The Star. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1808.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12, 27 May 1868, Page 2

The Star. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1808.

"Wis avo glad to noo a tondenoy on tho parfcof Bomo of our citizena to inaugurate a HorioH of cheap wintor ovoning ontoi'fcuinmontfl. Oiiristchurch is tho only considorablo town in tho colony tn which' something of'tho flo'rfc hon not been attomntod, In Dunodin, WollinKton, and otnor placou, a raiiod cntokainmonfc of thia nature haa mot With, var) (jonowtf fluccoflfl, In yfittgland " pomiv _oading-" n ftro orcoedingly' popular ■witli all olaßßOfl, And it will •nob bo doniod that tbov-may bo made to afford a groat doal ofhealthy amuaewiont iwwell (Vflinntniofcioh, :i ; ffp important do Wo t conaidor thoao entortainmon'tH, no anxious. inro wo to Boottho nubjoot doalt..with in a proper jtnannop, that wo strongly recommend the formation of ti cpirtmifctflo.for tbo purpotio 'of onlintihg thd^rnpathioii of all olaanoa and partioa m t tho work. Iflolatod offoi-tH, howoybi* pwypworthy in thomflolvofi- cannot tWomplißh all that Auoh; ontortttinmontß aB wo openk of arp capable of aooompliabinff. , Thorp aro many in Chriflfcohurch \who would readily allot* their «<?i?v|o<3^ in the, ,-way of rcad'mffH, rocitation«, looturos, or music. 'I'hero i» plenty of > talent ; organization and unitod aotion aro all that i« required,, ; „',".,'., „,,/. ..,,,/' Tlio h»i>d of , ooter'y'ftinwo,Wt«i)Wo advocate hood wot bo confln-d wto'eno placo. In all tbo jpnnoinal nuburba of Obri-tchurchyln !Lyt._lt6n hii'd Kaiapoi,, „s\m ".-.fa -.s»«l.*sHoP.ft.-Hft vi-WWr room'i or publio room- of «omo eort capablo: of affording ■;'* tbof , "Tß^ui-ito ' A ; qo^ttut.oq' 'nujjh

aa wo havo spoUoTt of, whioh would ropi'Oßeiitj.ftU aiuttH-p-li-i o}s^ m ftlolnHßOß, could, arrai*o, Wjho'rA'nnd whovo thp, .on'ta'ri^ bo given, •'iina^'of wliiiti claßp/i|hoy» Bhould bo. Ai> ilnulo, tboyiouglji; fco , H>o^o£ a mixed idli^rftciiori^jid iiofc-fcooJongH!.', With a roitclinff "'-'fifix *, twcyjya littlo' muaio, a -recitation," a "' Bong, and no forth, a couplo of hourfi mitjhfc bo vory ngrooably and profitably flponfc. And wo fool eorfcain that, properly manago-1, thoso entorfcauimontß would ovontually boco-no very popular, Tho charge for admi-at-ion hhouid bo moroly nominal, jnitfc -uffioionfc to oovor tho unavoidablo oiponBO"! for lighting, flro, and oUlior* noooflsai'ios, "Wo fldvoflfttfl these orttortuinmonto tflimply on tho ground that ohoap, healthy, and rational amuflomonfc ia vory ranoh wanted in and around Olu'ifitflhiUMh and othor placon. And wo liopo that all mon who havo tho intoroat of tho provinoo at heart will unito in forwarding popular on'vfcainmonta on a oomprolienaivo and judicious plan,