AROUND DUNEDIN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5048, 11 June 1895, Page 3

AROUND DUNEDIN.

[by " SCOTCH MIST."] The much-travelled li, S. Smythc introduced the licv. 11. li. lLweis, M.A„ (pronounced Hoys) the most popular Anglican preacher in London, to a Duuedin audience, last week. He delivered four lectures:—l. Music and Morals; i. Tcuuyson, the Poet of the Age; i. Music aud ix'oise; 4. Marriage: Is it a failure ?; all of which were intellectual treats, and were illustrated by various instruments, such as the violin, Chinese gong, penny whistle, tuning fork, etc. Clever as liis lectures were, his preaching was infinitely better. The only Sunday he spent here, lie preached in the morning at All Saints Church, and iu the evening at St. Paul's Cathedral. Seats, as you may imagine, were at a premium, and we were foi lunate enough lo obtain one at the Cathedral service, as we were wailing, with hundreds of others, at (lie doors long before they were opened. Ten minutes only elapsed, after the opening of the doors, when every seat was filled aud the aisles crowded lo suffocation. Now, I must try and describe this man, who seems to possess so much magnetic force. He is only a few inches over four fccl,and most pan. fully lame, walking with it stout slick. His head is remarkably large, and he wears his hair slightly long, falling in waves around his neck. He is clean shaven, and his under lip is very thick and overhanging. Altogether, lie is a very peculiar aud interesting-looking personage. His preaching is divine; for fully an hour, he kept the congregation amazed with his wonderful gift of oratory, and one quite forgot the peculiarities of the preacher, when the gospel truths of Scripture were brought home to one aud all iu such a forcible maimer. The Uev. H. li. Haweis, besides being a divine preacher and lecturer, has n great name as a musical critic, which olKcc he filled on Truth and Ik Ml Mall Gazette. He is also an author, His chief works include," Christ and Christianity," "Current Coin,,' " Music and Morals," and •' My Musical Life," li. S. Smythc intcwlsbriugiiigto New Zealand two other lecturers this year. The ncxtwillbcthellcv.Hcskctb Smith, M.A., and Mr Frederic Villicrs, war artist and correspondent—but more of them when they come, For the first time, Sclwyn College was thrown open to the public hist week. This Institution contains a magnificent library, I think I should bo correct if I said Hie most complete iu New Zealand, and it was togircvisitors iiuopportuuitj of handling some of theold manuscripts, and to give publicity to the advantages to he gained by young men iu this Institution. Here, young men may be trained for the Ministry, or take their medical diplomas," or auy of the other professions, without having to go Home for their degrees. Dishop Seville must really he congratulated for the energetic way he worked for the completion of Selwyn College. The library contains in all 12,000 books, 2,000 were bequeathed by l)r, Fell, and the remaining 10,000 given by the widow of the Hey. Ardcme Shultz. This lady is still aliye, and takes a great interest in everything pertaining to the College. Amongst the bookslhandlcdwasaliiblc that was saved from the Great Fire of LondoD, IGOG, many of the leaves beiug partly burned, and the writing almost washed away by the action of the water, This book has a wooden cover. Then there arc volumes written by the patient monks some fiycor six huudrcd years ago, long before anytluug was know of printing or Kew Zealand cither. The time given us to explore the library was all too brief as music and refreshments were also in the programme of tho eveniug's entertainment. The Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society's second annual winter show was opened in the Garrison Hall to-day, Every available inch was taken up, so great was the demand for space, The entries this year being '175, showing a great increase on last year's show when there were only 271, The cheeses are a great feature of the show, and there are several weighing 10 cwt. each. The town is crowded with visitors, Tho train from the south last night having on hoard over 1030 persons for Duuedin, A soup kitchen, uudcr the auspices of tho Women's Franchise League, has been formerly opened by the Mayor, Mr Fish. His Worship congratulated the League on their philanthropic work, in thus endcavouiiug to relieve the distress, which unfortunately exists in our midst. The Executive of the League arc confident that ,tho kitchen will prove a boon in the locality during tho approaching winter.' The latest American noyelty wo toive in out midst is the hauutcd swing. 'Jtto

it swing holds sonic half dozen persons )r | who take their places on it, and apparlo ently it commences to swiug slowly at I; first, getting faster and faster and i higher and higher, until it seems as if '"! yon tmnblo off, feeling frightfully sea!r i sick. It is very disgusting to be coolly ie, told by the proprietors thai it is all s, I imagination and that the swing never di moved. The room which the swing is I iv j iii revolves, and by the aid of mirrors j lJ i you arc quite deceived, for in reality t you do not move at nil. It is not a pica'J sant sensation by any means, and after one trinl yon never wish to go again. I'm 'tj afraid the proprietors won't make a ■t j fortune out of it.