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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9307, 16 September 1893, Page 6

On Tuesday evening, in the social lull of the Young Men's Christian Asssociation, Mr. Edwin Cox will deliver a lecture on "Thomas Hood," dealing with his life, character, and writings. Musical selections will be given. Admission is free, but a collection will be taken up. The twenty-first People's Popular Concert takes place next Wednesday. Miss Alice Rimmer is engaged, and will sing with Mr. John Fuller the evergreen duet" Maying." The annual missionary meeting in connection with the Primitive Methodist Churches of this city, as will be seen elsewhere, will be held in St. James's Hall, Wellington-street, on Tuesday evening next. We have to acknowledge the receipt of £19 2s 6d collected on behalf of Mrs. Henderson and family by Mr. James W. Martin of Parnell.

The annual meeting of the Home Mission Society will be held in St. Matthew's schoolhouse on Friday evening, when Bishop Cowie will preside. Miss Ada Wardrop's cookery class will be held this forenoon. "Cakes" will be the subject. The annual Show of the Auckland Provincial Agricultural Association will be held at Potter's Paddock on November 17 and IS.

Messrs. Wilson, McCullagh and Co., importers of general drapery, call attention elsewhere to their varied stock of new goods for spring wear. Mrs. Nelson acknowledges with thanks, on behalf of the Benevolent Society, receipt of cheque for £12 15s sd, from Messrs. C. G. Hill and Co., being proceeds of debate between Dr. Bakewell and Mr. Ninian Melville, in the City Hall on the 22nd of August last.

The usual ecclesiastical notices will be found in our eighth page. The anniversary services of St. John's Wosleyan Sundayschool will be held to-morrow, when the Rev. S. F. Pryor will preach in the morning, the Rev. A. H. Collins in the afternoon, and the Rev. C. H. Laws in the evening. Annual soiree on Tuesday. The thirty-eighth anniversary of the Auckland Tabernacle will be celebrated by special services, vyhen the pastor, the Rev. James Blaikie, will preach morning and evening. There will be a golden offering collection. Soiree on Tuesday evening next. At St. Benedict's tomorrow morning Mr. John Fuller will sing an original composition by the Rev. Dr. Egan, and with Miss Lorrigan a duo by Capocci. Her Zimmermann will play the violin obligatos.

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