MANX SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1917, 27 November 1913, Page 10

MANX SOCIETY.

'flic Wellington members of the New Zealand Mans Society held their monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, Mr, .1. T. (iriffin (vice-president) occupied the chair, and was supported hv tho Rev. Mr. Duinbell (also vice-president). Apclogics for absence were received from tho lion. James Allen, M.P.. who was associated in his school clavs' with the Manx pect and patriot, Tom Brown (whose memory the gathering was commemorating), Mr. 'f. K Corkill, president of the society, and others. Those who contributed items wereMrs". Roberts, recitation. "The I'cei Lilc-Boai," by 'P. 15. Brown; Miss Jessie Corkill, recitation, "The. Pessimist" and "Cod is Love" (T. 13. Brown); Miss Gri-eba Lew'iii, rccilalion. Songs: Mrs. Lewin, Messrs. Cater. Ctagne, ami Qkmvlo. -The accompanist. Mr. Wihion, gave- a piuiKilnrlc solo, The Rev. A. T. Drainc.hy addressed the gathering, speaking mainly in approci'ilimi „V lite Isle of Man, where he spent his boyhood. . Tin. ch'iirinaii read a pome writ leu !),- Mr. Moore, "M-ikuri." to 11,.. i„emc'ry or Ihe lale T. K. Brown. The hitler pad. «V Ihe evening was lakeii up ivilh a eninediella, '"The (■harm," which, being lvjiic;diy Manx,was a grot success, (In: characters being well siH-lined by Misses Quavie ami Urciv, and -Messrs. Ouayle and Wattorson. Supper, was I hen served, and (lie opportunity was taken io present Mr. A. Ouayle with a marble clock, suitably inscribed, on I ho. occasion of his appioaching marriage.