SAVAGE CLUB.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8549, 1 August 1893, Page 6

SAVAGE CLUB.

The Korero last night of the Savage Club in honour of the Spanish officers was « complete success. The Oddfellows' Hall was nicely decorated by Mr A. J. White ferthe occasion, the stage being appropriately surrounded with Maori weapons of Yariooa kinds, whilst over the ceutre of the proscenium was the motto " Vive Eapagna." There was a large number of chiefs and braves of the tribe, the President, Savage Wynn- Williams, occupying the chair. The guesta of the evening. Captain Villamil, i Commander Barriere, the Tice-Consul for Spain, Mr Arenas, and the officera being received by the officer* and Committee of the Club, and conducted to their seats. The President said —I hope our gallant guests will not be disappointed when they find that they are not going to meet a lot of Maori chiefs dressed \n "war mats, carrying their meres and daadjjag,Uiehaka. They will fiud, on tbe cohtwy, that we are all British to the backbone, and ready to give : them a hearty welcome. I'ou are ail, no 1 doubt, familiar with that brilliant work, ! Napier's " Peninsular: War," and I suppose j some of you, at any fate, have read Lamjpey's "History of Napoleon." You will, j therefore, I feel sure, be fully prepared to i agree with mc when I say that the noble ISpauish people must for all time have i kindly feelings towards the English nation ! when they call to memory the glorious \ deeds of the Great Wellington, and the i lavish expenditure in their holy cause of J British blood and treasure. We welcome , our guests as visitors to our shores, and j trust that when they return to their own romantic country they will have pleasant rfecollectiona of their voyage round the I world, and will be able to say that New J Zealand is not the worst place they have j visited since they left their native shore. In the name of ths members of the Club I beg to extend a hearty welcome to our distinguished visitors. A very excellent programme was then gone through. By the aid of Mr Seager's oxyether light Mr Manncring's views of our alpine scenery were exhibited, greatly to j the delight of the visitors. Songs were fiven by Savages Weir, Woodhouse, Yon [aast, Day, Hirschburg, and Newman, and I the Estudiantina Bind quite took the ! audience by storm by their excellent playing of several selections. Altogether the gathering was oue of the moat enjoyable i which our Spanish visitors have yet had, ! and at the close Mr Arenas, in a few weilj chosen words, expressed their thanks.