OTAGO REUNION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 26

OTAGO REUNION.

" Fur th- Days cf Auld Syue" was Ih-Tmo^to aUhe h^ad of ihr- r]';nce pro^r;.mujee tor the fifth ar.nnal Offtgo run icn, heul in Thora*f»'s Hsil. on Mot s:ay I'igbt, 18' h (?;.,>s tbe New Zea'aud Time*). The ball was, cf cenrfc, the event of tbe gathering; UiS ths fiist half-hour was dt voted to anpuptute spe.eches. Tbce were preci-rlc.il by a bright overture, and in an inte val Mr K'ury Pmith ga\e a f»ong in excellent style 'Jlu Pr mier and tb« Hon JjLii M'K''iz ; i> were uu&blo, owing to pr«s>r.re of pubhc Lupinev, lo attend, and jtpologi^s for abstnsf) vrer« slso rfctived from the Hon. W HtH-Joiitfi and Ibf- llou John R'gg.

TLe llou. T. W. Hislop opined the prcceedingij. and made lefeivnce to the ,sqcco?b which cad atttiuJcd the Jubi'ee of Olago, ar.d n-fcir.. d w;ih rogrct to the death of Sir F. I). Beil.

Mr A Slip. MII R , die^ a contrast bei.wef o th t% Dunt-tiin ul 1853 ai tl the Dunedin of tj-day

'Jhe Hon I). Pir.teir.cn, M.L 0., c<ngra'ula'ed the people of Oiago now rtsidcnS v Wellington otj their Euect'*'* there, and assured them that the home i.rovicce vra< sLii) gong forward.

The Hen W M BoU,. MLC, &a<d !h>vt DJiuduiiics hr.d buiH. tie wawhiucs of Curi(.tch«ri.h. Wellii.gfon, and A*icki>id — (Liugr.trr. ) They had i.ot oi>ly cloi:e that; tley had also stfff'id the wnrehouies with their mtn. Ther« fore they could be excused if the.y blew their own trumpets once a yeur ie Wtllington.

Sir K. be>f Stout niide a fc' ufhing rpferer.ce io the deaths of fiir Fr^rels DilJ. 11 BJI. the Yen A-clide-e n Fer.t 11, Mr WiHisr,) Pi morvillo, aid Mr W-ler M4:er. TLty would all rcgr<<(. ;hi>t 1 eu-ftvtiae'it agsiii pr< yen cd Mv Harry 13 11 fium bdi jj wiih them. Of' the vefci raus vvho walke.3 ii. the Otajfan JaV/il'-e piocefs'cn, many had MDCc psseed &w<iy. In tho ni ids'" of thtir e).j ymfiib it was not unfitting that tL;y fihould follow tho ejc?nij.'l« i ot thtj Jk'ii't, wL:o aiwajs wbfsr. thej' me' re uiv ml'CPd tho.e wh-) had l->t<ly go^o. Cffrs-u-'i/, &LRobert si»i>! tint the llo^i A. hcu K^llh, one of OLago's mticlisr.t'', hvl t -Kl h'na that, day that business had never been so sound in thd provii.ee in hi« memory as it; w.is at the lire-Kent time. He a'so learnt frotti tho south that this year theie wculd be mere l&nd in crop there ti.au had b<>en the case for some years piut. Wkn t'ocy meh to thibk o\ old limes in ilw province, they rtjo'ced to Lear "that aha still was progressing in a vigorous roanner.

The. Major of Dunerliu (Mr E. B. Cargil!) subuKqiun'ly addressed tho gathciing in cheery fashion, ar.d h^.d a warm reception.

About 120 couples toolr part in tbe ball, which w%r c-ntiiely successful. The Executive Ccrtiimtttie co-wpriscd the Hon. T. W. Hklop, Dr Fk.dlsy, Messrs 11. D. Bell, Sidney Hall, A. Simpson, T. Inglis, A. Laureuson, P. H. Miller, J Dalzie l , and A. H. Logan (hon, secretary)