LECTURES.
tawing to pr-soure of departmental business, Sir Truby King is unable to fulfil his engagement- to lecture at the Leys Institute on Tuesday evening, and at short notice the Rev. J. W. Shaw has taken his place. Mr. Shaw will give what has elsewhere proved a most interesting and amusing lecture on the peculiarities of English names and how they came into being. "The South Coast of England" will be the subject of to-morrow evening's lecture at thj Princess Theatre by Mr. E. Headlan: Greenhow. With the historic and world-famed port of Dover, all the coastal towns as far as the Isle of Portland will be illustrated by lantern slides. The usual musical programme will precede the lecture. "Mountaineering in New Zealand" is the subject of th> lecture to he delivered at the Parnell Library on Tuesday evening by Professor R. M. Algie. An account of the history of early exploration will be given, and reference will be made to the various Maori legends which caused the difficulties of the early pioneers. It is also proposed to discuss briefly the principal attractions of the various National parks in the Dominion, and a wide selection of lantern slides will be exhibited.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19388, 24 July 1926, Page 15
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