Greymouth

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 43, 24 October 1907, Page 24

Greymouth

(From our own f correspondent.) October 16. The St. Columba Club still continues to increase its membership. At the usual weekly meeting on Monday evening two new members were elected. The session will be concluded on the last Monday fl» October, when an oratorical competition will be held amongst members. The executive have donated a handsome gold medal for first place, whilst a silver medal with' gold centre has been donated for second place by a wellwisher of" the club. The handsome diploma of . merit presented by the executive of the federated clubs will also be awarded the winner of this competition. Already members are busy preparing their subject, all being anxious lo secure one of the valuable prizes. The club decided last meeting to hold an annual picnic on November 9. The first one will be held this year at Rotomana, a pretty settlement 29 miles by railway from Greymouth. A notification from the Railway Departmant, with reference to holiday excursion tickets in ', connection with the Kind's Birthday, and the Chrfstchurch races and show, appears elsewhere in this issue.... • - „