MEETINGS, ENTERTAINMENTS, &c.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11534, 17 March 1903, Page 6

MEETINGS, ENTERTAINMENTS, &c.

On Friday night the Linwood Wes * leyan Band of Hope opened its winter ueeeion, when a lecturo was given by Mr H. \ R. Wilkinson on "The Wonderland of too ™ North Island." The lecture was illustrated ** with numerous limelight views, taken by '-^ Mr Wilkinson. Mr Wise pi raided. A eec- f £ ond lecture was auked for and promised bo- '* fore the meeting closed. s t The Oxford Terrace Baptist Church oele I brnted its anniversary on Sunday, when good congregations assembled at both «er> f--vicce. The Itev. P. W- Fairolotighv o! r Dunedin,- preached in the morning, and the cRev. R. S. Gray in the evening. The J choir rendered special selections. The building was very tastefully decorated with *J! palms, ferns and pot plants. A tea meeting is to be held this evening, when the I Rev. James LyaU will be the chief speaker. An entertainment was* held at Lecston last Friday, for the benefit ef Mr William % % Longstaff, who for over twelve months has' V«~----been seriously ill. Mr Longutaff hae for a Ijl large number of years assisted at the ma* \!j jority of the mueicalentertainmente ift *h» district. The committee, and particularly -f the hon. secretary (Mr Frank Holley) an ,V § to bo congratulated on the result of their h efforts, the proceeds amounting to about -^ £20. Songs were'rendered by Misses Lill '"? and Burns, and Meesrs Wright, J. C. v"J Johnston (Springeton), Lill arnißev. Grant. \\ A recitation was given by" Mr H. Shaw, ' , and a violin eolo by Mr F. McCarthy. Mr *"^ R. £. Brooke gave several phonographic ,-" selections. The accompaniment* were played by Miss Lunn and Mies Wright. The entertainment concluded with a com* edietta entitled "Box and Cox," acted by « } Miss L. Bohan and Meeere Brooke and Herron.