CLAN GATHERING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1938, Page 9

CLAN GATHERING

INTERESTING MEETING

A very successful gathering of th« "Clan Cameron" was held in the Lyceum Club recently. The meeting was presided .'over by Mr. D. S. Cameron, of the Wellington branch. * Mr.,P. M. Cameron gave a talk on the life of Sir Ewan Cameron, who was one of the last prominent chiefs of the clan, who fought against Cromwell's troops in his Scottish campaign. This talk was followed by a. short resume of the progress of the clan movement in New Zealand. Musical items were rendered by Mrs. Kelso, and a pleasant hour was spent in an informal chat, as well as "Monopoly" and other card games. During the supper adjournment, records of Scottish airs were played on the gramophone. Among those present were the following:—Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Cameron, Mrs. Prishaw, Miss Jean Cameron, Mrs. Kelso, Mr. Moffat, Mr. P. S. Graham Cameron, Mrs. O'Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. Merger, Miss Merle Cameron, Miss Kelso, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Cecil Cameron, Misses B. and J. Cameron, Mrs. E.* K. Cameron, Mrs. D. Cameron, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. W. Thompson, Miss Pauline Cameron, Miss Helen Cameron, Miss Cameron (Dunedin), and Messrs. I. Cameron, J. Cameron, Ron Cameron, W. E. Cameron, and "Don Cameron.

The Governor of Ceylon (Sir Andrew Caldecott) opened a new graving dock in Colombo Harbour.

An institute for the scientific investigation of silk-worm culture is to bft opened at Celle, near Hanover. .

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