LECTURE BY THE REV. JOSEPH O'MALLEY S.J.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 326, 18 July 1879, Page 14

LECTURE BY THE REV. JOSEPH O'MALLEY S.J.

Jl?,,* 8 * ***«*^Malley's lecture, " The.Wottdexs of •Kature and M adTerti »ed on Tuesday, evening last at the Temperaace Hall, Dunedin. The hall was well filled/almost as many people being present as there was accommodation for, and the rev. lecturer was kstened to throughout with wrapped attention.,, pis Lordship ' the Bishop of the Diocese occupied the Tchair. l The lecture was divided into two parts : the first being devoted to of the tides, the atmospheric currents, certain of the;facts stated by Darwin with relation to the fertilisation of plants, andaword or two on volcanoesii more especially with regard to the last great eruption of Cotopaxi, which had been investigated by a Jesuit father residing at Quito. | The rev., lecturer also .with .some explanations her* I given by hinvannounced that it was^tention/before long 'to deliver I » second lecture, in which ne wonid answer tne'objecti&ns made by. Bishop Colenso to the occurence of the Flood, and inttl which would enter part otthe. considerations now spoken of. by hiia.' The second part of the lecture described the working of the steam engine, the eleetnc telegraph, the telephone*, the microphone, and the phonograph. A description given by the rev. lecturer of the indignant ' £ t ?. J of J" 1 topri*** fly, and the noise they caused as revealed by the microphone occasioned, considerable amusement ; the , use made by, De Rossi of this instrument in connection with the subterranean tumults of, Mount Vesuvius was also referred to. The , lecture was a thoroughly popular one, every explanation given being made in -the plainest language, so as to bring it within the easy, comprehension of the most illiterate, while the subjects, treated, of and the manner of their treatment , were calculated to arrest the attention of the best instructed. l T?*® °l "»anks to the lecturer, proposed by Mr. Perrin and seconded by Mr, Connor, was carried by acclamation. In making his reply, the Rev. Father took, occasion; to recommend .the Catholic Association to the patronage of the audience. , Such societies had been warmly fostered by the late Pope, and his present Holiness also was anxious to encourage them. It had been objected that the members of the Dunedin Association were too young, tut that was a fault they were bent on amending as speedily as possible ; it was most desirable some °vi i ff mver *Q& more influential members of the congregation should lend these youths the assistance and protection of their support, and become active members of the Association. A vote of thinks to the Most Rev. Chairman, proposed by Mr. J. B. Callan and seconded by Mr. F. Meenan, was carried by acclamation and duly, aclpowledged by bis Lordship. In conclusion, we are authorised by the officers and members of the Catholic Association to reforn their i most sincere thanks to the Rev. Father O'Malley for his kind efforts on their behalf, which 1 have resulted in gaining for them very i substantial aid in setting their society on a firm footing, and to Hia Lordship the Bishop of the Diocese for consenting to take the chair on the occasion alluded to,