DUNEDIN CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 17, 3 September 1897, Page 15

DUNEDIN CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

The usual weekly meeting of the Dunedin Catholic Literary Society was held on Friday evening. The president. Rev. Father Murphy, occupied the chair and the attendance was g,ood. Unavoidably some of the members who were down for items were absent. To those that did give items the thanks of the Society are due, as through their efforts a most enjoyable evening was spent. ( Mr. A. Connor, the assistant secretary, a young member of the .Society, delivered an interesting and instrn -tive paper on '• Birds " Ihe composition was good and for a first effort was most crelitable }\t ■ V/ retre lb a man 0± many P arts - rt appears to come as easy to Mr. I etre to make a speech before a Sanitary Institute or recount incidents in the earJy history of OLaaro as to draw a plan On fnd-iy evening, at a few minutes' notice, he occupied the attention ol the Society for over an hour in describing the building of boats, from the plan to the finished ironclad. The lecture was interspersed wilh anecdotes, an I needless to say was thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Petre afterwards answered any questions that were asked with regard to the displacement, tonnage, etc., of vessels. Mr. 11. McCormack concluded the evening's programme by reciting, with a good deal of dramatic power, '• Eugene Aram's Dream. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded a very pleasant evening. J l