PALMERSTON.

Otago Witness, Issue 1586, 15 April 1882, Page 13

PALMERSTON.

1 '■''''' , " (froW'A TOBRWctanENtf.'/ ! ' '' i A meeting of the Palmerston Gaelic Society was held on'the evening ,of Thursday last.'in tho Town Hall. There were between 80 and'7o persons prcsont, including several ladies. .Mr John M'JJenzie.iM.H.R., prosi- • dent of , the Society, occupied the chair. After the minutes of last^meotinj; were rehd and coufinijied, and other routine business gone though, several new members were enrolled, and delegates, consisting of Messrs M'Kenzie (president), D. M'Leod (vice-president), I). Ross (secrotary), K. Cameron, Jojin M'Donald, D. Munp>, apd others willing, to join, were appointed to attend, ,^he annual meeting of the Dunedin Sobiejiy next month. Brief addresse-< were' then dbliyfered |>y ( the Chairman 'and others,' , aftdr wHich a riumbor of Gaelic sonjrs 'were sung' in ! capital Btyle by Messrs K. 'Cameron, D > M'Leod,' Alexander. Munro- (Mount Royal), Jamea Boss (Mooraki), A.,M;Donald, A. Ross, (Meadow.Bank), J. McDonald, and D, Murray, as well as bjr f eyeral lad}os, Dancing was tlien engaged m, aqdi kep^u^ jvith great spirit 'for'aboiit an'llolir to the ' strain's of the bagpipes; as 'ekcellently 'dkcourteQ by Messrs Rbbert'Munro, 1 John Munro,' Alexander Cameron, .anduJohniMfKay.* Short addresses by Messri ; M'.Leod »and iJ, Mi'Donald^Palmerston) brought. the jprpceedings of a yery, enjoyable meeting (^<> a plose, ••' i .!."(,>.', iiTT' ~r~T!' i i i t:< (i ;