MEETINGS & ENTERTAINMENTS

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 105, 2 May 1908, Page 7

MEETINGS & ENTERTAINMENTS

"' NORTHCO-JE ATHENAEUM: " The.'opening of th? 1908' session of the - Northcote: Athenaeum, took, the form., of. , a " ': .conversazloiie, wliicli was held last nlght.in. . '.the 'Bay' Vieiy, ,Hall,. Noi'thcote, .anil was : very '1-rgely a tfSnded." ' At'*th_ ihv-tft-16_. of ' -the _6mmlttee,''ithe.____hh_-s.,:of-..the .'first North-pte'Cßorough--CpuncU ;-wei_ present, ■• and were.officially welcomed _y the Presi--1 dent (Mr __; W. Wilding), Vho occupied "the *t____v The decorated. '.' .S_he musieaij programme..was of,.'an esce'.- ---' itiut and-.,wasVthor'ohghly, e'ujoyed. 1 Hi- H. W: -Wilding/in tlie .co_r_e'-ot thepYe-'s-dep't'_''addre-s;''stated .that -the. fio'ciefjr :, '.'was inaugurated ih;_9o3,Lwi_h a m'em_Ler?hi|> • -ofilOo;-while-to-day it'had-a jnembership of ' pver,,-200. . The,.followiug was . '- te'hde-edVtPianofo.te dneti'Mr : and,''SH'BS . ■' song.' "Miss' "Ai LTaylor .'(encored); ' j comic';_ong,.Mr: Pi• T? JeECery; song, Miss 1 Bartlett; Shakesneiireau locitavion, Mr J.-jfi*. : i Montague; song, Miss' Miller; "Violiu solo, l-'if MA. Parker; song,-Miss "Phyllis Deaii '■: (cii- - '■ '■!• cored);-- duet, Mrs'''-and-.;M„*'',.Bartle,tti;'.(e_|- ; !.cored); song,. Madam. Chujnbers•.'; (encored); '"'comic song. _l£ fc"T.7Je_ery.Tfie,accoin- v--1 p_'ms„;w_-e"Mkdam : --Cha l m_i_-_V Mfcs: Hilda ' : "Holland, -Miss-Sharp,'and;Mr ;W.-_Si Shai_>". ',' Eefreslu-ie-ts-iw-firhanded.;rouad by..the ladies of, the committee: ~. r , ,n, n .' ' , W..Y:;>iiE liIT__RAR-- SOCIBTY..i;'" 8 :. _»£,ahh_al7__e_t- ligi.of.the -Wit.M.l.J.lie- '•' -rary SPclety ,w,^,:held"last. eveningi-iu-the c Methodist Schoolroom,.'Pittrfc treef, wheh.thp VfoHowin'g'oflicer- w'_re elected 'for the ensns Ii uj* y'fear:—PrCSiderit', l : R_v. :J.Ti..' -jnxfofd; r . secretary,! Mr: rR. -Cl_ke;, delegates, to the 1-: .W.r.M.1.,-; Messrs. A;. Allen arid -secretary; • .committee;,. Messrs: A. ._lle_CC. ; O.^Eyr e,js; " "T." Harris,-A. G. Marshall and Olds--'"tt was ' decided tli at the _o__iisg-session be., devoted: r solely'to the study .of-Diekens; the course ' to be; opened.by ; .alocture7t>y some Dickens' £ s.j-o'lar, surveying .generally, the' ground tO " be coVered, 'and,giving M_\t_ as to 'methods. ; s of' Study. At the closing'-social:ajdraniatie | adaptation'6l 6ne*'.or: more isceues will. J)e I rendered by the-society.'. --.- .'"", -■ .->■ ] ;"'". ■■':;:.'- •: ■"■ -, --,*"— '■ .-..- :,?.:-;■;.7, a 7" ''■ '"'■- -.W-C-T.tJ. -...' ;1 '■'•'--:-• _;; ,_i__—,■"■',"',„ .'' --_ eAtaceVt'wa-.. given by. the' Women's r: Christian-: .-Te___>_-»-fre7 : \Unl_i • ."at:the 1 Central Mission* Hall -on - Thursday : night. ,:< s ' The Bey."- 7;Xucfc:,:... , presided r ove_?« good attendance.-- The en ter tain merit s submitted 7 wasNih__rUry7approv_a; ah'd'fthe 7 _ function was jn;ey_ery,_w.ay.'ft;success.-".- The c contributors" were as' follows:-r_t_s 'Otto, fe- "Missesv_ reeih'ahv -CalSley,. - Messrs 7 ,Wood- ;- -; cock, Crocombe, and .Harris, and _aster