A JUVENILE BANQUET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 7

A JUVENILE BANQUET.

" ' JOHN3ONVILLE BOYS' CLUB y \i v;/ .: :^;rAii^i'/jd.eal'? r; ; tho* term - applied. -■:•>/ . to;the dinner given by tho. Johnsonville Boys' : v.- •••pagera high-ideal-.was.attained;-The Parish Hall,' which was. tastefully decorated with flags, ferns, .flowers,, andtChin&se.'.kntems, .-. ; . was, .well' filled,"'about' ■ a'•hunared\.\boyß. : ..ana. , ,i .girls, i with a .few l elders, being present. The /■ ; -itev'.'.C."Eaton; president iof - the' club,, pre- : .Bided, .and-had seated-next'to him Mr. J.: P., • ■Luke,-M.P. fof.-WolJiDgton Suburbs;; and Mr. - J/G, Harkness, Major of Onslow wfAtrthe commencement of . tho evening, .Mr.; • . -Eaton wolcomed the guests on behalf of the ■ ■ -Boys' jClub,v and then"; proposed- 1 ' the f 'loyal: « ' . ■ that : they wore' not addressing the. usual: ban- '. • , quefc assemblage, made their,speeches short.' and simple,; , ■>, ._' N . ],'/The Empire."-was proposed by Mr:. J. P.; : ■" V - v': 'tlie'/youngjpeop]o,,-that „they ■:. - bp J -■ pi-oiid ; ba lona / to" t-lio J.Bei- •• tish radd,"' Hvliich .gave. to ;all under its.,flaii \ ,; ; v.f tiicr^ly.• djao'.J^ A , • ■~ it'(Blight- ;hav.ei-falfeS, as! j ■: 'had. the Spanish Empiro, once- a- . Britain ;horself. He advised'his- hearer's al-i ■ ways, to; be 'loyal-'to ;: the'-flag. The. Boys'j Club, he said, was an example of tho social, s institution,i'wiiich-helped to- <t . % their civic responsibilities. -j •-, ■,i , . ;.OH replying to the toast,' Mr. J.. G; Hark-j ,> .ness was proud'to be T a inomber of the ~ ■ r -.-gmt-British,Empire., - He had, passed..the], : :;;;; ■ 60- years,■ .and ;;\vasy descending! •/■ % /the^ll ofiKjlt : ..h.b;/,was;- glad' toJiaj;©' . f .The" •,vipt<ii i i 6-3 - : t-hcfrj 1 had. befeii . v 11M übiphs ;of '-wai",; ,of . Juliua J '. r : { Caesar;;,but -the: successes, of .peace-: J 'They .had j • ,'draVn :tb .'theroselves'other'.peoples and--up-; j ;Y^>;'Wi&:,themliV3'hat ':' .'fciiuld;, .hoaitlsuch ; : rjgtbries;'.'" astliq - fesiabfish- 1 : -Vinohtiof' the',^colonies, v pr iof i .'...; ; and}Ejgjit jk !V He* enjoined. tpito/|says";io' 1 : . Vifajthfulric'ss ; qf findiViduai7men ; tin pil\e ( ,=past • ■ - J tb & "Eriipjro',had beeh/cbjsoWawS J,;. ;,: • v. Mr. IV: 1. Mooro, in proposing /"Our Do- 1 .- minion,"'.spokenon/the peed -fori/currency .< • reform.--: i\\hon they all,saw ey.:■ to. eye-.with . • Mr.' A.' W.,Hogg,,thc!y,.would find,.theisolu- . . ,tion. for the ,unemployed problem and ;othor 'difficulties, ..irliieh should not- be presont .m . the; Dominion, one.of the brightest jewels in- c ' the;. Empire's crown. s , ;:;The :toast was respondod to by Mr. Fmlay s • Bethnno. 1 He preached tho gospel of work ] thing .which kept'a 'natidn' great. £ ■■:{ i'.Greatinations. that had risen -b,ut to.fall had ] "met their decline through falling into luxury. \ . . 'jTho younger generation must not take ad- e • , vantage of the industry .of pioneors and live 1 a ,life of ease. ' , -Dr. Robertson, in .a very witty and/amua- i . . ing. speech, proposed " The Ladies," .to £ - /which-Mr..D. A- Johi:son- replied. .Other ctoasts .honoured, wero: ''Progressive, Johnso- s vviilo/' proposed by Mr.: J. A.; May,iand re- 1 -Bpondcd to by-Mr; J..\V..:Braithwaito;"The 1 /:: i.Baoholors," -proposed. ;by/Mr. A../J. Mirrie- i ,;1e03,-and responded to by Mr. Percy Braithi.waite; " .Johnsonvillo Boys l, Club," proposed t by' Mr. T. W. Kirk, and responded to by; the 1 Eev:.C. Eaton. , _ - _ t •-.-. - 'During the evening musical and other items £ - we're rendorfld-as, follow : Piar.oforto "soloj -Mr. 1 •Leslie Fellj -violin solo ; iMr. : Otto Jerusalem; < .::;r/':-Sohg; : -Mr,:Schlaich!;/pianofortoi^uet>y>'.Miss • Agnes Green and Mr. Leslie Fell; song, Miss : : Green; recitation, Mr. A. Morgan. ', •