DUNEDIN CLUB NOTES AND CRITICISMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 81

DUNEDIN CLUB NOTES AND CRITICISMS.

s One man may speak the universal mind."

— "There is Nt> rest for the -wicked." Quago is taking a- rest this week, as witness his filtorfc contribution of notes. — I understand that there is a picnic en the boards on Labour Day at Outram Glen. This place is admirably suited for an outing, •and it is to bs hoped that this picnic will be as huge a success as the one held there Jast year? ■

_ — I regret to hear of the death, last Tuesday, of our- beloved Mosgiel comrade Isalene. I can only 1 re-echo what Black Watch says of Maid of Athens- — '"It was with deep regret I noted the sad and untimely end of our old chum Maid of Athens. It was my privilege to be personally acquainted with our late oomrade-, and she was, as her letters would imply, a bright, cheery girl, and one who, during her career as au active correspondent, had the -welfare of our beloved page very closts at heart. . . By the sad death of Maid of Athens -we iiavs lost a. comrade -we could ill afford to spare. But her memory will be treasured in, tender remembrance in the hearts of all true J).L.F., and we will often think lovingly of '""our 'lost comrade." I am sure the sincere 'sympathy of all' L.F.. both in Dunedin and elsewhere goes out to the bereaved relatives of our late comrade. — Here is a hint for our country friends. You are askedj when contributing papers for either open meeting or debate, to address them to the chairman of the club. Why then, dumrades^ disregard that, and address them to individual members of the club? The chairman, to determine the length of a meeting, must know beforehand how many;, papers there are to be read out to tEe and it causes him a lot of additional worry — and undeserved," too — when ,he, hears of members •bringing papers from our country contributors without his being advised prior to date of club's meeting.

— Here are the latest, uttered by our secre tary last evening: — "I- am sorry that I did it— but I did it." "Everyone is not fitted to be a treasure."

On correction: '•Well, I meant teacher. Every teacher is> a treasure, though." — I a.m. glad to see -some of out comrades ■waking_up to a sense of their responsibility, and joining in debates and open meetings. All -honour to you, K my club mates! We could do with a few "more workers — "the more the merrier. ' ON DIT. — That T: D. A. is developing quite a craze fov commandeering the president's shorthandnotes. *. , — That no one can keep control of a club unless that person can have complete control of his- or her feelings. Verb. sap. — That E. and C. B. have devoted themselves heart and soul to surprise "parties, and have no time for club matters. The president has evidently; tired of asliiug — yea, eonietinies begging— papers from either of them. Try some other members, Harry. — That Quago thanks our three little Purakanui comrades for their kind gift of violets. — That a certain member, whom, for his own sake, we shall leave nameless, is utterly deficient in consideration for other c^ib members, and gave the chairman much bother last evening by refusing to read the paper handedhim and by doing "his level best to interrupt or otherwise' annoy every reader. It would be interesting to know how many papers he has contributed. ' _ — That "tlje king is dead. Long liv© the king." Welcome, Civis Tertius. to our midst. — That the writer of "Dunedin Club Notes and Criticisms" is no longer a mystery. (Vida "Witness of last week.) «—No more. QUAGO.