DUNEDIN CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 4, 22 May 1896, Page 13

DUNEDIN CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

The usual weekly meeting of the Dunedin Catholic Li'erary Sociaty was held last Friday evening. The attendance was good, and tbe Rev P . Lynch (president) occupied tbe chair. Tbe f >llowing new members were elected : — Messrs P. Wood*, F. Foster, E. Pigott, and S. Miscall. Readings were given by Mr F. Hely (selection from Lord Macauley's Inditement of Warren Hastings), and the J 1 Fall of Jerusalem "by Mr T. M'Cormack. Both readings were well ohoten and fall of interest and information, and were extremely well read. Mr James P. Eager contributed an original paper entitled, " Man's inhumanity to man. Mr Eager dealt with ibis very difficult snbjeet in a very creditable manner. Hii composition was excellent, and his quotations from the poems of Gerald Griffin, Burns, Garfield, and James Watt were appropriate and well chosen. The paper was one of Mr Eager* best efforts, ani he thoronghly deserved the com* plimentary remarks which his paper evokad. On the motion of Mr James Marlow, seconded by Mr H. M'Oormack, a hearty vote of thanks wis given to the above-named gentlemen for their different items. Messrs 0. Columb, D. M'Oormack, T. Hussey, J. Black, aud D. J. Falkner also criticised tbe programme. Mr James P. Eager, in a few well choien remarks, returned thanks for the manner in which bis paper was received. On next Friday night the president, the Very Rev P. Lynch, wil contribute a short address. The usual vote of thanks to the chair concluded the business.