During the past few months he has had few idle evenings, and he has a pretty full diary for the one ensu ing, many of his engagements being reappear ances at places where he has already sung—a fact which proves his ability to please his audiences. Mr Jackson is now undergoing a course of instruction in voice-production under aMr Kane. This gentleman’s methods are not approved by some of our teachers of singing, but bis lessons have certainly benefited the New Zealand tenor’s voice considerably. There is more resomnee in his tone, and the slight break one could observe in his voice a little time ago has entirely disappeared. Mr Jackson, by the way, has met the champion Mean Man of his profession. Fo runs concerts at a suburb not unknown to Sir Westby Perceval. The meeting came about thus. One evening whilst contem plating a visit to the theatre Mr Jackson received a telegram asking him to fill the place of another artist at a concert in the Town Hall of the suburb alluded to. The time was short, so the New Zealander hurried into his dress clothes, tumbled into a cab, and, by promising ;to give the driver double fare, just caught the only train which would enable him to set to the hall in time to take part in the first half of the programme. He sang his song and was recalled, and had to give an encore to his song in the second half. His success was marked, and ho returned home well pleased with the re sult of his journey. But two days later he re ceived a letter enclosing ft cheque for 25s in payment for his services ! Of course the cheque went back, and with it a forcible letter, demand ing three guineas, or the fee which was to have been paid to the artist who did not turn up. But the sender of the cheque took no notice of the note, and a few evenings later, meet ing Jackson at another halb greeted him cordially. The New Zealander cut him dead, but this act was not taken to heart by the Mean Man, who a few minutes later sent a friend with a request that Mr Jackson would introduce him to Madame. This riled the Aucklander. “ Sir,” he said to the messenger. 