the Queen City and further afield. He memorised 122 quartet. Mr. Blakeley is now secretary of the Male Voice Choir, of which he was one of the original members in 1917. We is also tenor soloist at Durham Street Methodist Church.

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MR. H. BLAKELEY. Mr. H. Blakeley is soon to be heard at 3YA. He has been engaged for the concert on September 1. Mr. Blakeley has a long record as a soloist, and recently appeared with great success at the Choir Hall, Christchurch, in the concerts of the Male Voice Choir. Beginning as a chorister in England. Mr. Blakeley has lived most of his life in Auckland, where he was closely associated with all musical movements, as choirmaster, bandmaster, and orchestral conductor, He was an original member of the Auckland Lyrie Quartet, a combination famous in the Queen City and further afield. He memorised 122 quartet. Mr. Blakeley is now secretary of the Male Voice Choir, of which he was one of the original members in 1917. We is also tenor soloist at Durham Street Methodist Church.