CANTERBURY CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVIII, Issue 31, 26 November 1886, Page 23

CANTERBURY CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

THE usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday, the 16th inst -Mr gan A preßld H ent f ' th ?, chair - After the usual rou <iae business had been disposed of, Mr. Garty's notice of motion-" That a cricket club be formed in connection with the Society" was seconded by Mr. C. CumiDg and carried unanimously. The debate by junior members for the Rev, Father Bowers' prize, on " Is History Beneficial to the Young Men of the Day," was then proceeded with Mr Cooper opened the debate, speaking exceedingly well in favour of the subject, in which he was supported by Mr. C. Cumins • after which, no other junior members coming forward, the temors con tinued the discussion, Messrs. Hoban, Kennedy, Holland and Milner speaking in the affirmative and Mr. Crooke in tbe negative The meeting then closed in the usual manner. The periodical entertainment in connection with the Society was held on last Friday evening, and proved the most successful yet given. The first portion of the programme consisted of vocal and instrumental music, the following ladies and gentlemen taking Dnri in it:-Misses Pender, Ellen Bourke, and" Dobbs, and Messrs Hennessey Sinclair, Ogier, Shelton, and Hoban, concluding with a double sailors hornpipe by Messrs. M Bagley and Carr, which met with much applause. After the interval a tarce entitled " The Irish Groom was placed on the boards in a manner which reflected great credit on the manager, Mr. J Bagley; the male characUr- being sustained by Messrs, Geoghegan, J. Bagley, Garty, Holland and Dobbs, and the female by Messrs. C. Cuming and Gamble.