POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS V. THE LITERARY INSTITUTE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 60, 23 July 1868, Page 3

POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS V. THE LITERARY INSTITUTE.

TO TIIK KIHTOIt 01" Till* «T,VU, Bin,— ln to. day's Issue of your contemporary, tho Lyttelton Times, a lotter appears slgnod "Ci, J, Reader," which 1 regret to see, as It ciklo-woui's to construe a portion of tho Inaugural address Into a totally different meaning from that intended by his Honor Mr Justloo Qroßgon when rending it. Tho mooting at tho Town I lull tho othor night was in imitation of tho Penny Mendings so successful at home, and was Intended mainly for the Instruction und amusement of tho working classes ■ now lt Is pretty well known that the Literary Institute has failed in its attempt to induce working men to attend thoro, as was Ycry clearly demonstrated by tho action taken by the committee In .changing its name from tho " Mechanics" into tho higher sounding ono of "Lltornry," and although tbo olerk boasts of its having com plated iho ninth year of Us existence, I consider tho words "dragged out" would have been more appropriate, if not so elegant. All praise Is duo to thoso gentlemen .who have so successfully launched this now order,* of things at tho Town Hall, aud I trust it wilt bo tho moans of fostering a tasto for reading nnd improvement that will only cud hi the working men of thin city being possoflsod of a hall of their own, that thoy can truly call a/ Mechanics' Institute" Your obodiont servant, I A WORKING MAN,