REEFTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 24 April 1902, Page 5

REEFTON.

w wH,TiT ce v te I*angahua Times gave a review of the S£?t«°n ™ *fl °?° VY T 8 Mea ' 8 Mutual Improvement Society* Beef ton. The first meeting was held on Wednesday, March 5 in the boy 8 school-room, 25 being present. Very Rev. Dean Rolland who has taken the warmest interest in the society, occupied the SlTow, Mr C Oh° °n°°»tor the ensuing year took place as SaT V S'n en> - elocutlon master: Rev. Dsan Roiland, president ; Mr. Bellamy, vice-president ; Mr. W. Morris, secretary Mr Boland, assistant secretary ; committee, Messrs. Carrol, Larking, and Kasseler, together with the above officers. Mr. Cohen who on tt r hp m h^r S h r T l J ed ?S aPPIaUBa PP IaUBe ' than *ed Rev. Dean Roiland f« the honor he had paid hun i by inviting him to give instructions on S^lMafi^^™^'^ Hethenspoke Very Rev Dean Rolland also pointed out many of the w?™ * e E 1 t^ c . eloo . ufc . lon 1 an <i debating society meetings, where one hears much that is original and much that is old put in new forms sometimes very quaint and queer forms, and all types of speakera! the fast, the slow, the hesitating and the clear. He complimented Mr rSl 7 m JV mB A 1w an elOqUent and P^^taking teacher as On Wednesday, March 12 the feature of the evening was the SJ ?° °^ n Versu i Prohibiti °a- Mr. Cobei introduced nearl two houra * V ' followed b ? the debate which lasted n ii° n^ the .J? lIOW A n{r Wednesday, March 19, Very Rev. Dean Rolland presiding, the debate was continued, lasting nearly an hour and a half, and was listened to by the audience with intelligent attention. On the question being put to the meeting there was a majority of one m favor of local option. . On Wednesday, March 26, Mr. Cohen presiding, the entire evening was taken up with recitations contributed by the following :-Mr Carrol ' Death of Napoleon at St. Helena,' also a reading, ♦David s Lament for Absalom ' ; Mr. Smith, ' Warrior at Sea ' : Mr W Morns, ' A Chiirch-yard Scene ' ; Mr. Larkin and Mr. Crowley, a dialogue, ' Lochiel's Warning.' *' After a few remarks by the chairman some of the pieces were gone through a Becond time and showed a marked improvement. The chairman complimented the members on their work and particularly mentioned Mr. Crowley, who he said gave indications of elocutionary capabilities, R howing good signs of modulation and accent, and that for the four years he had presided over elocutionary societies in Reefton he heard nothing equal to him.