WAR LECTURE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17067, 27 July 1917, Page 3

WAR LECTURE

BY THE REV. H. 0. FENTON. mt I * o^' lls fflustmted lecture deal•SSf nn 1 Wit f h CloSe atto "tion thlOUgbDeauty of towns along tho Rhine from and also those n the luffel district, Gerostein, Cologne (where a great number of British prieoners of war are.interned) and other towns of minor importance. The lantern slides, excellent as they were, derived added interest from Mr j Fenton s interesting and informative observations. He dealt at some length with towns around Ostc-nd, Antwerp, and JWos and their history, and also with Liege the t v t? .the "kultui-". of the Prussians. Dcecriptions of Dinant % am u T U? n R d J b0 Ar , dcl ! nes followed, white toe battlefield round the Yser Canal and Nieuport and the tragedy of Lou vain and Ypres were lmprcasively depicted. Apart from tho spectacular aids the address was most instructive and interesting. Mr Fenton possesses the happy faculty'of handling detail in an appealing manner that cannot but imprwa and enthuse his hearers. 110 *as from timo to tirao greeted with rounds »f applause, and at the close was accorded