THE CLARION FELLOWSHIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 53

THE CLARION FELLOWSHIP.

The first Clarion fellowship meelipg was heLl st Mr M'Kenzie's Excelsior Hotel on Thursday. The Clarion fellowship takes its name from the Clarion newspaper m Englam', edited by Mr Blatchford, the well-kuown, editor of Mcrrie England. Mr W. D. Mason, of Waihola, was in the chair, and there vrete about 40 persons present, including a number of ladies, several members of the Dunedin Fabian Society, and Mr Ranatead, who was instrumental in inducing a number of Clarionettes, as they are called, to .^etile m Ne.v Zealand. It may be tinted tliat a few years ago Mr Ranstead wroie a s-eries cf' articles in the Clirion newspaper on New Zealand, which attraclpil c<m=id*eriblp atrertion at Home, and ]ad inru v prop 1 ? therp to tl'ink of corning out to tlic ( clour. A correspondence wis situ ted in r'ie eo'umn-, of the Clanon in consequence, a"J p\c i iilutil'y gcae rise to a project amongsi Sooiili-ts m the old country to come to New Zj'tlai-d with the view of taking up a settk:;ipnt on co-operative line". Tin: idea was at first thnt the settlers should gam er.peneiice in the colony at their rcipec'i\e trade before settling upon the land, and v.'hi-n taev ! \'id h^d some sr.ch cxper'ence t' at tl.r/ ehovld iak ■ up a block ot land and loi.ii a co-nperatA c settlement. Tho function la='t night ook the form of a dinner, follo\, od by a 1 . Only one toast was piopo« c d during tii" ri.nmg — that of "The Clanon Fellowship" It was ] roposed l,y ihe Ctiaiunan, wLo explained what t'' Q le'Jnu -hin meant, and w^at I'.ie u^ wat. in i >. action with the nchutu of the Clarionet o^ to this colony. ?\L' T. Mackenzie, M.H.U., responded to t''p re.-i. and in doing so said he had never met ,\ body of men w hoia he thought more qivlK'ed to i>:fike a 1 ! of land «'jttleme it in the co!' ny (ran t' o-~p '>p had th* pi. of i"o 1..14 t'ia '\piiip.o After the top^t /mw.c an' 1 c ): . or „; ',• fiIVJ mi a \ Pry <"ijo\' t ble 'iiprh 1 until about 11 o'clock. Z\l\ Ij.iins fi;oV a flashlight pl'Oto of t'-o \ -irty a* the toas l^ \ris being honoured.

Canadian-, clrmk but 4gal of bier a. l.eiu!, v.'.ilo their neig 'boura in thp Tinted S\ tes (oiiouino nearly iOgal a head a yen-. Yet another New Zralaad uihnte 'o the gallant dc-fcn-V-r oi Maffkir q is bemg tcr.t. This takes tiie form at a gold macehbox made of West Cor>-t gold, ot 15-earnt quality. It is beautifully eng <>dd — mv* side h.ivir>g a, rcpiesenf-atiou ot ,i typical New Zealand =cone, while the o'l-t'f has the follow >ng inscription- — "To M.iior-^oneial R. ts. >S. Baden Pov p'l. fro>>i thi' pupils cf il.e (Jroyinonth Ui b r h >S hi 01, in recognition < t h.s :,oio;c ciofenr c of Mafekmg.' An Engh-h ha- made '•on. 1 mteicbt'ng experiments as to the effect of nicotine upon the Kings and h°art. Up has arrived at the conclusion that a man of cisy-going nature can smoke a giej.t 'leal vntho'tt much injury to himself, vMp a. ner\ru,s man will damage his health 'Siiously by Mnol-uig much. A man who takes plenty of evorci^e m the open air may smoke with impunity, while he -who <sits 3t a do-jk should indulge m the weed but \ery slightly.