LITERARY AND ETHICAL CLUB.
■ A meeting.of, tho Wellington Literary and Ethical Club,':was held in '.the. Masonic' Hall, Boulcott Street, last; ovcning,' a large nuniboi- of members being present, ' Mr. C. A. Turner, vice-president, occupying the chair. The .President, Mr.-: J. Uaimnell, 8.A., delivered a lecturo on the ''Tel el Amarna Tablots,'.'- a story of. ancient Egj'pt, dcal- - ing with the records of tho great Egyptian kings, as shown in. correspondence from ,tho governors of outlying portions of the Empire. ' Tho " chief . interest, . according to the lecturer, lies ;in ''the series of ' messages sent from the ruler of Jerusalem .aslyiig for help : to_ resist, his invaders, who are said by some critics to be none other than Joshua and the • _ Israelites ;of the ;01d.'.Testament: ~ The. lecture 'was' of absorbing interest,:. and at' the conclusion,'ori the motion'of the Chairman, ; the: speaker was. accorded 1 a' hearty' vote 'of .• thanks. '. ... .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 162, 2 April 1908, Page 5
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