LECTURE BY DR. GIBB.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 8

LECTURE BY DR. GIBB.

-.In St. John's Hall, Dixon Street,, last•! night,'the Rev.'vDr,' Gibb delivered'/a lecture entitled, "A Talk About Bonnie'Scotland," illustrated with limeligbt- views;■. In' spite of the hoavy.ii;ain;. there VwaS" a' good 'attendance. .For an hour and a half .the lecturer held/the close attention'of his audience as he^ discoursed-inla familiar:and chatty style on', the .cities' and. scenery, historical;events 'and,great men represented:.by:thealides.'.' Be-' girihingywith: its;environs, he, took/his : audience', "dqoh '.'th'o;,.watter'' -to famous spots on the Civile, and on to Arrah, ; ' and then.-.to' Dumfries and Ayr, and the Blirns,. country. Scenes ''in. the -Scott. coun-, try were also : sh6\yh. and.the representation eudetl with a: specially.fitie picture of Edinburgh. . Tho 1 jCctiiro- was; enlivened.:by many' personal- reminiscences/df;thevplaces shown, the; doctor .having-visited tnem.-all in ,the course of, his travels, and every opportunity Was,taken to brighten'tlje recital by stories illustrative of the humour and pathos;of the Scot. Dr. :Gibb ,referred.;irtcidentally,. to,the controv«rsy occasioned; by his' recent' article 'in The Dominion. • Remarking on the partiality .of the'.Scotch. for whisky,"he : Baid that ho liked to'.tell the truth: about Scotland as well : as - New Zealand, -' whether.- the truth was flatterine to his-own,country : .oT"ndt;.- "Toll the trutEj" and "Give,honour to whom'honour is - due,'' -were 'eicellent rules to go byi '■ whether; in- •' writing.;, or'speaking'./- Mr'.>J. .Galloway,; '.speaking 'as' a member, of .the Young Men's •Bible ; -Class::Cricket;,Club, to which the prdceeds: are- to bo devoted, moved a vote of thanks to Dr;,Gibb; for '.bis 'interesting; and, instructive, lecture,'.and .to': Mr.. B. C; Galloway, .who .manipulated the lantern. The motion .was carried by acclamation.