FRENCH CLUB
The wet weather interfered with the French Club's meeting on Wednesday evening. Several who were to have taken part were unavoidably absent, and. the attendance, though Fair, was tower than usual. A decidedly interesting programme was gone through. Miss Bowley contributed a piano solo, Mr. Lattey read an amusing piece, "The Adventures of a Herring," and Miss Mead also gave a reading, "La Chevre dc 11. Seguin." Mr. Cooke followed with a paper on Ghent. It had .been arranged to have .several pajiers on Ihe towns of Belgium, but the bad weather prevented other, members from giving their papers, so that Mr. Cooke's paper on Ghent was the only one read. That gentleman compared Ghent with the neighbouring town of Bruges, both towns being extremely interesting on account of the numerous old buildings there. Hut, he remarked, there was a great contrast between the two at the time of lii.s visit, Bruges being essentially ;i town of the past' while Ghent amid its mediaeval cathedral, town hall, and other buildings, was a modern bustling city, with extensive manufactures and trade. A short discussion followed. The customary votes of thanks were passed to those who had taken part in t!i' proceedings.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2836, 29 July 1916, Page 14
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202FRENCH CLUB Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2836, 29 July 1916, Page 14
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