DONALD MACDONALD.
Mr Donald Mac Donald again made "his appearance before a crowded audience at the Opera House last evening, •when the opening lecture of.the^ season, "Scenes and Sensations of Battle, was repeated. The lecturer received quite as flattering a reception as on the first night. His humorous stories of the siege, told in an exceedingly dry manner, were keenly appreciated, as the ripple of mirth which ran through the house indicated, while the descriptions of the tragic horrors of the battlefield were listened to in a silence •which showed how closely the pitiful scenes were brought home to the audi-elTo-night Mr Mac Donald will describe the siege of Ladysmith, and to-roo-r-w night he will give his last lee ture in Auckland.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1900, Page 3
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