SOCIAL MEETINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 4267, 30 October 1876, Page 4

SOCIAL MEETINGS.

On Friday night a very interesting meet ing, in the form of a conversazione, was heln by the St. Andrew's Church Young Men Mutual Improvement Association in hall below the church, which was tastefully decorated. As something quite new on sue! an occasion, a choice collection of oil paint ings, oleographs, and large sized photograpl. were hung around the walls, while on sid tables were to be seen sueh a variety of rarcuriosities, models of bridges, Great Eastern iind other steamers, steam engine (in opera fcfon) gold crushing machine, graphiscopes, with a large supply of fine views of varied character and many other interesting articles, too numerous to name. The Rev. Mr Gow occupied the chair, and, after a short prayer, congratulated the association on having got up such a splendid entertainment at the close of the session, and ex pressed his belief that much good was likeh to result to themselves, as well as to th« young men generally of the congregatio from the existence of such a society in theL midst. The hon. secretary (Mr Gibb) wat then called- upon to read the report of thi association's doing since its commencemen' in 1874, which he did, and whicn showoo work done of a satisfactory character, and also that it was in a prosperous state. Dele gites from Knox and .North Dunedii hurches were present, and congratu lated the association on its success and remarked that they were some what surprised to find Buch an exhibition a they now saw as its first attempt. Ther. was" some remarkably good good vocal music Mr Russell accompanying on the piano. Th' refreshment room was well attended duriu' the intervals, where there seemed to be &' abundant supply of goo<l things for all. Th attendance was large, but in the spacious hall, through the admirable arrangements o! the members, there was ample room for a)l to move about, and what, with chatting and i examining the exhibits, everyone seemed thoroughly to enjoy what must have cost the association much trouble and time to preSare. We were sorry to notice that in the urry of winding up, the well-deserved votes of thanks due to those who got the entertainment up and did so much to amuse and delight the audiencewere omitted, but it was only an omission we feel sure. The third anniversary." of >the, St. Paul's Young Men's Association was celebrated by a social gathering in St, Paul's Schoolhouse on Friday evening. '»he Ven. Archdeacon Edwards presided at the concert, which passed off very successfully. The gleeb " Let the Halls Resound " and " May Day " were sweetly sung by a party, consisting'of five ladies and seven gentlemen, and the solos by Miss Kinvig, Miss Hawkins, Mr Edmonds and Mr Anderson evoked general applause from the audience, which was a numerous one. Mr Towsey played a pianoforte sole very brilliantly. " The Seven Ages of Woman " and " The Razor-seller " were well recited by Messrs Wathen and Kinvig. The chairman presented a beautiful gold scarf-ring to Mr A. J. Towsey for his generous assistance to the association. The party separated at one o'clock in the morning. Mr A. Geddes catered in firstclass style.