There was a splendid turn out of bork and spectators fur the Christmas Day Hunt, Close upon a hundred riders faced the starter, and the road from Jessfield Unknza wes packed edestrinns, assembled there to witness the carriages and amembled there We regret, we can hardly con- aid by Mr.
FP. S. Perrolt, Master of The paper wae pratilate te Smoking Concert Clab upon [8d by Air, FS. Perrott, Howler of the suees of their opening concert. The Starting from the four-mile stone o absence. through illness or otherwise, of the Sicawei road the paper lay towards many of the performers upset the arrange-"The Hermitage" and then into the country ments of the committee and converted a at the back of Sicawei, where three water moderate programme into what resem-jumps had to be taken, and a nice line of bled a Sunday School entertainment Dry Cuts lending into the Inner Hung rather than a smoker. Messrs. Cochrane Toi country; thence over the Artery Creek and R. Sutherland, who each contributed the m: mp, round "Vin Pool," and an extra turn, supplied the only comic over Pons Asinorum jump, down the Bee clement, and had it not been for the ne, turning to the left on to the high voluntary services of Dr. Humphr near the Suochow Creek, whence a who gave three baritone songs in excel-{line was taken for Jessfield. ent style, the concert would have fallen finish was in the paddock at Un flat altogether. Dr. Humphreys was 2a, being an eight-frot_ water jump heartily and deservedly applauded for his ome side. The pla rendering of "There'll never be one like you" and "Land Ahead," and Mr.
Jann obtained a well his singing of "Sunshine and Rain."
Cochrane was in his best form and I recitation of an extract from "Gals"
Gossip" was most suitable and well received. Mr. Sutherland's song, " Adver-Sunpeon fisements," was heartily applauded and Macgrezor hie was heard to even better advantage in "Such an Educated Girl." With' the Mr. GD. Courts won the heavy-weight exception of selections by the Town Band, the only other items wore songs by Mr.
The usual Christ van Nierop and Mr, T. Lemon, which dispensed at Mr, Hogg's r were well received.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.