BOYS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 7

BOYS' INSTITUTE.

At the weekly ftrvitc for liny? last' Sunday •evening,, tho Kev. Mr. Davis, of tho Mission parly, novo tlui luhlresS, nml as a result of his appeal tonw fifteen hoys . ilccidcil to nccept Jesus Christ; as , their . Saviour, whilo many aerced (o Ijecoiiio members of the Pocket; Testament League. A number of institute members ivero present at the Bible Class gathering at St. John's on Tuesday evening, and many of the boys have lieen individually to several of tho Town Hall meetings. To-morrow evening the speaker for tho ■ ovening will lx> slr. A. East, (if Victoria '. College. Tho orchestra, mid tho boys' choir , will bike part in the scrvioe. Thanks are'duo to tho Wellington Boxing Association for donating a sot of gloves to the institute, to Master G. ■ Silk, who presented some Ixioks for tho library,' and vo the Mount .Cook School Committee for a nnmlier of fife.?. Mr. Trethowan began work with his class of drummers last WeAiesday even- ; ing, and tho first lesso' in the "long roll" * served to mttke the expectancy regarding tho band keener than ever. The wiintw session is' now, beginning,. Mr. 1\ Hall-Jones (educational), Mr. J. ] Lcggatt (draught?), and Mr. Kenan j (boxing) having commenced their classes. Basket ball is now tnkiiijr on ngaiii. nil a "soccer" is hero once more, ti big practico being called at Miramar to-day. On the largo lioard wlioro notioM regarding tho numerous clubs aro posted Is found this orovorb: "A characters like u kettle; onc« inemio|l.,'!ilw(iys ..wants mending." Ini seeking the support and sympathy of ilio public of this city, tho IuKtitutc Committee ■ can > always claim that their first; and last aim is tho full development of tho boys, so that their char-, acters may l>o moulded on lines that will i enable them to > tako their appointed places as useful residonts of tho city.

Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co., No. 26 ■ Hraudon Ktreot, Wellington, havo rceoiv- . <hI instructions to sell by auction 83 sec-' I ions ;it Wallaccville. Full particulars ! . appear in the advertisement,