WESTPORT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 49, 29 March 1889, Page 7

WESTPORT.

(From an occasional Correspondent.)

Wb are at present enjoying a visit from Mr. T. Lindsay Buick, secretary of the Gladstone branch of tbe 1.N.L,, and life in the local branch b<is received a new impetus flora a most eloquent address delivered by him on Monday evening, March 18. The attendance was not so larga as the merits of the lecture undoubtedly deberved, probably owing to the fact that the people of the district have recently been duped by a wandering star whose lustre was not by any means tbe brightest in the oratorical heavens, and the old adage, " Once bitten twice shy " was unfortunately too true in this instance. There is a probalility that Mr. Buick will visit Greymouth and Hokitika. In the event of his doing so I can promise our southern friends a rare intellectual treat. The following is from tb« Westport Star of the 19th inst :— " Mr. Buick then enteiei upon his lecture, and for two hours kept the audience in rapt attention, disturbed only by enthusiastic applause, often breaking into cheers. He laid before his hearers the historical record of Ireland's woes, painted the picture of her present condition in language of fire, and argued with rare eloquence in favour of Home Kule, not " Rome Rule," or separation aq the only panacea for the present deplorable &t\te of affdirs. We have not space to report the lecture in full, and no adequate idea of his power or ability can be given in a mere summary. Therefore it must suffice to say that uo more eloquentq vent address, not to say intelligent and able discussion of the Home Rule c*se, baa ever been heard on a Weetport platform."